Head of Finance
Dilmunia Mall Development Co
Total years of experience :30 years, 5 Months
Managed financial control department and bank relationship of BD 50 million shopping mall.
Managed Financial Control, Administration, and HR departments of cement production plant.
Responsible for reporting of implementation of bank’s strategy to the BOD and CEO and
preparation of business plans.
Also completed preparation of policy and procedure manuals for Accounting, HR and
Al Muthanna Investment Company (MIC)3 - Kuwait
Managed accounting and regulatory reporting function
Completed preparation of MIC’s first business plan
Operations, IT & Administration
Kuwait Turk Participation Bank4 - Turkey
Responsibilities: Lead, manage and streamline three sectors of Kuwait the bank
Successfully completed:
a) Branch expansion plan - delivered three new branches
b) Centralization of the back office functions of banking operations
Managing financial control, IT and treasury functions
As a
Supervised the work of three units.
Automated two reconciliation processes. Introduced an email based system for receiving account
statements from correspondent banks. Improved speed of resolving incorrect and incomplete
entries which helped to reduce cost of funds tied in nostro accounts.
Unified Accounting System Team
Kuwait National Petroleum Company7 Kuwait
Responsibility: Assisted in replacing three general ledgers with one unified accounting system by:
i) Liaison with the vendor to customize the new system and verification of new reports
ii) Monitoring and reporting of the implementation plan
Successfully completed system implementation in 3 locations and training of staff
During these nine years I gained invaluable experience of:
a) Planning and execution of statutory, tax and computer audit assignments, dealing with senior
executives at clients, report writing and business correspondence
b) Review of internal controls, compliance, financial control, risk management and MIS functions
in medium and large size commercial companies
Interests
* Best use of IT in business
* Community work
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Listed commercial bank licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain
2
Listed company engaged in Islamic consumer financing and leasing of automobiles in Kuwait and real estate
investments in Bahrain and Jordan
3
A newly set up subsidiary of KFH Kuwait engaged in asset and portfolio management, structured finance and
online platform stocks brokerage platform
4
One of the largest Islamic retail banks in Turkey with more than 400 staff and branches in all major cities of the
country.
5
An investment of IDB and KFH in 2000 with a share capital of USD50m to promote Islamic leasing
6
KFH is one of the largest Islamic banks in the world. Its financing/loan book was worth KD300m (US$1b) in
2000.
7
Refining arm of Kuwait Petroleum Company
8
In Leeds office of KMG Thomson McLintock before it merged with Peat Marwick to create KPMG in 1980s
9
Brief stay in Abu Dhabi office during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait