H.E. Fawzi Yousef Alhunaif

Fawzi Yousef Alhunaif is a Kuwaiti national and a highly experienced leader in development finance with over four decades of experience.

As the newly appointed Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, he brings a wealth of expertise from senior positions at prestigious institutions.

His extensive career began at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, where he held several successive roles including Assistant Head of the Asian Countries Department (1983), Head of the Arab Countries and Mediterranean Department (1986), and eventually becoming the Director of Operations (1997). He also served as the Deputy Governor at the OPEC Fund for International Development in 1987.

Prior to his appointment, Alhunaif served as a Board Member at the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (Jordan) where he chaired the Audit Committee and was a member of the bank’s Nominations and Remuneration Committee.

His career highlights include pivotal roles in post-conflict reconstruction and regional development with organizations such as the Gaza Reconstruction Program (Coordinating Committee Member, 2009–2015) and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Board Member and Investment Committee Member, 2008–2015).

Alhunaif also provided strategic oversight at the Islamic Development Bank’s Al-Aqsa Fund and Jerusalem Intifada Committee (2009–2015), chaired the Real Estate Development Company (1997), and guided international investment governance at the Kuwait Algerian Investment Company (Board Member, 1986).

Alhunaif holds a Bachelor of Economics from San Jose State University in California, USA (1980).