Mr. Richard Kassaby is the Managing Director of Al Futtaim Finance PV JSC (a finance company regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE) and is responsible for automotive financial services across six geographies for the Al Futtaim Group.

Mr. Kassaby has worked in the finance industry for more than 20 years with broad experience in treasury, capital markets and regulatory structuring across a range of industry sectors in both developed and emerging markets. Prior to joining the Al Futtaim Group, Mr. Kassaby was a Director of Sturt Capital and an Executive Vice President, Institutional Banking at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Mr. Kassaby holds a Master of Taxation Law from Melbourne University and a Bachelor of Information Systems from Monash University.