About the author
Zuhdi Shubeitah
زهدي شبيطه
- Banking executive (former)
- Certified public accountant (non-practising)
- Banking and financial expert accredited by the Ministry of Justice
Banking and financial expertise, with an analytical view of public affairs
- Career began
- 1972
- Career began
- years in bank management
- 28
- years in bank management
- Palestine · Jordan · Yemen · Saudi Arabia
- 4
- Palestine · Jordan · Yemen · Saudi Arabia
- articles published since 2022
- 534
- articles published since 2022
Fifty years on one axis
Each bar is a role in its country; select one for details
MBA (1981) · BA (1971)
2012 – 2024 · Founder & Certified Auditor
Founder & Certified Auditor
Shubeitah Accounting & Consulting, Ramallah
Audit, financial advisory and court-accredited expert opinions for companies and legal proceedings.
Banking executive with 28 years of branch, regional and head-office management across Palestine, Jordan and Yemen, including senior roles at Arab Bank, Bank of Jordan, Jordan Gulf Bank and Yemen Commercial Bank. Repeatedly raised branch performance through customer-focused service, deposit campaigns and strong team leadership. MBA graduate (USA), licensed public accountant and Ministry of Justice–accredited banking and financial expert, and has provided audit, financial advisory and expert-witness services through his own practice.
Career in detail
2012 – 2024
Founder & Certified Auditor
Shubeitah Accounting & Consulting, Ramallah
Audit, financial advisory and court-accredited expert opinions for companies and legal proceedings.
2010 – 2012
Finance Manager
Wipe & Shine Cleaning Services, Ramallah
2003 – 2008
General Manager
Rich Financial Investment Co., Ramallah
Managing partner of the Sana’a office, 2003–2005.
2003 – 2005
Assistant General Manager & Head of Main Branch
Yemen Commercial Bank, Sana’a
Led the main branch, which generated about 65% of the bank’s business across its eight branches; member of the Assets & Liabilities Committee.
2001 – 2003
Acting Regional Manager – Palestine
Jordan Gulf Bank (now Jordan Commercial Bank)
Supervised all operations of the bank’s three branches in Palestine.
1996 – 2001
Executive Manager, Nablus Branch
Bank of Jordan, Palestine
Managed a 75-person branch (17 section heads, 5 department managers). Multiplied branch profitability through savings campaigns and service standards, making it a leading branch in the city.
1994 – 1996
Manager & Coordinator, Northern Branches
Arab Bank, Palestine (Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalqilya)
Co-developed operating policies and procedures for Arab Bank’s Palestine branches; led the Nablus branch to first-tier performance.
1993 – 1994
Manager, Head Office – Credit Facilities Department
Arab Bank, Amman – Jordan
1987 – 1993
Branch Manager, Hodeidah
Arab Bank, Hodeidah – Yemen
Managed the branch (65 staff) and strengthened the bank’s client relationships and service excellence.
1982 – 1987
Assistant Branch Manager, Jabal Al-Hussein
Arab Bank, Amman – Jordan
Started as head of the branch’s foreign department, then assistant branch manager.
1978 – 1979
Assistant Section Head
Arab Bank, Jabal Al-Hussein – Amman
Documentary credits, transfers, deposits and guarantees departments.
1976 – 1978
Assistant Controller, Deposits Department
Riyad Bank, Al-Khobar – Saudi Arabia
1974 – 1976
Bank Officer
Arab Bank, Jabal Al-Hussein Branch – Amman
1972 – 1974
Income Tax Assessor
Nablus – Palestine
His writing
534 of 534 articles available in English, originally published since 2022; 846 filed under 7 topics. All free to read.
- Oversight & Accountability221
- The Palestinian Economy in Figures95
- Finance & Banking117
- The Global Economy47
- Public Affairs & Politics316
- Readings & Books20
- Views & Reflections30
- Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicCrime in the Palestinian Community inside Israel: A Community Problem or the Structure of Settler Colonialism?
- Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicCreativity and Excellence Under Oversight
- Oversight & AccountabilityTranslated from ArabicArab Women’s Union Society: Numbers Reveal Governance and Transparency Challenges
Advisory, lectures & research
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