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AlRayan Bank Group announced the appointment of Bryan Crawford as chief executive officer of its wholly owned subsidiary AlRayan Investment on November 5 via its official X account directing interested parties to the company website for further details. Crawford takes over leadership of the firm which has operated as a leading player in Qatar’s Islamic investment sector since its establishment in 2007. The move comes as AlRayan Investment continues to build on advisory roles in major capital market transactions across the Gulf.
Crawford most recently served as group head of investment and client solutions at Quintet Private Bank where he was a member of the authorised management committee a professional biography on Equilar shows. His prior roles include seven years at UBS Wealth Management as Asia-Pacific head of product sales and global head of alternatives and funds distribution based in Hong Kong. Crawford spent 18 years at J.P. Morgan Investment Bank in leadership positions that included EMEA head of technology investment banking and head of private client advisory.
The new chief executive began his career in 1990 in Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division according to the same biographical summary. He holds a degree in mathematics and computer engineering from Trinity College Dublin and an MBA from INSEAD. Crawford’s track record spans Europe the Middle East and Asia providing a foundation for oversight of AlRayan Investment’s asset management and corporate advisory operations.
AlRayan Investment’s website describes the firm as a multi-award winning entity focused on asset management across Qatar and Gulf public equities as well as global sukuk and money markets while its advisory arm supports capital raising IPOs sukuk issuance mergers and acquisitions. The company which is 100 percent owned by AlRayan Bank operates under authorisation from the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and regulation by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority with all activities conducted in compliance with Sharia principles. Its purpose centres on serving as the Gulf’s leading Sharia-compliant asset manager and corporate advisory firm.
Recent mandates handled by AlRayan Investment include acting as sole offering manager for Baladna’s QAR 536 million rights issue one of the largest capital increases on the Qatar Stock Exchange in recent years according to a September 2026 statement from the firm. The company also served as joint lead manager on the State of Qatar’s landmark $3 billion sukuk return to international markets in late 2025 which drew more than $12 billion in orders. In July 2026 AlRayan Investment joined the Gulf Capital Market Association as the first Qatari investment firm to gain membership.
Akber Khan who had served as acting chief executive officer of AlRayan Investment will transition from that interim role following Crawford’s appointment the parent group’s announcement indicated. Khan joined the firm in 2009 after a period as director at Deutsche Bank in London and has overseen growth in assets under management that include the multi-award winning AlRayan GCC Fund. The leadership change aligns with AlRayan Investment’s ongoing expansion in a regional market where Islamic finance instruments continue to gain traction among institutional and retail participants.
