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Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi
Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi
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Executive profile · Kuwait

Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi Verified

بدر ناصر الخرافي
Vice Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Zain Group (Mobile Telecommunications Company)
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Nationality
Kuwait
Based in
Kuwait
Record status: Editorially verified Last verified: 1 Oct 2026 Last updated: 23 Oct 2026 Sources: 6

Biography

Bader Al-Kharafi has been Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Zain Group since 2017. He is chairman of Boursa Kuwait, INJAZ Kuwait, FOO Solutions and TASC Towers, vice-chairman of Gulf Cables and National Investments Company, and founder of BNK Holding.

Current positions

Vice Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer
Zain Group (Mobile Telecommunications Company)
2017 – Present

Board positions

Career timeline

  1. 2017 – Present
    Vice Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer
    Zain Group (Mobile Telecommunications Company)
  2. Current
    Board Member
    Family Business Community
  3. Current
    Vice Chairman
    Gulf Cables & Electrical Industries Group Co. KSCP
  4. Current
    Vice Chairman
    National Investments Company
  5. Current
    Vice Chairman of the Board
    Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA)

News & interviews

News

Family Business Council Gulf is now Family Business Community

The GCC chapter of FBN International now goes by a new name and logo, in the week of its Annual Summit in Abu Dhabi. Here is who leads it.

Sources

  1. 1. Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Top 100 CEOs 2026 Forbes Middle East · read 5 Sep 2026 Supports: profile
  2. 2. Arabic name: Zawya Zawya · read 5 Sep 2026 Supports: profile
  3. 3. Leadership: Board of Directors and NxG Committee Family Business Community · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: profile
  4. 4. Board Members Gulf Cables & Electrical Industries Group · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: Vice Chairman, Gulf Cables & Electrical Industries Group Co. KSCP “Vice Chairman Bader Naser Mohammad Al-Kharafi”
  5. 5. Our Firm National Investments Company · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: Vice Chairman, National Investments Company “Bader Nasser Al Kharafi Vice Chairman”
  6. 6. Leadership Team Zain KSA · read 1 Oct 2026 Supports: Vice Chairman of the Board, Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) “Bader bin Nasser AlKharafi Vice Chairman of the Board”