Doha Bank announced that one of the most prominent Qatari investors has joined the bank’s family, by purchasing part of the Qatar Investment Authority’s share in the bank, in a move that reflects the increasing confidence in the bank’s performance and future horizons.
The CEO of the bank, Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Fahd bin Faisal Al Thani, confirmed that this step reflects the confidence of the private sector in the transformative strategy that the new administration of the bank has pursued during the past twelve months, which led to a tangible development in the financial and operational performance of the bank. This strategy was a major turning point in the bank’s path, by improving operational efficiency, enhancing growth indicators, and consolidating the principles of governance, which contributes to the consolidation of Doha Bank’s position as an attractive financial institution for investment locally and internationally.
The sheikh also indicated that since the start of the implementation of the new strategy, the bank has achieved growth in assets and assets with approximately 20% from 96.3 billion riyals to 115.3 billion riyals, and this includes an increase in loans from 56.6 billion riyals to 61.8 billion riyals supported by strong growth in the corporate loan portfolio and government institutions, as well as the growth of the real estate loan portfolio for individuals. While the investment portfolio increased from 27.3 billion riyals to 36.6 billion riyals, supported by the increase in the bond portfolio, which consists mainly of high credit rating bonds.
High customer deposits
On the side of liabilities, the bank witnessed a remarkable increase in customer deposits from 45.3 billion riyals to 50.1 billion riyals, and the bank also issued international bonds in 2025 at a value of 500 million dollars, which was one of the most successful publications from financial institutions in the region where the bank was able to attract investors from Europe and Asia and achieved one of the highest distribution rates to investors outside the Middle East amounted to 55% of the total demands for bonds. Last week, the bank also obtained a joint loan of 500 million euros at a record cost of borrowing in the bank’s history, and this bank’s first joint loan is in the euro currency.
These achievements fall under the bank’s financing and liquidity strategy, which depends on the pillars of diversification and sustainability in the sources of liquidity and financing.
The various achievements have been positively reflected on the bank’s share price, which jumped from the level of 1.37 riyals to the current level 2.44 riyals, and to attract a wide segment of foreign investors and global asset managers to invest in the bank’s shares.
The Doha Bank administration extends its sincere thanks and appreciation to the Qatar Investment Authority and the Qatar Central Bank for their continuous support for the bank. In this framework, Doha Bank confirms its great welcome to all investment opportunities, and its constant openness to more developments and innovations that enhance its position and support its sustainable growth, as the bank’s management considers this investment as a vote of confidence from the private investment sector on the bank’s strategy, which the administration takes seriously, which represents an additional responsibility for the bank so that it is always at the level of shareholders and investors aspirations.