Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK), Bahrain's pioneer in Retail and Commercial Banking, was awarded and recognized for excellent corporate governance practices at the "Hawkamah Bank Corporate Governance Awards 2012" ceremony held on 12th June 2012 during Banker Middle East's Industry Awards held in Dubai. Mr. Mahmood A.Aziz Al Meer, Assistant General Manager Operations - BBK , received the award on behalf of the Bank.

For the third consecutive year, BBK has received the Corporate Governance award and the recognition. This year it competed with banks from 9 countries in the MENA region. Hawkahmah's Bank Corporate Governance Award recognizes banks for exhibiting high levels of commitment to good corporate governance practices and ongoing enhancements in the area.

Dr. Nasser Saidi, Executive Director of Hawkamah Institute congratulated the winning banks and thanked them for entering a very competitive selection process. The criteria on which the jury based its decision included evaluating responses to extensive questionnaire, interviews with Senior Management and the quality of the winners' annual reports.

On this occasion, Mr. Murad Ali Murad, Chairman - BBK expressed his pleasure at this achievement by saying, “BBK strongly believes that distinguished corporate governance practices are a key element for trust with all its stakeholders. This award illustrates once more the commitment of the Bank to apply modern, transparent and effective governance principles with its customers, employees, shareholders and the general public. We would like to thank Hawkamah Institute for recognizing our approach to corporate governance. We will continue to strive for attaining higher standards and to set new benchmarks in this important area".