Khalid Humaidan was appointed as Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) with effect from September 2019. Prior to that, he was the Head of Global Markets MEA at BNP Paribas.

He has over 20 years of experience working in capital markets and currently serves on multiple boards, some of which are: EDB, Mumtalakat (Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund), Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

Khalid graduated from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Finance.