Malak Adham, Senior Governance Specialist

Malak Adham

Senior Governance Specialist

Dallah Albaraka Investment Holding Co.

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Executive Business Administration
Experience
8 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 7 Months

Senior Governance Specialist at Dallah Albaraka Investment Holding Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since March 2024
Senior Risk Specialist at Umm Al Qura Development & Construction (Masar Destination)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2021 to November 2023

- Maintained and updated risk management policies and procedures manuals.
- Supported the process of updating risk assessment tolerance and appetite levels.
- Updated the risk register including identified operational and critical risks.
- Collected and analyzed data required to conduct risk assessments with departments to report on identified operational and strategic risks.
- Ensured adequate risk management awareness was provided to internal stakeholders.
- Lead the process of collecting data and resources required to complete IPO's due diligence reports.
- Completion of documentation related to legal and financial due diligence reports and prospectus sections.
- Coordinated with lawyers and consultants, responding to their inquiries, and fulfilling their requirements.
- Participated in the creation of the business continuity framework and guidelines.
- Participated in the implementation of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework.
- Prepared purchase orders for the department in line with approved policy and within the allocated budget.

Senior Internal Control Officer - Risk Department at Alkhabeer Capital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2016 to May 2018

- Followed up on the resolutions of the Investment Committee regarding the newly approved investment products (Capital Markets, Private Equity, and Real Estate) to ensure that all requirements of the placement process are met.
- Manually monitored and approved all transactions related to investment funds (Subscription, Redemption, and Transfer) in parallel with Advent TRADEX system while ensuring the validation of relevant documents.
- Renewed current property capital counterparties and obtained the required approvals on an annual basis.
- Reviewed and analyzed property capital portfolios including maturities and stress tests on a monthly basis.
- Updated the credit rating of the relevant counterparties on a quarterly basis.
- Reviewed and analyzed the property capital weekly exposure (on-balance sheet) to ensure no breach.
- Prepared and circulated the property capital FX (Foreign Exchange) risk report on a daily basis.
- Approved recently opened Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM) accounts including validation of relevant documents to ensure all requirements are met.
- Monitored, step by step, the execution of new DPM’s Murabaha investments to ensure all requirements are met by the concerned departments while monitoring the maturities and limits of the existing investments.
- Monitored and reported the daily trading events of Capital Markets portfolios on Bloomberg terminal to ensure no breach occurred.
- Reviewed all topics related to internal control and included them in the risk monthly report.
- Reviewed, updated, and maintained the policies and procedures manuals related to all departments, ensuring that these policies and procedures are adhered to, in addition to keeping them in custody.
- Managed the process of identifying and recording operational risk factors related to Internal Control, as well as conducting appropriate investigations.

Officer – Private Equity Department at Alkhabeer Capital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2014 to May 2016

- Coordinated the process of updating and filtering the Private Equity Department projects in the deals pipeline, and further circulated the weekly Deals Pipeline report to the team.
- Organized the process of drafting and approving the required formal memorandums and engagement letters.
- Maintained the deals-related documents (digital/physical) through the custody system.
- Organized the process of drafting and approving due invoices.
- Maintained and tracked budgeted/non-budgeted expenses.
- Coordinated with the travel agent for necessary travel logistics for the Private Equity team.
- Updated the Private Equity team’s business file periodically.

Secretary – CEO Office at Al-Murjan Co. Ltd. For Modern Furniture (IDdesign)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2011 to January 2014

- Managed and organized the filing process for the CEO's office.
- Organized and checked the daily signature book while ensuring that requirements are met.
- Prepared and recorded in/out formal memorandums on behalf of the CEO.
- Scheduled the CEO’s business trips in addition to preparing all the necessary travel logistics.
- Prepared the weekly/monthly performance report related to IDdesign’s showrooms.
- Managed and scheduled the CEO’s calendar for internal/external meetings.

Education

Master's degree, Executive Business Administration
  • at University Of Jeddah
  • June 2022

Graduation Thesis: The Application of Modern Strategic Management in the Communications and Information Technology Sector to increase the efficiency and effectiveness after the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology & Computing
  • at Arab Open University
  • August 2011

Graduation Project: The Medical Information System (MIS) is a unified system that contains medical information for patients and reports on chronic diseases.

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at King Abdul Aziz University
  • July 1999

Graduation Thesis: The Most Important Marketing Problems in Saudi Organizations

Specialties & Skills

Policies and Procedures
Due Diligence
Risk Management
Compliance
Internal Control
Policies and Procedures
Project Management
Excess Exposure Monitoring and Control
Corporate Finance
Market Risk
Operational Risk
Credit Risk
Reporting and Documentation
Transaction Monitoring and Management
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Project and Visio)
Financial Reporting
Business Continuity Management
Know Your Customer (KYC)
Monitoring Control Systems
Process Development and Control
Bloomberg Terminal
Compliance
Internal Control
Risk Management
Diagrams & Flowcharts
Risk Assessment
Due Diligence
Corporate Governance

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
  • Candidate
  • January 2018

Training and Certifications

Certified Enterprise Risk Specialist (Training)
Training Institute:
LEORON & Certified by: International Academy of Business and Financial Management
Date Attended:
June 2020
Advanced Qualification Exam in Compliance (Training)
Training Institute:
The Financial Academy
Date Attended:
October 2022
Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2023
Operational Risk Management (Training)
Training Institute:
The Financial Academy
Date Attended:
December 2020
Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) (Training)
Training Institute:
Bloomberg LP
Date Attended:
January 2019
Credit Administration and Documentaion (Training)
Training Institute:
Corporate Finance Institute
Date Attended:
June 2020
Personal Professionalism in the Workplace (Training)
Training Institute:
Jeddah Community College at KAU and EY, Jeddah
Date Attended:
April 2016
AML & CTF (Annual Training) (Training)
Training Institute:
Thomson Reuters, Jeddah
Date Attended:
September 2014
​CME-2: Compliance, AML and CTF Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017
CME-1: The General Securities Qualification Examination (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
CMA Rules & Regulations Training (Training)
Training Institute:
CCL Academy
Date Attended:
January 2018
Advanced Financial Statement Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Informa Middle East, Dubai
Date Attended:
December 2017
Financial Analysis & Budgeting (Training)
Training Institute:
SAC for Training, Jeddah
Date Attended:
December 2015
Effective Business Report Writing (Training)
Training Institute:
Spearhead Training, Dubai
Date Attended:
November 2016
Writing Effective Policies & Procedures (Training)
Training Institute:
Spearhead Training, Dubai
Date Attended:
November 2017

Hobbies

  • Yoga
  • Reading