Head of ALM
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Total years of experience :27 years, 3 Months
-Monitor daily liquidity and balance sheet to optimize the bank’s liquidity management within risk and regulatory parameters, by performing forecast of liquidity, maturity profile, and by making recommendations to the GM Treasury and Money Market team.
- Monitor and manage CBK regulatory requirements (LCR, NSFR, LDR, RR, Maturity Ladder)
- Daily production and analysis of liquidity management reports.
- Monitor ABK’s Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) and recommend changes when needed.
Provided hedging solutions for corporates to protect their balance sheet against FX and interest rates volatilities
- Developed a Sales strategy and a growth plan for Treasury products and implemented them
- Improved flow levels of business along with maintaining and developing relationships with existing clients
- Managed the Sales P/L and Client Acquisition - Formulated and oversaw sales revenue targets
- Team management, setting goals, performance management, responsible for Sales reporting and analysis
Expanded the G7 spot trading activity. Job involved marketing, in addition to market making and positioning
- Managed the Saudi Riyal IRS and FRA book
- Managed a book in Saudi Riyal FX swaps and market maker in other GCC currencies FX swaps
- Market making and positioning for the Saudi Riyal and G7 options
- Managed the retail branch balance sheet in local currency and US dollar including liquidity management and
gapping activity using instruments like depos, T-Bills, bonds and FX swaps
- Managed a portfolio of Treasury Bills in regional currencies (LBP, EGP, JOD) for hedging and or speculation
purposes
- Market making trader of non-deliverable forward exchange (NDFX), emerging markets cross border deposit
and sovereign asset swap product in regional currencies
Citibank NA, Bahrain
Market making trader on the Saudi Riyal spot and currency swaps book. This included management of all
related cashflows
- Back-up trader for the Bahraini Dinar and Kuwaiti Dinar book
- Tracking and assessment of quality control criteria pertaining to different treasury units
Involved in follow-up and execution of the bank’s orders related to Solidere stock at Beirut Secondary Market