About Ihab ElSewerky

Board-level Senior Banking Executive (Managing Director & CEO) with 30+ years’ experience across all areas of Banking; Bank Management; Risk Management; Credit, Market and Operational risks, Corporate & Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, F.I.’s and SME businesses, internal controls and international regulations. With a sharp strategic focus, has championed initiatives to improve Credit Risk, Risk Ratings, embed operational risk cultures, and propel organizations towards long-term growth and commerce leadership in ever-changing competitive landscapes. Fluent Arabic and English facilitates engagement and synergies with multinational executives, and the building of trusting sustainable stakeholder relationships. Has coached talented, high performance teams, building capability through an open door, empowering leadership. - Drove business growth, and built a healthy loan portfolio with minimal non-performing loans ratio. - Enhanced capital adequacy and achieved optimal utilization of capital resources. - Developed long-term strategies and bank-wide Risk Management frameworks to measure, monitor and successfully minimize risk. Expertise: Bank Management | Board / Management Liaison | Leadership & People Management | Team Building | Risk Management | Credit Risk | Market Risk | Operational Risk | Corporate & Commercial Banking | Project Finance| Risk Ratings | Risk Systems | Portfolio Management | Basel II/ III | ICAAP |IFRS 9 |Regulatory Compliance | Corporate Governance | Strategic Planning & Direction| Financial Restructuring | Organizational Restructures | Centralization | Change Management & Process Improvement | Business Continuity | Policies, Procedures & Strategy Development