The DFSA Board oversees the DFSA Chief Executive and staff and are appointed by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the DIFC, for a 3 year term. The structure has been designed to ensure a transparent separation of day-to-day regulatory activities from the oversight of the DFSA’s regulatory performance. The Board provides governance that is characterised by vigilance, accountability and fairness.
The Board currently consists of 12 Directors and all but the Chief Executive are independent non-Executive Directors. The Members of the Board are leading industry, legal and regulatory experts drawn from major international financial jurisdictions.
Members of the Board
• Saeb Eigner (Chairman)
• Paul M Koster (Chief Executive)
• Fadel Abdulbaqi Al Ali
• Abdul Wahid Al Ulama
• The Hon Apurv Bagri
• Michael Blair QC
• Robert L Clarke
• Lord Currie of Marylebone
• The Earl of Home
• Robert Owen
• J Andrew Spindler
• Georg Wittich