Led by experienced banking executives and institutional leaders committed to transparency, compliance, and sectoral growth.
Guided by commercial banking chief executives and an agile executive secretariat safeguarding Somaliland’s interbank standards, stability, and digital payment rails.
Appointed by the General Assembly to oversee the strategic orientation, interbank treaties, and regulatory liaison with the Central Bank of Somaliland. Championing national financial inclusion and digital interbank remittance rails.
Leading the Interbank Operations and Payment Systems Technical Committee to drive national financial infrastructure projects, instant clearing standards, and ISO 20022 implementation.
Overseeing financial governance, annual budgetary allocations, statutory audit reviews, and member dues management. Instrumental in pioneering trade finance facilities and SME credit credit bureaus.
Specializing in microfinance, Islamic banking compliance, and financial deepening in regional corridors including Burao, Borama, and Erigavo.
Directing cross-border trade settlements, correspondent banking relationships, and corporate syndicated financing governance frameworks.
Directs the Association’s day-to-day operations, coordinates stakeholder correspondence with the Central Bank, and executes council mandates across all financial policy spheres.
Advises on statutory compliance, AML/CFT regulatory directives, interbank dispute arbitration, consumer protection codes, and parliamentary banking legislative reviews.
Architect of the Somaliland National Switch integration project, API specifications for member banks, and mobile money - bank interoperability technical standards.
Publishes the Annual Banking Performance Dossier, leads consumer literacy campaigns, coordinates committee assemblies, and manages delegate inquiries.
The Governing Council derives its regulatory consultative status from the Somaliland Banking Act, deliberating in quarterly plenary sessions with the Central Bank on reserve ratios, national switch protocols, and currency clearing.
All official circulars, market statistics, policy whitepapers, and public bulletins are issued under strict two-tier approval between the Executive Secretariat and the Legal Advisory Committee.
Annual statutory audits and member bank contribution accounts are audited under international IFRS guidelines and deposited for review by the General Assembly during the Q4 Annual Banking Summit.
SLBA is an association of the member banks and Secretariat that is situated at Burj Omaar Building in Hargeisa. The banks constitute the General Body and are represented by their Managing Directors or Chief Executive Officers. The SLBA General Body elects a Governing Council that is comprised of CEOs who represent the members and other financial institutions with vested interests and oversee the Secretariat's operations, programs and budget.
The SLBA Secretariat has a full-time staff compliment which manages day-to-day operations under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Khalif Noor. SLBA activities are managed by the Secretariat which works in consultation with the following Committees and Sub-Committees:
The SLBA Organizational Structure Chart.
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