Qatar · Financial institution
Dukhan Bank
Dukhan Bank Q.P.S.C. is a Sharia-compliant bank headquartered in Doha, Qatar. The Qatar Central Bank licenses and regulates it. Qatari government entities hold 43% of its shares, and the rest are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange. The bank provides retail, private, corporate, government and institutional banking, as well as treasury and investment services. It was founded as Barwa Bank in January 2008 and merged with International Bank of Qatar in April 2019. It adopted the Dukhan Bank name in October 2020.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BRWAQAQAXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BRWAQAQA directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2008-02-16
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker DUBK
Institution type
Islamic bank
Trades as Dukhan Bank
- Standing
- Formerly Barwa Bank. It completed a legal merger with International Bank of Qatar on 21 April 2019 and took the name Dukhan Bank in October 2020. It became a Qatari public shareholding company in January 2023. Its shares have traded on the Qatar Stock Exchange since 21 February 2023.
- Ownership
- Government entities hold 43%: the General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority holds 24.48% through its pension fund and 11.67% through its military pension fund, and Qatar Holding holds 6.84%. The founder shareholders together hold 66.54%.
- Major shareholders
- General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (Pension fund) 24.48% · 30 Jun 2026
Broog Trading Co 13.47% · 30 Jun 2026
General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (Military pension fund) 11.67% · 30 Jun 2026
Al Sanad Trading Co and related entities 10.08% · 30 Jun 2026
Qatar Holding 6.84% · 30 Jun 2026 - Stock listing
- Qatar Stock Exchange DUBK
- Head office
- Grand Hamad Street, Doha, Qatar (registered office: Old Ghanem Building No. 47, Street No. 119, P.O. Box 27778, Doha, Qatar (legal address in the GLEIF record))
- Company register
- Commercial Registration No. 38012 (Qatar), dated 28 January 2008; Qatar Central Bank licence No. RM/19/2007
- Name in the local language
- بنك دخان
- Former name
- Barwa Bank
Business lines
The bank reports four segments: wholesale banking, retail and private banking, treasury and investments, and subsidiaries. The three subsidiaries are First Finance, The First Investor and First Leasing, covering Islamic financing, asset management and investment banking, and leasing.
Online
- Websites & references
- dukhanbank.com ↗
- Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- dukhanbank.com/
- dukhanbank.com/about-us/board-directors
- dukhanbank.com/about-us/management-team-2
- dukhanbank.com/sites/default/files/2026/pdfs/irpresentationjune2026.pdf
- dukhanbank.com/investor-relations/investor-presentation-and-earnings-calls
- dukhanbank.com/contact-us
- dukhanbank.com/media-center/press-release/dukhan-bank-qpsc-list-its-shares-through-direct-listing-main-m
- dukhanbank.com/sites/default/files/2025/financials/EN_Dukhan-Bank_Conso-FS-Dec-2024_final-signed.pdf
- dukhanbank.com/media-center/press-release/barwa-bank-rebrands-dukhan-bank-eyes-ambitious-business-and-di
- dukhanbank.com/media-center/press-release/dukhan-bank-appoints-khalid-al-subeai-advisor-chairman-and-ahm
- dukhanbank.com/corporate/institutional-banking
- raya.com/2026/04/13/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%
- gulf-times.com/article/728880/business/dukhan-bank-reports-qr8128mn-net-profit-in-h1/amp
- al-sharq.com/article/24/06/2026/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86-%
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Ahmed I. Hashem
Acting Group Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Fahad Bin Jassim Al-Thani Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief financial officer
-
Osama Abu Baker
Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani Executive Board Member - Managing Director
- Executive
-
Thamer Abdalla
Chief Compliance Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Qatar
- Qatar Central Bank Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisor
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Other
Fitch placed the bank's 'A' long-term Issuer Default Rating on Rating Watch Negative.
dukhanbank.com ↗ -
Other
The bank appointed joint lead managers for investor meetings on a proposed Additional Tier 1 sukuk.
al-sharq.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BRWAQAQAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BRWABank
- QACountry · Qatar
- QALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 254900QN4LRSP4RV8D17
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Qatar · Middle East & North Africa
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- BARWA AL SADD TOWERS TOWER 1 GRAND HAMAD STREET DOHA 27778 QATAR
- Operational address
- BLDG FOR MOHD SAEED AL EIDA GRAND HAMAD STREET DOHA 27778 DOHA QATAR
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BRWAQAQAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>254900QN4LRSP4RV8D17</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BRWAQAQAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>254900QN4LRSP4RV8D17</LEI>
<Nm>DUKHAN BANK</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>DOHA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>QA</Ctry>
<AdrLine>BARWA AL SADD TOWERS TOWER 1 GRAND HAMAD STREET DOHA 27778</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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