Manaf Al-Hajeri is the Chief Executive Officer for Kuwait Financial Center, Markaz , since 2004.
He serves as director or trustee in a number of private, governmental, educational, and non-profit boards and committees. He is currently a Board Member of Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) and the Board member of the National Bureau for Academic Accreditation and Education Quality Assurance, Kuwait.
Al-Hajeri was the Deputy Director in the Investment Department at Kuwait Fund for Arab and Economic Development (KFAED).
He holds a Master and Bachelor of Science(with distinction) degrees in Civil Engineering from Kuwait University. He is also a Certified Financial Manager (CFM) from The Institute of Management Accountants (USA). On December 5th 2013, upon a decree of the President of the French Republic, Manaf Alhajeri has been named “Knight of the National Order of Merit”. Alhajeri speaks English, French, Spanish, Turkish in addition to Arabic.