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Hisham AlObaidi, COMPLIANCE AND RISK DIRECTOR

Hisham AlObaidi

COMPLIANCE AND RISK DIRECTOR·Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO)

Saudi Arabia

Master's degree, Business Administration

Work experience

Total years of experience: 25 years, 2 months

COMPLIANCE AND RISK DIRECTOR

November 2021 - Present

Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO)

Saudi Arabia

November 2021 - Present

• Development of the Department’s strategy and plans.
• Developing and enhancing the company manuals, policies, procedures, and processes.
• Developing and executing annual Governance, Compliance, and Risk management plans, frameworks, strategies, and processes.
• Provide advice as needed or required to internal and external stakeholders regarding any unethical activities or predicted challenges and threats that might harm the business.
• periodical meeting with the company management to discuss relevant compliance, governance, and risk matters and recommendations.
• Conducting periodic meetings with the Audit Committee and other committees to discuss compliance and risk issues.
• Act as a focal point of contact between the company and CMA, Edaa, Tadawul and other regulators.
• Assisting the internal and external teams in assessing the effectiveness of the implemented policies and practices to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness in meeting the company objectives.
• Managing Board and committees’ affairs.
• Review various contracts and agreements, including SLAs and outsourcing arrangements, to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
• Conducting review sessions to confirm compliance with rules and regulations and provide compliance guidance.
• Recommend initiating investigative procedures in response to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and company code of conduct.
• Oversee the development and follow-up of the implementation of the Governance and Compliance strategy and methodology to ensure that company interests and objectives are met, reduce risks, improve its reputation and enhance the confidence of stakeholders.
• Oversee the risk analysis and assessment of the company, ensure and update the risk register, develop controls and contingency plans to mitigate and reduce the impact on reputation and stability

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Management

HEAD OF COMPLIANCE

May 2012 - October 2021

Wataniya Insurance Company

Saudi Arabia

May 2012 - October 2021

• Managing the department budget and resources.
• Participate in the development of the internal control systems and procedures.
• Developing the department strategy, plans, and objectives.
• Accountable for overseeing internal control systems and procedures, protecting the company from compliance risk.
• Managing the relationships between the company and the regulatory bodies.
• Provide the company employees and management periodic training on compliance-related topics, policies, and procedures.
• Monitoring the implementation of compliance, AML, and corporate governance plans and programs.
• Working closely with risk management, finance, legal, internal, and external audits.
• Conducting periodic meetings with the Audit Committee and other committees to discuss compliance issues.
• Providing strategic direction to the management team on compliance.
• Developing and enhancing the company manuals, policy, procedures, and processes.
• Providing guidance and advice to the board of directors, committees, senior management, and other employees.
• Reporting the compliance issues along with the recommendations to senior management and Audit committee.
• Developing and enhancing compliance culture.
• Stay abreast of key regulatory developments and interpret how these will affect the business.
• Conducting review sessions to confirm compliance with rules and regulations and provide compliance guidance.
• Provide advice as needed or required to internal and external stakeholders regarding any unethical activities or predicted challenges and threats that might harm the business.
• Recommend the initiation of investigative procedures in response to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and the Code of Conduct.
• Oversees compliance reviews in collaboration with constituent divisions, departments, and units.

Company industry:
Insurance & TPA
Job role:
Management

Various banking roles

April 2001 - March 2012

SABB (Saudi British Bank )

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

April 2001 - March 2012

Managing customer service and ensure to provide high services quality.
• Compliance and AML monitoring
• Managing third party relations.
• Monitoring and managing team performance.
• Branch balance sheet controlling and monitoring.
• System and equipment management.
• Monitoring and controlling branch transactions and activities.
• Monitoring the implementation of bank policies and procedures.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Banking

April 2001 - August 2003

April 2001 - August 2003

Education

University of Business and Technology (UBT)

June 2016

June 2016

Master's degree, Business Administration

Saudi Arabia

Henley Business School Limited

January 2016

January 2016

Diploma, compliance and financial crime

United Kingdom

Arab Open University (AOU)

August 2012

August 2012

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology & Computing

Saudi Arabia

Skills

Leadership

Expert

Corporate Governance

Expert

Compliance

Expert

Risk

Expert

Management

Expert

BALANCE

Beginner

BANKING

Beginner

BUDGETING

Beginner

C

Beginner

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Beginner

COACHING

Beginner

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Beginner

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Beginner

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Beginner

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Beginner

Risk

Expert

Internal Audit

Expert

Administration

Expert

Management

Expert

Banking

Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certified Compliance Professional (CCP), from international academy of business and financial mana
Certified in Governance, Risk management and compliance, from international academy of business an
Corporate governance certifications, from Institute of Finance (IOF)
IFSAH, Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul)
Dec 2021