Oman Housing Bank has appointed Yousuf Al-Araimi, SHRM-SCP, MBA, as its Chief Human Capital Officer. The appointment places him in charge of the bank’s human capital function in Muscat, Oman.
Al-Araimi brings more than 17 years of experience in human capital leadership across the banking and oil and gas sectors. His expertise includes HR strategy, digital transformation, total rewards, transformational leadership, talent acquisition, succession planning and career counselling.
Yousuf Al-Araimi HR leadership experience
Before taking up his current position, Al-Araimi served as AGM and Head of Human Capital at Oman Housing Bank from January 2023 to August 2026. He also serves as Deputy Chairperson of the HR Committee at the Oman Banks Association, a role he has held since May 2026.
His earlier career includes several HR leadership positions at Sohar International. He served as Vice President and Head of Total Rewards and HR Digitalisation, Vice President and Head of Organisational Development, and AVP and Head of Talent Planning and Acquisition. He also held the role of Unit Head for Talent Planning and Acquisition.
Al-Araimi began his banking career at Bank Sohar, where he worked as Manager of Compensation and Benefits from June 2008 to September 2014. He later served as a Compensation Specialist at Oxy.
HR Digital Transformation and talent development
Al-Araimi’s background includes leading technology and people transformation projects. At Sohar International, he served as Project Manager for the implementation of Oracle HCM Cloud and the upgrade of Oracle ERP for human resources management.
The Oracle HCM Cloud project covered 10 modules and involved business requirements, executive reporting, milestone tracking, user acceptance testing and coordination with technology teams, vendors and consultants. Al-Araimi also led an HR project team comprising three HR members and 16 representatives from different divisions.
His profile also identifies employee engagement, workplace culture, HR digitisation and automation, talent development and leadership as core areas of focus. He describes his approach as aligning people strategies with organisational goals while improving workforce engagement, operational efficiency and decision making.
Oman Housing Bank’s Human Capital Agenda
As Chief Human Capital Officer, Al-Araimi’s experience covers several areas relevant to the bank’s people function, including talent planning, rewards, organisational development, HR technology and leadership development. His concurrent role with the Oman Banks Association also connects his work to wider discussions on talent, leadership, workforce transformation and people practices across Oman’s banking sector.
Al-Araimi holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Strathclyde. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Translation from Sultan Qaboos University. He is fluent in English and Arabic.The appointment brings together his experience in banking HR, organisational development and digital transformation as he takes responsibility for human capital at Oman Housing Bank.
