{{Short description|Jordanian businessman (born 1952)}} {{Primary sources|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Naser Taher | image = Naser Taher (cropped).jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952}} | birth_place = Jordan | education = University of Sheffield (M.Eng) | alma_mater = | occupation = Businessman | years_active = 1970s–present | known_for = Founder and Chairman of MultiBank Group | awards = * Le Fonti Award (2023) * Enterprise Agility Award (2024) }}
'''Naser Taher''' (born 1952) is a Jordanian-born businessman who is the founder and chairman of MultiBank Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/powerlists/revealed-arabian-business-100-most-inspiring-leaders-2024|title=Revealed: Arabian Business 100 Most Inspiring Leaders 2024 - Arabian Business|date=September 2, 2024|website=Arabian Business}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-ae/leadership/the-100-naser-taher-founder-and-chairman-multibank-group/484731|title=The 100: Naser Taher, Founder and Chairman, MultiBank Group|first=Entrepreneur Middle East|last=Staff|date=December 20, 2024|website=Entrepreneur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/resources/balancing-tradition-and-innovation-a-new-era-in-financial-portfolios|title=Balancing tradition and innovation: A new era in financial portfolios |website=Arabian Business |date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Naser Taher was born in 1952 in Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/0pxuoreDDeGNCb0QpItPSyadMYg/appointments|title=Naser TAHER personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}}</ref> He pursued his education in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Engineering degree in automatic feedback control from the University of Sheffield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/universityofsheffield/docs/tuos-yu-sum15_web|title=Your University magazine 2015-16 by University of Sheffield Alumni and Supporters |date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== After his education, Taher joined his family business in Jordan as vice chairman, where he focused on investments, electronics, and foodstuff trading.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2021/11/16/why-naser-tahers-multibank-plans-a-one-stop-shop-for-crypto/|title=Why Naser Taher's MultiBank Plans A One-Stop-Shop For Crypto|first=David|last=Prosser|website=Forbes}}</ref> During the 1980s and 1990s, he oversaw projects such as the construction of a 180-kilometer six-lane highway between Jordan and Iraq and contributed to the establishment of Air VIA, a private airline company in Eastern Europe.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
Taher later worked with major global financial institutions, BNP Paribas, Barclays, UBS, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Citibank, specializing in foreign exchange, electronic banking systems, e-commerce, and corporate finance.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://directory.financemagnates.com/forex-executives/naser-taher/|title=Naser Taher |website=Finance Magnates}}</ref> During this period, he served as head of the Irish Stock Exchange's development projects in Asia and senior counsellor to the Board of the Tradition Group and gave testimony to the UK House of Lords on trade finance rules.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2005, Naser founded MultiBank Group, an online financial derivatives broker based in Dubai.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfbusiness.com/naser-taher-on-multibank-groups-global-strategy/|title=Naser Taher on MultiBank Group's global strategy and future outlook|first=Neesha|last=Salian|date=November 18, 2024|website=Gulf Business}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/24/11/2024/qatars-revatilising-economy-bolsters-financial-ecosystem|title=Qatar's revatilising economy bolsters financial ecosystem |date=November 24, 2024|website=The Peninsula}}</ref>
In 2013, Naser was appointed Honorary Chief Financial Advisor to the local government of Tianjin, for which he received the Tianjin “Haihe Friendship” award, and in 2016, he was named a senior advisor to China's Central Financial Government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-ae/leadership/how-naser-taher-transformed-multibank-group-into-a-global/487218 |title=How Naser Taher Transformed MultiBank Group into a Global Financial Powerhouse |first=Tamara |last=Pupic |date=February 18, 2025 |website=Entrepreneur}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== * Le Fonti Award (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/business/corporate-news/chairman-of-multibank-group-naser-taher-awarded-chairman-of-the-year-in-dubai-1.1676982238692|title=Chairman of Multibank Group Naser Taher awarded Chairman of the Year in Dubai |date=February 22, 2023|website=Gulf News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emaratalyoum.com/business/local/2023-02-20-1.1720417|title=ناصر طاهر يحصد جائزة "أفضل رئيس مجلس إدارة للعام" في دبي|date=February 20, 2023|website=www.emaratalyoum.com}}</ref> * Enterprise Agility Award (2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-ae/leadership/the-recap-enterprise-agility-awards-2024/484114|title=The Recap: Enterprise Agility Awards 2024|first=Entrepreneur Middle East|last=Staff|date=December 11, 2024|website=Entrepreneur}}</ref>
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