Khaled Hejres, General Consultant

Khaled Hejres

General Consultant

Bahrain Arab International Bank (Under Liquidation)

Location
Bahrain
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
32 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :32 years, 3 Months

General Consultant at Bahrain Arab International Bank (Under Liquidation)
  • Bahrain - Al Muharraq
  • My current job since October 2018

Organise and ensure execution of liquidation processes including negotiations and dealing with lawyers and managing staff and administration.
Reporting Line:
Chairman of the Liquidation Committee
Key achievements:
. Resolving issues relating to the collection of long-time due debts.
. Resource rationalisation in operations and support services decreased by 23%.

Chief Operating Officer at First Energy Bank (SAYACORP now)
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 2009 to July 2016

Responsible to assist the CEO to develop strategies and business plans as well as corporate policies for the Human Resources, Information Technology and Operations functions. Lead the corporate functions to ensure effective operations, risk management and business continuity.
Reporting Line:
CEO
Key achievements:
. Revamp remuneration policies resulting in slashing payroll/benefits administration by 16%.
. Reduce costs and eliminate repetitive processes in operations and support services by 12%.

Chief Operating Officer at First Real Estate Company
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • June 2008 to December 2008

Responsible of Operations, Information Technology, Information Technology Security, Human Resources and Administration and Public Relations.
Reporting Line:
CEO
Key achievements:
. Develop business investment strategy and implementation plan for the company in liaison with the CEO and the Board of Directors.

AVP - Operations at Seera Bank (Seera Investment Company now)
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • February 2007 to June 2008

Handle operations and processing of Islamic financing and investments deals and transactions.
Reporting Line:
Head of Operations - Support and Risk Management Division
Key achievements:
. Establishment of operations department including writing policies and procedures, recruitment and developing training programs.
. Improve processing by implementing automated core banking and SWIFT systems.

Head of Loans and Forfaiting Trade Finance - Operations at Arab Banking Corporation (Bank ABC now)
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 1997 to January 2007

Head of Loans and Forfaiting Trade Finance - Operations
Reporting Line:
Head of Operations
Key achievements:
. Reorganise the department and introduced credit administration policies and procedures.
. Achieve consolidation of booking transactions and transfer of debts between HO, branches, and subsidiaries as part of organisation restructuring and resources rationalisation.
. Handling successfully debt restructuring of multi-currency and complexed facilities.

Assistant Manager at National Bank of Bahrain
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 1990 to December 1996

Responsible for the documentation and credit administration
Reporting Line:
Head of Credit Policy and Risk Management
Key achievements:
. Establish a new section handling Forfaiting Trade Finance business.
. Manage agency role and monitored covenants relating to syndication deals.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Chifley Business School - Torrens University - Australia
  • June 2014

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at University of Pune
  • April 1987

Specialties & Skills

Islamic Finance
Document Review
Agency Relations
Credit Administration
Banking Operations
FINANCE
NEGOTIATION
POLICY ANALYSIS
REPORTS
RISK MANAGEMENT
ASSETS RECOVERY
BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS PLANS
DELIVERY

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert