AlRayan Investment Appoints Bryan Crawford CEO, Succeeding Acting Chief Akber Khan

AlRayan Investment has appointed Bryan Crawford as chief executive officer, succeeding Akber Khan, who held the role on an acting basis. Crawford brings more than 30 years of international experience across investment management, wealth management and investment banking in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Gulf Times reported on November 7, 2026.

Crawford's Quintet and UBS Background

Crawford was most recently managing director at Quintet Private Bank and a board member of Quintet Asset Management. In that role and as a member of the Authorised Management Committee, he led the group's investment, financing and trading activities. He previously held senior leadership roles at UBS Wealth Management, including global head of alternatives distribution and APAC head of product sales. Before UBS, Crawford worked for seventeen years at JP Morgan Investment Bank, having begun his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA BAI in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin.

Mohammed Jaber al-Sulaiti, chairman of AlRayan Investment, said: "Working closely with the Board, AlRayan Bank and the wider Group, Bryan will lead the next phase of our development across asset management and investment banking, with a continued focus on expanding our investment capabilities, broadening our solutions and creating new opportunities for our clients." Al-Sulaiti also thanked Akber Khan for his leadership as acting chief executive officer.

Crawford said: "AlRayan Investment have a significant opportunity to offer clients a stronger and more complete Sharia-compliant investment and advisory proposition." He added that delivering on that opportunity would depend on close collaboration across the Group.

AlRayan's IFN Dialogues and Baladna Work

AlRayan Investment and AlRayan Bank joined IFN Qatar Dialogues 2026, where panels discussed Shariah standardisation, AI, liquidity and diversification, Gulf Times reported in September 2026. The two firms were co-lead partners of the forum, held on September 17, 2026, at Dusit Hotel & Suites Doha, which included a roundtable on AlRayan Bank's QR500mn green Sukuk issuance. In the same month, AlRayan Investment advised Baladna on a rights issue that lifted share capital by 25% to QR2.68tn, with every new share placed in full.

Peer Firms Also Reshuffle Leadership

Buttonwood Group Advisors promoted Christina Clementi to chief operating officer, effective immediately, FinancialContent Business Page reported on October 26, 2026. ExchangeRight appointed Paul Dietterich as senior vice president of the Tri-State region, FinancialContent Business Page reported on November 4, 2026. &Partners hired LPL Financial's Jim McHale as chief risk and governance officer, American City Business Journals reported on November 4, 2026.

AlRayan Investment's Regulatory Standing

AlRayan Investment was established in 2007 as a wholly owned subsidiary of AlRayan Bank. It is authorised by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority, licensed by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority and overseen by its own Sharia Supervisory Board. The firm manages the AlRayan GCC Fund and the Al Rayan Qatar ETF (QATR), according to its own announcement.