Personal bio
- Education and Professional Courses: - Bachelor of Economics & Administration – Accounting major King Abdul-Aziz University – 1993. During my career, I had an opportunity to attend and participate in some training courses and seminars as following: • Computer Databases and Operation Courses. • Courses for working knowledge and skills (Presentation Skills - Maximizing Creative and Logical Thinking – Time Management - Memo writing). • Financial Analysis. • Internal Controls & Quality Internal Controls Review. • Saudi Standards for Banknote. • Selection Interviewing. • Interviewing for Organizational Success • Planning & Preparing Budget. • Budgeting & Planning. • Forecast of Financial Failure and Crisis Management. • Developing Managerial Strategies for Organization. • Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). • Executive Leadership Seminar (London Business School). • Strategic CFO. • Attendance and participation in Forum of Family Owned Business 2014 & 2015 to discuss the governance of family businesses. • Workshop for family business in world of governance. • Internal Audit Review Course for CIA Part One (Internal Audit Basics) • Internal Audit Review Course for CIA Part Two (Internal Audit Practice) • Internal Audit Review Course for CIA Part Three (Internal Audit Knowledge Elements) • Advance Course for Compliance. • Development and design of Key performance indicators (KPIs) Using the balanced scorecard (BSC). • Preparation for Value Added Tax ( VAT ). • Evaluation of internal control systems in accordance with COSO. • Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) – 2016. • Law, Practice and Procedure of International Arbitration (CIArb Module 1). - Experience: - From 2-2013 until present: Abudawood Group (Head of Internal Audit and Compliance in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, and Pakistan). - From 1-2008 to 2-2013: Abudawood Group (Financial Controller for Distribution Companies in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bahrain). - From 4-2004 to 1-2008: Ismail Ali Abu