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OUR LEADERS IN OMAN

Hussain Al Yafai

Chief Executive Officer and Head of CCIB, Oman

Hussain Al-Yafai is the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, & Head of CCIB (corporate, commercial, and institutional banking services) for Standard Chartered Bank Oman, a position he has held since 2019. In this role, he has executed a major restructuring of Standard Chartered Bank Oman to become the nation’s leading provider of corporate, commercial, and institutional banking services.

Hussain is a visionary CEO with a proven history of executing strategic initiatives, motivating teams, and driving profitability. He effectively partners with governments, government-related entities, financial institutions, and multinational corporations to provide financial solutions and services, and has been recognized by the Omani government for excellent service.

As a strong advocate for sustainability, Hussain established Oman’s first sustainability-linked financing and became the market leader in ESG advisory and ESG finance.

Hussain has achieved over $60 billion in financing in Oman, boosting the national economy through debt capital markets, syndicated loans, ECA financing, and product financing. He draws on his extensive industry experience, market knowledge, and client relationship management skills to generate business growth.

Since 2005, Hussain has held multiple titles at Standard Charter Bank, including Head of Wholesale Banking in Oman, Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets in the MENA region, and Regional Business Planning Manager of Financial Markets in the MENA region. He also brings entrepreneurship and logistics experience from work with previous employers.

Hussain studied Business Administration at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and at American University in Dubai. He is also certified in Behavioral Finance through INSEAD and developed robust leadership skills and a global mindset through multiple elite training and mentorship programs. He is fluent in Arabic and English.

Insherah Bawazir

Head of Human Resources, Oman

Insherah Bawazir is the Head of Human Resources for Standard Chartered Oman. She joined the Bank in 2007 as a Customer Service Executive for Retail Banking. Her roles in the Bank included, Customer Services Manager, Relationship Manager for Priority Banking, Quality Service Manager and Head of Corporate Affairs.

Insherah worked with the Retail Team in Country and Region to launch the Priority Banking services in Oman. In 2010, she took on two managing positions, one as a Service Quality Manager and the other as a Corporate Affairs Manager and was instrumental in setting up both departments for the Bank before becoming the Head of Corporate Affairs in 2012. She was appointed as a member of the Country Management Team in October 2012 making her the first female to join the team in Standard Chartered Oman.

In November 2015, she took on the role as Head of Human Resources during the Retail Banking Exit and worked closely with the Bank stakeholders and local regulators to ensure a smooth transition.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Insherah was the Marketing Executive for Emirates Airlines Oman.

Insherah has an MBA in Management from the University of Missouri St. Louis (University affiliated with Modern College of Business and Science).

Ahmed Al Sharji

Head of Internal Audit, Oman

Certified Controls Specialist (CCS) audit executive with 13 years of operational, and compliance auditing experience, including 7 years in leadership roles. Proven results establishing, organizing and managing an internal audit department while successfully meeting deadlines, quality standards, budgets and maintaining relationships with senior management.

Post graduated from Bradford School of Management (Bradford University) with MSc Finance, Accounting and Management.

Muadh Al Balushi

Head, Cash Management Operations and COO Oman

Muadh is double hatting Head of Cash Management Operations and Chief Operating Office Oman for Standard Chartered Oman. He joined the Bank in 2004 and worked in various Operations units. His previous roles in the organization included, Manager Cash Management Operations, Head, Wealth Management and Securities Services Operations, Head of Cash Management Operations and Head, Banking Operations. He leaded most of regulatory and Group projects. He has driven a lot of initiatives within Operations like Automation, Simplification of processes, increased transactions STP ratio, turnaround time improvement and more to implement control and achieve more efficiencies.

Muadh had took over Country Chief Operating Officer role during March 2021 as per the succession plan.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Muadh was working in Oman LNG project as General Administrator and IT help desk.

Muadh studied IT/Technology major in College of Banking and Financial Studies.

Muadh started preparing for his master’s in business administration from university of Bedfordshire UK which will end by 2022.

Shamsa Al Hadi

Head of Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (CFCC) Oman

Shamsa Al Hadi is the Head of conduct, financial Crime and compliance (CFCC) and she is also double hatting as the MLRO of Standard Chartered Bank, Oman. She assumed this role in April of 2020.

Shamsa has been with the bank for more than 5 years and has Compliance and Anti Money Laundering (AML) experience in several organizations and banks. She joined SCB Oman’s CFCC team as an Associate Director in 2018. In 2020 she moved to a new role as the Head of CFCC.

Shamsa is certified by the International Compliance Institution (ICA) for Anti Money Laundering and currently availing her ICA Compliance Diploma with the Institution as well. Shamsa is also currently availing her master’s in criminology and Criminal Justice with Edinburgh Napier University, which is an additional layer of certification that will add a greater value for her role as the Bank’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance.

In her previous roles, Shamsa worked for National Bank of Oman, Zurich LLC and other organisations in Compliance, Audit, and Insurance functions for almost 13 years, with a focus on Compliance and Anti Money Laundering processes. During her time in SCB Oman, Shamsa was nominated as employee of the month and she was the employee of the year for 2019 as well.

Shamsa likes to spend her spare time reading, perusing fitness/ sports and travelling.

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