About

Ismael Elnasri is a seasoned legal and compliance professional with over 15 years’ experience working in the investment and commercial banking industry. Praised for his understanding of Bahrain’s financial services sector, Elnasri possesses solid expertise in capital markets, Islamic products and union negotiations. A qualified associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb-UK), Elnasri has held prominent positions at leading Middle Eastern banks Investors Bank and Alubaf Arab International Bank, and since 2017 has led the legal department of Inovest, a Bahrain- based investment company. In his relatively short tenure at the company, Elnasri has already significantly strengthened communication lines between Inovest’s legal department and the rest of the company. This was achieved largely thanks to Elnasri’s work to establish procedures for the management of legal services and matters, as well as his efforts to clearly define to senior management the scope of legal services provided by the legal department, the responsibilities for consultants involved in the provision of legal services and the responsibilities of employees within Inovest in relation to accessing legal services.