“For Immediate Release”
Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC” has announced honouring the best achievers of 2013 during: “ACC 5th Annual International GRC & Financial Crimes Conference & Exhibition”, the event that was that was held in Radisson Blu – Abu Dhabi Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Aarb Emirates on November 25 & 26, 2013 and attended by 140 delegates including regulators, law enforcement authorities, financial and non financial institutions from all over the world. The participants benefited from a cutting edge learning and networking opportunity with 15 international speakers and experts including Dr. Muhammad Baasiri – Third Vice Governor, The Central Bank of Lebanon, Mr. Ayman Khattab Head of Credit Risk – Risk Management, The Central Bank of Egypt, Mr. Matt Gamble Director, Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority “DIFC”, Ms. Angeli Periera Senior Associate – AML/CTF Supervision of Financial institutions and DFNBPs, Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority “QFCRA”, Mr. Timour Pasha – Regional Head of Risk, Samba Financial Group, Mr. Juan Llanos – member of the Bitcoin Foundation’s Regulatory Affairs Committee, in addition to Regulators and international speakers from all over the world as USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and UAE.
Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC” awarded 10 individual achievers and 2 Financial Institutions as follows:
Award Categories:
I Personal Awards:
ACC Corporate Governance Officer of the year:
| Â Â –Â Elsherif Abdel-Razik Compliance and Corporate Governance Group Head National Bank of Egypt “NBE” |
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| Â Â –Â Rania Nashar Group Compliance Head Samba Financial Group |
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| Â Â –Â Rami Raslan Senior Corporate Secretary Legal & Board Secretariat Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank “ADCB” |
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| Â Â –Â Samer Abdelhaq Group General Counsel Head of Legal & Compliance Division National Bank of Abu Dhabi “NBAD” |
ACC Compliance Officer of the year:
| Â Â –Â Waheed Rathore Executive Vice President Group Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank |
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| Â Â –Â Ihab El-Masry Compliance & Corporate Governance Deputy General Manager National Bank of Egypt “NBE” |
ACC AML/CTF Officer of the year:
| Â Â –Â Naif Al-Saad Head of Anti-Money Laundering Department Samba Financial Group |
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| Â Â –Â Basel Barakat Head of Compliance GCC Regional Compliance Arab Bank |
ACC Risk Management Officer of the year:
| Â Â – Mohamed Belgami AGM – Risk Management & Compliance Bahrain Islamic Bank “BISB” |
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| Â Â –Â Timour Pasha Regional Head of Risk Management Samba Financial Group |
ACC Anti-Fraud Officer of the year:
No Winner for 2013!
II. CORPORATE AWARDS:
5. ACC Financial Institutions of the year:
Samba Financial Group “SFG”
National Bank of Egypt “NBE”
Mr. Hossam Abd El-Rahman; Conference Chairman, Founder & Managing Director of Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC” said: “ACC Annual International Conference has become an industry leading event that industry professionals from all over the world wait from year to year. ACC Annual International Conference is now an icon in the MENA region and globally, bringing industry experts, regulators, vendors and associations together with financial and non-financial institutions in a world-class event to exchange views, experiences, discuss critical challenges and areas of concern for organizations in the financial and non-financial realm.”
“ACC 5th Annual International GRC & Financial Crimes Conference & Exhibition is another outstanding event, as we improve our annual conference every year. The event has been carefully prepared and organized to provide an outstanding learning experience as well as practical best practice solutions to the most pressing issues and challenges of Governance, Risk, Compliance and Financial Crimes (including: Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, Fraud and Corruption) faced by every Financial and non Financial Institution today.” Added Mr. Abd El-Rahman
Mr. Abd El-Rahman mentioned that he is so proud that ACC events and conferences are spreading the GRC & Anti-Financial Crimes awareness around the globe. He added that ACC will continue to improve our Annual Conference every year to always maintain our superior status of being the best conference in the region, offering all our valued clients, delgates and guests world class services and a cutting edge training and networking opportunity.
About Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC”
Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC” is an international professional services firm with Global Headquarters in Britain, MENA Headquarters in Dubai, presence in 25 countries and worldwide operations.
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