• Published on 2 January 2016
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BISB appoints new Head Of Strategic Planning & Transformation

Mrs. Maisa J. Shunnar is a qualified, trained and seasoned professional. With over 17 years of rich and insightful experience, in a vastly international environment (USA & Middle East).

Mrs. Shunnar worked in National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) as a Transformation Manager where she continuously made operational process recommendations to management and the business by performing diagnosis and resolution of operational process issues (auto and manual). In her capacity as a transformation manager overseeing the aggregated change activity within the Bank, she drove major changes across the bank such as the centralization of the non-core business activities and the building of the shared services center.

In previous assignments, Mrs. Shunnar headed the Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) Department in the Electronic Government of Bahrain and she served as the Manager of Performance &Productivity Improvements for EDS on the Gulf Air Account. Mrs. Shunnar is a certified trainer on Business Process Re-engineering by the United Nations.

Mrs. Shunnar holds a B.Sc. degree in Business Administration majoring in Computer Information Systems from the University of Houston (Texas, USA), and a Master’s degree in Business Communication and Leadership from Jones International University (Colorado, USA).
Hassan Jarrar, CEO of BisB, said “our people really are our greatest assets. And developing and training our Bahrain talent is at the top of the bank’s transformation journey. I look to Maisa to help us achieve that.”

Mrs. Shunnar said “ I’m very excited to join BISB and the transformation team, I hope to be instrumental in driving the change and transformation across the Bank as per the CEO’s vision”

Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker