BisB celebrates 40th anniv. with #BisB event

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) held an exclusive tech-driven event entitled #BisB at the Isa Cultural Centre, Manama, in celebration of the Bank’s 40th year anniversary. The event held in the presence of the Bank’s top officials, as well as several pioneers in the banking sector, highlighted key milestones and Bank’s strategic initiatives of this year. Hassan Jarrar, Chief Executive Officer of BisB, along with two members of the Bank’s management team highlighted the Bank’s four- decade journey. After sharing a brief recap of the Bank’s history since its establishment in 1979, Jarrar unveiled the Bank’s efforts to evolve the identity of Bahrain Islamic Bank.

Jarrar said, “Our “social innovation” pillar, “Jood” goes beyond the traditional limits of social responsibility, crossing boundaries to reflect our ongoing efforts to create real impact and leave a positive imprint in order to give back to the community in every sense of the word.” “It is time we start working together across industries to create an innovative ecosystem of learning solve the problems of tomorrow. Jood will, therefore, focus on education and innovation in order to foster an empowered workforce and inspire leadership in future generations,” he added. Mahmood Qannati, Head of Marketing, Brand & Corporate Communications, underlined the Bank’s intention to collaborate with the Ministry of Education on a number of community projects, including but not limited to the ‘Read’ Innovation Bus - a digitized mobile library managed by MOE that travels around Bahrain to schools in the Kingdom, the ‘Social Innovation Exhibition which will enable high school students to launch new ideas, and the School Renovation Project.

 Qannati also shed some light on BisB’s exclusive partnership with LinkedIn. Wrapping up the event, the BisB CEO unveiled the Bank’s new logo stating, “We needed to a change, we needed to refresh our logo in order for it to be in line with our vision for the future; but it was imperative to maintain our ties to our name, roots and heritage. So we did not stray away from our original identity.”