Abdul Karim Ahmed Bucheery, Chief Executive of BBK Bahrain

Despite the crisis, banks are still sticking to Bahrain and if you think about the reason for this, Bahrain is situated almost exactly in the middle between the richest oil field in the world and the richest gas field in the world.

Jamal Ali Al-Hazeem, CEO of BMI Bank

As far as the sector or the industry is concerned, I think you will see growth this year in 2013 over last year 2012.

Abdulkarim Ahmed Bucheery, Chief Executive of BBK & Chairman of Bahrain Association of Banks

I do not think that Bahrain will easily lose its brand or position as the financial hub for this part of the world. Banking in Bahrain has a tradition.

Jamal Ali Al-Hazeem, CEO of BMI Bank

We have to rebuild our image of a positive, vibrant environment for investment in order to attract FDI.

Mazin Manna, Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Bahrain

The Bahrain 2020's are trading at a yield of around 5.7% down from their peak of 6.8% and are now trading much closer to pre-crisis levels again demonstrating investor interest in Bahrain.

Patrick Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bahrain

The whole banking environment and the economy in general was looking forwards to a strong 2011 and, clearly, with the events of mid-February, we did loose a couple of months, but what we have seen in the last few weeks a renewed beginnings of confidence.