Hossam M. Abd El-Rahman
CICA, CFS, CFCI, ARB, CAMS, CAMS-FCI, CAMS-Audit,
AMLP
Group Chairman & Managing Director
Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC”
Hossam M. Abd El-Rahman is the Founder, Group Chairman & Managing Director of Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC”. He is a well known international consultant, trainer & speaker with more than 22 years of experience in the fields of Public Accounting, Banking, Fraud, Forensics, Financial Crimes, Corporate Governance, Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorism Financing, Internal Control and Business Re-Engineering.
Hossam is also outsourced compliance officer, money laundering reporting officer and internal auditor for many financial institutions in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). He is also a financial crimes consultant for many financial and nonfinancial institutions. Throughout his career; Hossam worked for leading Conventional and Islamic banks in the MENA region where he assumed senior positions. He was Compliance, AML & Fraud Head at Samba Financial Group – Dubai, UAE. Prior to that, he was Compliance Supervisor at Kuwait Finance House – Kuwait. . In addition to 8+ years of extensive public accounting experience in “BIG FOUR” International CPA firms including PriceWaterhouseCoopers & Arthur Andersen.
Hossam is frequently being invited as an expert on TV where he spreads awareness and comments on political, economic and financial happenings and situations. Hossam was interviewed at City 7 TV, CNBC Arabia TV and other channels about fraud, corruption and money laundering issues in the MENA Region and he commented on the current Egyptian Revolution.
Hossam wrote the Arabic CAMS Exam study Guide, CAMS Supplement Study Guide, CAMS Exam preparation Seminar & CAMS Exam Online training. He is among the pioneers in setting up the Arabic AML terms & definitions. In addition, he wrote many articles and white papers in the areas of AML, Fraud & Financial Crimes that were published in various International professional Magazines.
Hossam is a Certified Internal Controls Auditor “CICA”, Certified Fraud Specialist “CFS”, Certified Financial Crimes Investigator “CFCI”, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist “CAMS”, , Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Financial Crime Investigator “CAMS-FCI” , Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Auditor “CAMS-Audit” , Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Auditor “CAMS-Audit”& Certified Anti-Money Laundering Professional “AMLP”. He received his Bachelor Degree in Commerce in accordance with the American Accounting principles & Auditing standards from Cairo University – Accounting major.
Mr. Abd El-Rahman is a member of various professional organizations as follows:
- Certified Member of the Institute for Internal Controls “IIC”
- Certified Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners “ACFE”
- Certified Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Specialists “ACFS”
- Certified Member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators “IAFCI”
- Certified Member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist “ACAMS”
- Professional Member of the International Federation of Accountants “IFAC”
Mr. Abd El-Rahman is a native of Egypt and speaks fluent English and Arabic. He spoke at various regional and international conferences, seminars and workshops worldwide, in addition to providing trainings around the globe in the fields of his experience.
                        
      
