Mohammad Altarakma, Head of Enterprise Risk Management

Mohammad Altarakma

Head of Enterprise Risk Management

Burgan Bank

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Master in Business Administration
Experience
16 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months

Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Burgan Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since February 2014

- Entitled for the Burgan Bank Group risk reporting ( risk information pack) that covers all elements of risk in each bank and on consolidated level to be prepared for the Board Risk Committee packs and the management packs.
- Group Policies of enterprise risk management, operational risk, credit risk and market risk.
- Risk management reporting to the CBK.
- Managing the projects related to risk management, software and consultancy services (ERM, Credit Rating, RCSA and incident management … etc).
- Articulation of Risk appetite (preparation and reporting). Cascading of risk appetite to risk limits and preparation of reporting to BRC.
- ICAAP and Stress testing & scenario analysis.
- Risk Management reports and presentation to the rating agencies, budgeting and LRP … etc.

Risk Manager at Gulf Insurance Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2008 to February 2014

-Entitled for the Risk Identification & Assessment of GIC parent and its subsidiaries it covers all business and support units; it consists of identification, control analysis and assessment, KRI, mitigation plans, setting risk owners and the risk project management and reporting.
-Development of GIC group investment risk policy.
-Developing the credit risk policy including internal financial/non-financial scorecards and management of collection.
-Entitled for the RCSA (Risk & Control Self-Assessment) of GIC's subsidiaries throughout the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region.
-Articulation and cascading of risk appetite including dispersion of net comprehensive income - reputation damage - customer retention and balance sheet items.
-Reporting line to the Board Risk Management Committee and the Board of Directors.
-Conducting the Strategic Risk Identification and Assessment with the executive management and the BoD’s presentations.
-Managing the project for building an internal economic capital model for GIC group with the assistance of a multinational consulting company by constructing the data gathering and quality of insurance risks as well as the investment portfolio valuation and analysis of GIC and its subsidiaries for the historical data of 10 years.
-Managing the engagement with the rating agencies (S&P and AM Best) to collect, analyze the information required from GIC and its subsidiaries as well as managing the projects associated to improve GIC’s rating especially in Enterprise Risk Management for GIC and all its subsidiaries.
-Playing an active part in the monitoring and analysis of the performance of GIC subsidiaries in the MENA region, Forecast, Budget & LRP (Long Range Plan), Assumptions, Benchmarking, Sensitivity Analysis.
-Development of a comprehensive authority matrix for all units of the parent company using the RACI model (Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed) and rolled out to the subsidiaries of GIC.

Lead Instructor "Part Time" at The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET)
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • September 2009 to July 2012

-Summer 2012:
Instructor - Applications of Computers in Business - College of Business Studies.
-Fall 2010:
Instructor - Introduction to Computers - College of Business Studies.
-Spring 2010:
Instructor - Computer Concepts - College of Business Studies.
Lead instructor and subject supervisor (Business Economics): (PAAET Training): entitled for supervising the performance of 6 instructors teaching 425 students as well as the syllabus enhancement based on market competencies and the entitled of the unified exams.
-Fall 2009:
Instructor - Computer Concepts - College of Business Studies.
Lead instructor and subject supervisor (Business Law): (PAAET Training): entitled for supervising the performance of 6 instructors teaching 425 students as well as the syllabus enhancement based on market competencies and the entitled of the unified exams.

Business Analyst at Signature Announcements INC
  • United States
  • January 2007 to July 2007

A member of a consulting team formed from USF (University of South Florida) to help Signature Announcements INC achieve their tangible and intangible goals and expediting their business processes as follows:
- Changing the company's factory floor layout which reflected in saving 15% of their products manufacturing cycle.
- Developing a forecast, budget and LRP for the company's turnover and profit for the next 5 years taking into consideration the projects and action plans proposed.
- We have developed more than 50 action plans in order to increase the sales, save times and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of signature announcements, those action plans were fully described with the processes to be done, who and how those processes are accomplished, budget associated and the feedback and improvement processes.
- Developed the company’s Management Information Systems, that consist of:
 Changing the company’s website to capture the requisite information for further analysis
 Developing a new Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
 Create flowcharts, org charts, floor plans, business diagrams
 Entity Relationship Diagrams ERD.
 Relational schema. Data Dictionary all using UML standards.
- Developing the marketing plan, consisting of marketing research and development.
- Established their hiring process for full / part time and presented a moderate mythology to the HR department for employee's performance evaluation as well as mentoring and training.
- Helped the company minimize their fault orders by constructing full guidelines for system quality checking.
- Exposing the company to LEAN management concepts and how to get the buy-in of employees to employ these management strategies.

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Master in Business Administration
  • at University of South Florida
  • December 2007

•December 2005 Awarded a graduate scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education (Kuwait) for academic excellence •Graduated with Honor. •Spring 2007 Awarded a graduate certificate from the University of South Florida for the completion of a specialization in Management •Summer 2007 Awarded a graduate certificate from the University of South Florida for the completion of a specialization in Advanced Management Information Systems •Fall 2007 Awarded a graduate certificate from the University of South Florida for the completion of a specialization in Advanced Managemen

Master's degree, Master in Management Information Systems
  • at University of South Florida
  • December 2007

Scholorship by Ministry of Higher Education - Kuwait. Graduated with Honor.

Bachelor's degree, BA Management Information Systems
  • at University of South Florida
  • December 2005

•Graduated with Honor. •June 2002 Awarded an undergraduate scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education (Kuwait) for academic excellence •Spring 2004 A member of the Dean's List of Scholars (College of Business-University of South Florida) •Fall 2004 A member of the Dean's List of Scholars (College of Business-University of South Florida) •Spring 2005 A member of the Dean's List of Scholars (College of Business-University of South Florida)

Specialties & Skills

Lead By Example
Rational Portfolio Manager
529 Plans
UML Tools
Risk Identification and Control Assessment
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Budget - LRP analysis and review
Product Development and Enhancement
Risk Appetite & Risk Limits
Operational, Technical, Financial, Strategic Risks mitigation & Quality Enhancements
Stress Testing and Scenario Analysis
Risk Reporting (Risk Management Information Pack)
Rating (S&P - AM Best)
Authority Matrix and workflow systems

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Please Review My Attached CV for Full Certifications and Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2008
Valid Until:
July 2012