- Chair the Risk Management Committee, driving the continuous enhancement of the organization’s risk framework, focusing on quantitative risk modeling, stress testing, and Value-at-Risk (VaR) calculations to assess market and credit risk exposure.- Lead the strategy development and ongoing management of Clearing and Risk for the DGCX Group, ensuring alignment with international regulatory standards and industry best practices.- Oversee the implementation of advanced risk analytics tools to measure, monitor, and manage systemic risk across a wide range of asset classes (metals, hydrocarbons, currencies, equities), including the use of Monte Carlo simulations and scenario analysis to predict potential market shocks.- Develop and maintain quantitative models for collateral management, margining, and liquidity risk, ensuring that DGCX’s clearing operations remain robust under various market conditions.

- Managed the day-to-day operations of the Dubai Commodities Clearing House (DCCC), overseeing the execution of risk management strategies through quantitative methodologies such as portfolio risk analysis, statistical risk metrics (e.g., VaR, Conditional VaR), and exposure modeling.- Led the development and implementation of comprehensive risk management frameworks, utilizing advanced statistical techniques and algorithmic trading analysis to enhance the risk profiling of DGCX’s extensive product offerings.- Conducted in-depth analysis of risk scenarios using advanced financial models, including the application of stochastic modeling, to optimize margin requirements and ensure appropriate capital adequacy across multiple asset classes.- Collaborated with regulators on quantitative reporting and risk assessments, and represented DGCX on global regulatory platforms, ensuring adherence to international standards of risk management.

- Led the Bank's regulatory reporting, market risk, liquidity risk, and treasury middle office functions, overseeing the integration of risk management strategies across all financial operations.- Managed and maintained the Bank’s comprehensive risk framework, covering credit, market, and liquidity risks, while ensuring alignment with UAE Central Bank regulations and international best practices.- Directed the IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss (ECL) reporting process, utilizing advanced modeling techniques for impairment calculations, credit risk assessments, and portfolio stress testing.- Ensured that the Bank met capital adequacy requirements by maintaining appropriate credit, market, and operational risk capital, in line with the UAE Central Bank’s regulations and Basel III framework.- Managed liquidity risk, interest rate risk, credit risk and counterparty risk profiles, ensuring that all positions remained within the approved risk appetite and regulatory limits.- Coordinated and delivered comprehensive Pillar 1, Pillar 2, and Pillar 3 assessments, providing critical insights on capital adequacy, stress testing, and risk disclosures to ensure compliance with the UAE Central Bank’s regulatory framework.- Utilized advanced quantitative risk models, including VAR (Value-at-Risk), liquidity gap analysis, and scenario-based stress tests to optimize risk mitigation strategies and ensure sound financial stability.

• Monitor and identify all compliance risks including market abuse and mis-conduct across all HSBC Business Lines for the MENAT Region.• Act as the Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to the Business with regard to identifying, assessing and managing its Compliance risks and risk behaviors as per HSBC Risk Management Framework and within the Bank’s risk appetite.• Conduct automated and manual Monitoring controls across all Products and Trading activities, Electronic and Audio Communications for the in-scope staff with an extensive analysis for UAE, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Turkey and report/escalate all potential cases and risks to the Senior Management.• Execute the Enhanced Surveillance Reviews and/or Ad-hoc Investigations on the basis of the HSBC’s "Independent Review and Investigation Analytical Guidelines".• Help the Bank to comply with its Local and Global Regulatory Programs and commitments (such as 2018 US Department of Justice FX DPA-Deferred Prosecution Agreement, 2021-FED Order etc.).• Develop new effective compliance controls, in line with the wider HSBC Global Compliance Strategy and Framework.

• Provide Day-to-Day Compliance Advisory Services to the Business about the Rules and Regulations for the whole MENAT Region (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Turkey and UAE).• Ensure adherence for HSBC Businesses to all applicable rules, regulations, procedures and HSBC Group’s global standards and best practices. • Informing the Business about the new and/or upcoming Rules and Regulations in order to help the Business effectively and efficiently manage its Compliance risks.• Developing the necessary framework (such as Traders Manual, EIBOR Guidelines, Regional Volcker and Dodd Frank Instruction Manual, Personal Account Dealing Rule, Control of Information, Conflicts of Interest etc.)• Acting as a HSBC Designated Compliance Officer for the lead and co-regulators, promote and conduct active engagement with all relevant local and global regulators (including UK FCA, HK HKMA) • Deliver and lead the execution of high priority regulatory transformation/implementation programmes including all global regulations impacting MENA(T) such as MiFID II, EMIR, MRUD, MAR, Dodd Frank Act, Volcker Rule, HKMA Nexus Reporting etc. and engaging with the Global Regulators to assure for the seamless and timely implementation.• Representing HSBC MENAT Business in local and global work streams, committees and governance forums.

• Lead the Global Banking and Markets (GBM) Regulatory Compliance Team to ensure that the Team facilitates GBM business compliance to the local procedures as well as international laws and regulations (Dodd Frank Act, Volcker Rule, FATCA, EMIR etc.). • Work Together with GBM Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Team to apply Global FCC standards in the Bank.• Lead the business to implement the necessary programs to address, manage and mitigate impacts of the regulatory changes. • Continuously review the appropriateness of the Business Risk and Control Management (BRCM) Framework to monitor regulatory developments impacting the GBM business in Turkey. • Help the Bank to implement the global sales and suitability, risk management practices which ensures Bank’s exposure to all compliance and reputational risks.• Conduct and lead Market Abuse Monitoring Program and Controls under the HSBC.

• Provide Regulatory and Financial Crime Compliance day-to-day advisory before the introduction of new products and services. • Drafting policies and implement Transformation Programs to ensure Turkey’s full compliance to the Global Extra-Territorial Regulations such like MiFID (II), EMIR, Volcker Rule etc. • Assist business lines and the Executive Management for identifying, risk-assessing and finally managing the compliance and reputational risks.• Produce an Annual Compliance Risk Assessment Plan and a Compliance Monitoring Plan accordingly.• Facilitate HSBC Turkey and the Executive Management for aligning with HSBC Group Standards, International and local laws and regulations.

• Structure a contemporary risk management function from scratch based on the international best practices and develop a Risk Management Framework and Standards to form a risk culture within the Firm• Model the Stock Exchange’s business processes under Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) methodology on a risk-based approach and monitoring business risks on Risk Tools. • Identify, calculate, assess and finally report the financial (including market, credit, counterparty and liquidity risks), operational and compliance risks of the Stock Exchange's Equities (Stock) Market, Warrants Market, Fixed Income (Bonds and Bills) Market, Futures (Stock Options) Market based on the globally accepted risk management methodologies. • Conduct continuous risk assessments over the Firm’s business lines and processes to help the Business Lines’ manage and/or mitigate their risks under the Risk Appetite agreed by the Senior Management.

• Build and structure Central Bank’s audit function from scratch according to the internationally accepted internal audit standards and professional practices framework. • Annually assess the risks of the Bank by using European Central Bank’s (ECB) multiplicative risk model and preparing applicable risk-based annual audit plans. • Lead the Central Bank Audit Committee in order to help the Bank oversee and ensure CBRT has established a thorough risk management process and effective internal controls.• Conduct audits and the testing the internal control measures on Bank’s current Interbank Dealing (Front-Office) Operations, Open Market Operations, Local and International FX Dealing Operations, Foreign Reserve Management Operations, Auctions, Bank’s Financial Crime Compliance Undertakings, Capital Market Operations, Back Office Operations.• Lead and carried out the main facilitator role of the Central Bank’s Re-Engineering and Re-Structuring Project between 2006-2008.

Audited the abnormal trading activity in the ISE stock markets in terms of price and volume by utilizing Computer-Assisted Audit Tools (CAAT).Conducted periodical or ad-hoc financial and compliance audits on the brokerage houses.Carried out internal audits on operational, financial and compliance issues about ISE processes and departments.Directed the special investigations including fraud cases.Supervising the audits of the junior inspectors.Serving as a finance and audit expert in Turkish Judiciary System between 1998-2003.Taught and gave lectures on financial markets and audit topics in various distinguished universities of Istanbul.

Audited the trading activity in terms of price and volume in the ISE Stock Market. Monitored the periodical (e.g. daily/weekly) price/trading volume movements, scrutinized the trading data obtained from the members (brokerage houses) of ISE, investigated the clients that conduct abnormal trading in detail, reported to the Chairman.Conducted periodical or ad-hoc financial and compliance audits on the brokerage houses under the supervision of senior inspectors.