Mr Michael Ryan Deputy CEO
	He began his career in 1989 as an attorney with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York, specializing in banking, securities and corporate law and in 1994 he joined CS First Boston as senior legal counsel for its North American derivatives group. In 1996, he joined Merrill Lynch to take the role of General Counsel for Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, the group’s primary international bank and after one year with Merrill Lynch’s EMEA equities group in London, he was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, a position he held for eight years prior to joining the Regulatory Authority. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America in 2009, he was also appointed Country Executive for the combined businesses in Ireland and he also served on the Irish Prime Minister’s advisory committee on financial services for seven years prior to taking up this post in Doha. He has held a number of senior industry positions, including President of the Irish Banking Federation, member of the Board of Directors of the European Banking Federation, member of the Financial Services Consultative Panel, and Chairman of the Federation of International Banks in Ireland.

	Mr Derek Oliver General Counsel
	A graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge [M.A. (Law)], Mr. Oliver was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in April 1979.  He has gained professional experience in a variety of capacities, including a period of three years working for the Hong Kong Government from 1982 to 1985. Mr. Oliver has worked in the financial services field since 1986 with the majority of his experience in the capacity of Director of Legal and Regulatory Compliance at two of the derivative exchanges in London, during which time he gained significant exposure to the evolution of the regulation of exchanges and markets and clearing houses, both domestically and internationally.

	Mr AbdulHamid Seedat Head of Internal Audit
	Mr. Seedat holds Bachelor Degrees in Commerce and Accounting and is a qualified Chartered Accountant from South Africa where he obtained the highest marks in Auditing, country wide, in the final qualifying examination CA (SA). He began his career at KPMG, and later worked for Deloitte & Touché and Central Bank Organisations in Botswana and Bahrain. With over 20 years post qualification experience in a number of different capacities in Financial Administration and Auditing, Mr. Seedat spent the latter part of his career heading the internal audit function with the focus on developing the scope of audit to cover all operational areas and governance processes and to ensure a risk based and value added approach. Some of his significant achievements have been the detection of a number of frauds.