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title: "Akanksha C, CFA, FRM - Global Consultant and Subject Matter Expert in United Arab Emirates | Tal"
description: "Meet Akanksha C, CFA, FRM, Senior Risk Leader| Subject Matter Expert |Operational Risk| Treasury| Market Risk| Resilience| Enterprise Risk| Risk Governance | Fintech | Investments based in United Arab Emirates."
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# Akanksha C, CFA, FRM on Tal

## Headline

Senior Risk Leader\| Subject Matter Expert \|Operational Risk\| Treasury\| Market Risk\| Resilience\| Enterprise Risk\| Risk Governance \| Fintech \| Investments

## About

With over two decades at the forefront of banking and fintech risk management, I don’t just consult \- I transform how banks anticipate and navigate risk\. My passion lies in building resilient institutions, whether that means overhauling risk frameworks, or conducting risk assessments that uncover hidden vulnerabilities and opportunities or setting up the risk department from scratch\. My treasury experience \- including the modeling and management of investments and complex derivatives\- helps translating technical complexity into actionable insights for decision\-makers\. My domains spans market risk, operational risk, outsourcing risk and enterprise risk: empowering banks to thrive in an ever\-changing regulatory and market environment\. A lifelong learner, I recently deepened my perspective through Harvard’s sustainable investing program, equipping myself to help clients integrate ESG and responsible finance into their strategies\. If you’re seeking a partner who delivers measurable value and future\-ready risk solutions, let’s connect and explore how I can help your organization stay ahead of the curve\.

## Location

United Arab Emirates

## Work experience

Global Consultant and Subject Matter Expert at Freelance, Dec 2020 \- Present · 5 yrs 7 mos, United Arab Emirates, ◦ Riyadh Bank, Saudi Arabia: Overhauled the risk assessments to increase process agility and improve compliance with regulations and industry standards across the Treasury business line \(front office, market risk, back office\)\. ◦ Arab National Bank, Saudi Arabia: Optimized the New Product Approval Policy and associated product papers in line with new SAMA regulations\. Fostered collaborative workshops that decreased time to market for new products in the Treasury vertical\. ◦ Mehtak Investment House, Saudi Arabia: Enhanced the Investment Policy Statement and Treasury Policy of the investment office\. ◦ Mashreq Bank, UAE: Enhanced model monitoring framework to align with CBUAE regulations\. ◦ MSX, UAE: Conducted a readiness review of their ADGM licencing application to issue cryptocurrency – included industry benchmarking and regulatory gap analysis\. ◦ Vision Bank, Saudi Arabia: Spearheaded the readiness review/gap analysis of their SAMA fintech banking licencing application – this included a review of bank wide governance, policies, procedures, systems against SAMA regulations\.

Head of Operational Risk and Market Risk at Fintech, Nov 2019 \- Nov 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, United Arab Emirates, Heading operational risk, liquidity risk, market risk for neo bank\.

Head of International Operational Risk at First Abu Dhabi Bank \(FAB\), May 2018 \- Nov 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos, United Arab Emirates, Responsible for post merger integration of Risk and Control Governance Frameworks across all international locations whilst ensuring compliance with multiple jurisdictions and regulators\. Responsible for oversight and governance of operational risk in all international locations \(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, UK, France, Switzerland, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar\)

Financial Markets Consultant at UAE, Dec 2016 \- Nov 2019 · 3 yrs

Risk Management at Bank ABC, May 2007 \- Jun 2016 · 9 yrs 2 mos, Bahrain, AVP, Group Operational Risk Reporting to the Group Head of Operational Risk and responsible for the Operational Risk oversight and mentoring local staff in subsidiaries – Bahrain, UK, USA, Brazil, Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunis\. Secretary to Group Operational Risk Committee\. Group New Products Gatekeeper\. In charge of project management for Treasury Special Projects including implementation of new regulation \(EMIR etc\), systems, new products workflow within the Bank\. Deputy to Head of Group Market Risk Responsible for oversight of the trading and investment portfolios of the Group including those of 4 key subsidiaries – Bahrain, USA, UK, Jordan and Egypt\. Secretary to Group Asset Liability Committee\. Responsible for drafting policies and analysing and reporting on capital, investments, liquidity risk, stress testing\. Manager, Credit Risk Management Responsible for redrafting the Group Credit Policy, implementing the revised corporate credit model, portfolio credit stress testing, economic capital and ICAAP\. Structure and implement a Group Credit Culture Training programme covering 250\+ employees over 3 years across the Bank\. Interact with ratings agencies, provide comments on central bank of Bahrain papers and point person for external auditors\. Quantitative Investment Analyst, Group Market Risk Responsible for selection and implementation of a new market risk system, setting up reports, modeling the trading and investment portfolio of the Bank \(assets classes include fixed income, foreign exchange, derivatives, structured finance, private equities and hedge funds, brokerage, commodity and margin trading etc\)\.

## Education

MBA, Finance, Indian Institute of Science \(IISc\)

Bachelors in Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga

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