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Qatar

Health Minister appoints Director of Health Financing

Published: 16 Nov 2016 - 11:01 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 10:44 am

The Peninsula

Minister of Public Health H E Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari has appointed Khalid Al Mughesib as director of Health Financing and Insurance Department and Minister’s Advisor for Insurance Affairs.
The decision is part of the Qatarisation policy on key positions at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).
Prior to the new appointment, Al Mughesib worked as Director of Tax Department at the Ministry of Finance. He also held the position of Insurance Advisor to the CEO of Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) in addition to holding several and essential leadership positions.
Al Mughesib joined the Ministry of Finance in mid-2014 as Advisor at the Minister’s office. With more than 20 years of local, regional and international insurance experience, Al Mughesib Khalid helped in setting the corner stone for the health insurance in Qatar.
He has the Certificate in Insurance Practice from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) UK and being a member and Ambassador of the International Insurance Society (IIS), New York since 2011.
He held the post of Deputy CEO, Board Member, Qatar Insurance Services (Qatarlyst) a QFCA company in 2010 with offices in Doha, Dubai and London and led a successful divestment process in a way of sale to an international firm.