Qatar National Bank (QNB) is by far the largest in the country – with an estimated 40 percent of banking sector assets – and is also one of the
biggest in the region. The bank is headed by Ali Shareef Al Emadi, under whose direction
it has undertaken international expansion. Under Al Emadi’s leadership, QNB  became the most profitable bank in the Gulf during
2011. Annual net profit leapt by 32 percent to $2.05bn during a period that has
generally not been kind to the region’s banking community.