Ali AlMeshal


Organization:	Bahrain ISOC, CrediMax Bank
Affiliation:	ALAC
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Region:	Middle East
Country:	Bahrain
Email:	dralialmeshal@gmail.com
LinkedIn:	Ali AlMeshal

Mr. Ali AlMeshal is currently the Digital Business Manager at CrediMax. In this role, he is responsible for managing, directing and participating in growing the merchant base through different channels and business volume, He is also responsible for establishing and maintaining current top-tier client accounts and acquiring new major potential client relationships. Prior to this, Mr. Ali AlMeshal was Head of IT and Project Manager at CrediMax – Bahrain, responsible for the IT infrastructure and all other business IT-related projects. Mr. AlMeshal obtained his B.S. degree from Bahrain University in Business information systems and his MBA from New York Institute of Technology. He has 25 years of experience in the Payment industry and Digital business. Mr. AlMeshal is a Board member of the Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) & Director of Strategic alliance, appointed as Vice Chair of APRALO at ICANN and also elected as a Board Member for AMAG. Also elected as Board of the Steering Committee for the Chapter Advisory Council in Global ISOC. Member of Middle East strategy working group within ICANN and board of the steering committee. Mr. Ali is also a Certified Bullet Proof Manager. He participated in many conferences and forums around the world as a speaker. Also, he was part of the jury of the Bahrain eContent award and eGov Excellence award. Moreover, Ali has done some lecturing on MIS with Ernst and Young on a freelance basis. Attended a good number of ICANN meetings last ICANN 61 and ICANN 60 ....etc. Also Attended and participated in Global IGF in Geneva with a workshop (Data is the new oil) and others also. Participated in APRICOT Vietnam, Auckland. Participated in first Armina IGF, PacINET 2014, Middle East DNS Forum

Career History[edit | edit source]

Head Digital Business 2008 - present In CrediMax Head of IT & business solutions 2004 - 2008 In CrediMax Assistant Manager IT 2000 - 2004 - Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation[edit | edit source]

Currently Vice Chair of APRALO part of At-large community. With great knowledge and expertise in the DNS and ICANN issues as I have been participating with ICANN since 2012.

Education[edit | edit source]

Master Degree in Business Administration from NYIT B.S in Business Information System