Senior Director - Head of Enterprise Risk
Ebank
Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months
In my current role, I am involved in the evaluation and validation of business lines through resolution audits for risk mitigation plans/actions, while driving the implementation and management of the bank Enterprise Risk Management program; ensuring that risk management policies and strategies are in compliance with applicable regulations, rating agency standards, and corporate strategic imperatives. I collaborate with heads of functions to continue to mature the Bank’s Enterprise Risk Management framework including setting risk appetite and developing Key Risk Indicators to measure and monitor risks and threats to the Bank’s strategic objectives, ensuring that the framework strikes a balance between costs and benefits of risk response initiatives. Certainly, I invest all efforts to participate in promoting risk culture and alignment with its pillars. I lead enterprise wide contingency planning and business continuity efforts.
Key accomplishments:
• Created and developed the BCM department and upgraded the governance framework, directed the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) project for all critical functions, and recommended Appetite and tolerance levels with an eye to get ISO certificate.
• Led and trained risk teams on developing library for risk/control indicators and loss/event matrix to evaluate and position risks and create risk reporting structures.
• Built and headed five risk departments, including framework, governance structure, reporting, dashboard, tolerance levels, and staff hiring.
• Led assigned projects for regulatory and credit risk purposes with good project audit reports to the central bank.
Program Manager- Specialist in the Financial Sector, and Scientific Research & Innovation
- Developed, managed, and monitored the performance of EU-Egypt cooperation programs in the area of economic, institutional and legal development in the financial sector. The programs included Support to the restructuring of the financial sector for the reinforcement of state-owned banks, developing of risk-based banking supervision and the implementation of Basel II principles.
- Performed the required technical and financial analysis, follow up on projects progress and the reporting in liaison where appropriate with European Commission services in Brussels, also with other donors, stakeholders and Egyptian authorities.
- Examined and assessed projects results and the performance of technical experts in meeting projects’ milestones.
- Developed and managed Grants programs for the support of Research, Development & Innovation initiatives, targeting entrepreneurs and small to medium enterprises in Egypt.
- Planned for and drafted a Twinning Fiche for the development of Real Estate Taxation Authority.