Bahrain · Financial institution
Gulf International Bank B.S.C.
Legal name in the LEI recordGulf International Bank B.S.C
Gulf International Bank B.S.C. (GIB) is a Bahraini shareholding company with its head office in Manama. It was incorporated by Amiri Decree Law No. 30 of 24 November 1975. The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia holds 97.226% of its shares, and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) state investors hold the rest. It describes itself as a pan-GCC universal bank and is licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain as a conventional wholesale bank and a conventional retail bank. It has subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom and branches in London, New York, Abu Dhabi and Oman.
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
- GULFBHBMXXX 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 GULFBHBM directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 2 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1987-11-16
- Last updated
- 2023-05-30
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
97.226% Public Investment Fund
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as GIB
- Ownership
- The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia holds 97.226%, and the Kuwait Investment Authority, Qatar Holding, Bahrain Mumtalakat, the Oman Investment Authority and the UAE Ministry of Finance hold between 0.438% and 0.730% each.
- Direct parent
- Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia 97.226%
- Major shareholder
- Public Investment Fund, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 97.226%
- Head office
- Al-Dowali Building, 3 Palace Avenue, P.O. Box 1017, Manama, Bahrain
- Company register
- C.R. 4660 (Kingdom of Bahrain commercial registration)
- Name in the local language
- بنك الخليج الدولي ش.م.ب
Business lines
The group reports four segments: wholesale banking, treasury, asset management and investment banking, and head office. Retail banking in Bahrain is offered through the digital brand meem.
Online
- Websites & references
- gib.com ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- gib.com/
- gib.com/en/management
- gib.com/en/board-directors
- gib.com/en/shareholders
- gib.com/en/contact-details
- gib.com/en/financial-statements
- gib.com/sites/default/files/gib_fs_-_q2_30.06.2026_-_signed_0.pdf
- gib.com/en/gib-celebrates-50-years-progress-25-increase-net-income-attributable-shareholders-bank
- gib.com/en/gib-bahrain-announces-new-appointments-board-directors
- gib.com/en/financial-institutions-group
- gdnonline.com/Details/1392927/New-GIB-chairman-appointed
- bahrainbanksdirectory.com/gulf-international-bank-announces-new-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_International_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Abdulaziz A. Al-Helaissi Group Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
- Chair
- Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Arifi Chairman
- Chief financial officer
- Marwan Abiad Group Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Sara Abdulhadi Chief Executive Officer, GIB B.S.C.
- Executive
- Saleem T. Al-Dabbagh Group Chief Compliance Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Bahrain
- Central Bank of Bahrain Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorConduct
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Abdulaziz Al-Arifi as chairman. He succeeded Fahad AlSaif, who stepped down on becoming Saudi Arabia's Minister of Investment.
gdnonline.com ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed an 11-member Board of Directors for a three-year term from 8 August 2025, chaired by Fahad AlSaif.
gib.com ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Sara Abdulhadi, its Group Chief Investment and Treasury Officer, as CEO of GIB in Bahrain.
gib.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
- GULFBHBMXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- GULFBank
- BHCountry · Bahrain
- BMLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 558600JW2XPMLG97TV14
- 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
- Bahrain · 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
The Gulf International Bank B.S.C group has 8 institutions in the directory, in 6 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Gib Markets Limited, Gulf International Bank (UK) LTD.
See the Gulf International Bank B.S.C group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AL-DOWALI BUILDING 3 PALACE AVENUE MANAMA 1017 BAHRAIN
- Operational address
- AL- DOWALI BUILDING 3 PALACE AVENUE MANAMA MANAMA POB 1017 BAHRAIN
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>GULFBHBMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>558600JW2XPMLG97TV14</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>GULFBHBMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>558600JW2XPMLG97TV14</LEI>
<Nm>GULF INTERNATIONAL BANK B.S.C.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MANAMA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>BH</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AL-DOWALI BUILDING 3 PALACE AVENUE MANAMA 1017</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.
Network
Branch network
All 2 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Manama, and no function or registration year splits them further.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GULFBHBMCLS | — | Manama | AL-DOWALI BUILDING 3 PALACE AVENUE MANAMA MANAMA BAHRAIN | — | 2023-05-30 |
| GULFBHBMRET | BAHRAIN RETAIL BANKING | Manama | AL-DOWALI BUILDING 3 PALACE AVENUE MANAMA MANAMA POB 1017 BAHRAIN | — | 2023-05-30 |
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Sources & method
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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