Kuwait, January 11, 2007:  Mr. Musaed Nzzal Safah Aldhufiri has won a Salary for Life, Gulf Bank's biggest salary draw prize in the GCC.

23 year old Mr. Aldhufiri, a Fahaheel branch customer, will receive his new Gulf Bank salary every month.  "My thanks go to Gulf Bank for this amazing prize," Mr. Musaed said. "I"m recently married so the Salary for Life win has come at a perfect time for me.

"I"ve been very happy with Gulf Bank's excellent service and, with this prize money, I will definitely continue to use Gulf Bank as my financial partner," Mr. Aldhufiri continued. "I know that Gulf Bank will help me make sound financial decisions and I"m looking forward to a long and happy relationship with the Bank."

Mr. Aldhufiri's exciting win was announced on Marina FM on Sunday night and he was interviewed live on air. The annual Salary for Life draw is the finale of a year-long promotion by Gulf Bank in which a Salary for a Year winner was drawn every month. The last five winners for the Salary for a Year were :  Nawaf Truki Mohamad Al Motairi, Omar Jaber Jaaithan Jazaa, Safya Habib Mandany, Sherefa Kahled Abdelkareem Al Dakheel and Hashem Safar Mohammed Abbas.

Mahmoud Sadek, Gulf Bank's Consumer Segment Manager, congratulated Mr. Aldhufiri on his win. "We hope that the win will help Musaed and his wife settle into married life together and we wish them a long and happy future.

"Gulf Bank was the first bank in Kuwait to develop bundled offers for salary customers    demonstrating Gulf Bank's ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction," Mr. Sadek continued. "Gulf Bank, leading the way with offers to clients to transfer their Salary began by drawing a new car daily. Now, our customers have the chance to win a salary a salary for life!

"Salary for Life is just one of the reasons why Gulf Bank has been named Best Retail Bank in the Middle East for two years in a row," Mr. Sadek concluded.

To find out more about Salary for Life or any of Gulf Bank's products, services and exciting prize draws, visit one of the 37 branches throughout Kuwait or call the Bank's hotline 805805. Customers can also log on to www.e-gulfbank.com, Gulf Bank's bilingual website, for more information.