Chief Risk and Internal Audit Officer
Joined: 2023
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Amira Abdel Rahman currently serves as the Group Chief Risk and Internal Audit Officer at Beltone Holding - one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the MENA region – a role she was appointed to in May 2023. With over 23 years of experience in risk management and corporate banking, she brings immense expertise in identifying and safeguarding the company against any potential risks. Prior to joining Beltone, she served as the Group Chief Risk and Governance Officer at Post for Investment (2021-2023), where she was responsible for establishing an enterprise risk management framework for the company and its subsidiaries, setting the risk appetite and governance guidelines, developing and implementing internal control strategies in addition to representing the company in board memberships and risk committees for sister companies, mainly in the non-bank financial institution space. Before her time at Post for Investment, Abdel Rahman held the position of Head of Risk Management at Misr Capital (2020-2021), a subsidiary of Banque Misr. Abdel Rahman’s previous experience also includes serving as Executive Vice President for Risk Management, Governance, Compliance, and AML at the National Investments Company (2011-2020), the investment arm of Al Kharafi family and one of the largest listed investment companies in GCC, where she established and developed the risk management, compliance, AML, and governance functions and departments with all the necessary policies and guidelines throughout the organization. She also held the role of Acting Head of Risk Management, Compliance, and AML at Kuwait Finance and Investment Co. (2010-2011). Before that, she was a Corporate Banker at Nationale Société Générale Bank in Cairo (2000-2008). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science with honors from Cairo University. She is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) accredited by IACVA and a Certified Risk Manager and Corporate Governance Officer from the London School of Business. Additionally, she has earned a Professional Diploma in Private Equity from the American University in Cairo (AUC).
