Member of the Board of Trustees (Independent)

Governor Hala Yateem

Ms. Hala Yateem is a Director of A.M. Yateem Brothers, a family holding company that has interests in real estate, air-conditioning, and industrial investments. A.M. Yateem Brothers has a lineage that is connected to one of the most respected conglomerates in Bahrain, credited with helping build the country’s modern economy. Ms. Yateem is also an Independent Director of the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and a Director of Edamah, the real estate arm of Mumtalakat, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Al Rahma Society and Royal Lifesaving Bahrain. Previously, Ms. Yateem has held positions as a member on the Board of Trustees of the Supreme Council of Women, the Bahrain Family Business Association, and the Bahrain Businesswomen’s Association.

Ms. Yateem holds a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship and Investments from Babson College in Massachusetts.

PUBLICATIONS

Review of Stefan Tilg’s Chariton of Aphrodisias and the invention of the Greek Love Novel (Oxford UP, 2010).Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Bryn Mawr, PA: BMCR, 2011.