Yahya Shunnar

Yahya Shunnar is the managing director of the Portland Trust in Ramallah. He has held various management positions in the public and private sectors, including chief investment officer of Ibdar Investment Bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain, head of investment at Capivest Investment Bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the chief marketing officer at Nassar Group in Palestine, Jordan, Oman, and UAE, executive director of Nassar Stone Dubai, assistant general manager of the Palestine Securities Exchange, and investment director at PADICO. In 2003, he worked as director general of the Cabinet Secretariat, Palestinian government. He is the founder of YJS Strategy & Business Consulting in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He holds an MBA from the University of Arkansas, USA, and a BA in business administration and economics from Yarmouk University in Jordan.