Ahmad Al Najar

Experience

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  Qatar centeral bank

  Dec 1992 - Aug 2011

  Examiner/ Supervisor, Supervision and Control Division

  - Efficiently supervise, control and grant licenses to financial institutions and representation offices and prepare the fundamentals and regulations and review and develop the same on an on-going basis.- Supervise and control investment funds, pension funds and combat money laundering in accordance with the law or as authorized by the State and organize the issuance of fixed - proceeds securities.- Supervise and control anti money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) operations.- Represent the State in international and Arab financial monetary institutions.- Monitor the Compliance with Risk Ceilings Prudential Ratios and Follow-Up of Supervisory Response.- Onsite inspection assesses the qualitative risks, in accordance with the assessment indicators of each type of the following financial services institutions, namely: Banks, Investment companies, financing companies, Exchange houses.- Coordinate and participate in inspection visits to the financial institutions to verify certain facts or operations.- Follow-up and study international best practices and codes on AML/CFT to keep update and track domestic and global developments in AML/CFT.- Follow-up of issues that require a cooperation between all authorities and regulators about AML/CFT.- Coordinating all official correspondence and communication between the Central Bank and the National Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Committee.- Conduct on going off-site surveillance and on-site inspection of all financial institutions regulated and controlled by the Qatar Central. Show less

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  Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA)

  Aug 2011 - now

  Associate Director- AML/CFT & Financial Crime, Supervision and Authorization Division (QFCRA)

  - Conducting monthly, quarterly and annual internal and regulatory reporting covering AML, Risk and Compliance issues, along with other related work as requested.- Supervising and monitoring a portfolio of banking firms- Conducting the Risk Assessment of the Firms.- Risk assessing and auditing the firms in my portfolio and issuing Risk Mitigating Programmers following these assessments. This includes assessing a firm’s strategic risks, prudential risks, compliance risk, AML risk, risk management framework, corporate governance arrangements and internal controls.- Prudential assessment work includes assessing the quality of firm’s loan books and trading books and reviewing the risk management systems and controls in place to manage and mitigate risk.- Developing and executing a Compliance Monitoring Plan and Risk Monitoring Plans including maintaining compliance, AML and risk hard and soft copy files and ensuring they are up to date, complete, ready at any time for auditor other review.- Reviewed and evaluated quarterly and annual returns to assess regulatory capital levels and identify risks within firms.- Developing a risk framework for the organization and reporting on risks to the Board.- Contribute to the implementation of the Supervisory Strategy.- Lead and assist with Risk Assessments Visit (RAV’s) of all QFC authorized and licensed firms, as scheduled. Ensure risks rating of firms remain current.- Lead and participate in ‘themed’ risk assessment projects to assess compliance of all firms across all sectors for compliance with selected themes, e.g. KYC, Audit function, etc. - Assist and contribute to the continued development and implementation policies and procedure across Division line.- Contribute to the regulatory Authority’s rules, regulation, policies and procedures to ensure they Comply with best international standards. Show less

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  وزارة التجارة والصناعة Ministry of Commerce and Industry

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2023

  AML/CFT Expert

  (On Secondment)