Summary Of Experience

Experienced governance, risk management and internal audit professional, serving MENA region for last 16 years both in practice with Big-4 advisory firms, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund and international financial center.

Talha is certified risk trainer and currently delivering ISO 31000 trainings as PECB Certified Trainer. He also sits in board of Pak Oman Asset Management Company as their Independent Director

Educational & Professional Certificates

• SECP Certified Director, Lahore University of Management Sciences
• International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management, UK
• Certified ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager, PECB Canada
• Lead Auditor BCM ISO 22301, BSI UK
• Certification in Risk Management Assurance, USA
• Certified Internal Auditor, USA
• CA Affiliate, Pakistan

Key Companies

• Mubadala Investment Company
• Abu Dhabi Global Market
• Khalifa University of Science Technology & Research
• Deloitte & Touché Middle East
• Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder Chartered Accountants

Key Projects/Achievements

• Establish the Enterprise Risk Management function from scratch in International Financial Centre covering regulatory risk requirements.
• Led the implementation of RSA Archer, GRC system in sovereign wealth fund along with coordination of other risk interfaces.
• Deliver Business Plan Risk Assessment, and Ethics & Compliance Risk Assessment within sovereign wealth fund
• Lead the BCM and Compliance verticals to streamline the functional model during the merger of UAE sovereign wealth funds with combined value of USD 250bn.
• Deliver crisis scenario modeling and stress testing of key performance variables to get readiness of sovereign wealth fund for world economic downturn
• Deliver first Internal Controls over Financial Reporting Audit complying with requirements of COSO 2013 International Control Framework
• Coordinate regulatory audits on Procurement function by Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority
• Deliver end to end BCM cycle in accordance with NCEMA 7000:2015 requirements in sovereign wealth fund
• Deliver 50 plus risk advisory and internal audit engagements during practice with Big 4 ranging clients from banks, FMCG, infrastructure, financial services and higher education sector.
• Develop detailed risk insight developing intuitive risk dashboards on Power Business Intelligence.
• Automate the audit engagement plan and working papers on the ADAA E-Governance Portal (risk-based internal audit software) resulting efficiency in the process
• Hands experience of working on various ERP and reporting systems such as Oracle, Quantum, Hyperion, Banner, Cognos