Hamdan Almarar was born and raised in Abu Dhabi. The Almarar family has held numerous government positions including the UAE’s first minister of education and minister of commerce. Hamdan holds a BA in Business Administration from the AlHosn University in Abu Dhabi. He started his career as a currency trader for the Al Hilal Bank prior to joining Falcon Private Bank Ltd as a relationship manager. Most recently he was appointed senior private banker at the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and has developed extensive knowledge about opening new businesses in the UAE and advising HNW individuals about business opportunities and solutions. He also holds several positions of board member for companies based in the UAE. Hamdan strives to build bridges and was a founder of the UAE-Israel Business Council. Besides his native Arabic, he speaks English and little bit of Hebrew and conducted the first interviews in Hebrew with Israeli media.