Waleed Mohammed

Profile

Waleed Mohammed is a director and risk advisory leader based in Riyadh, with more than eighteen years of experience in governance, internal audit and risk management. He has extensive experience in risk assessment and management, as well as in designing electronic risk management systems and strengthening internal controls.

Professional Summary

Waleed's primary focus is on leading practices, with an emphasis on developing enterprise risk management (ERM), value-adding internal audit functions, long-term strategic planning, control and risk self-assessment (CRSA) programs, audit programs, risk identification, assessment, treatment and monitoring, and governance design. He is an expert in risk and audit services, having served more than one hundred clients across the Middle East and the United States, and in assessments of governance practices and leading practices in the field.

Academic Qualifications

• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), United States.
• Bachelor of Accounting, Faculty of Commerce (English Section), Cairo University.
• International Negotiations – Faculty of Economics and Political Science.

Notable Work

• Led risk assessment projects for numerous clients in the private and government sectors.
• Project manager for enterprise risk management (ERM) design and implementation projects in Saudi Arabia across a wide range of industries.
• Project team member on an engagement to develop an enterprise risk management framework for a government entity in the Kingdom.
• Project manager for an enterprise risk management strategy to modernize a leading information technology company in the Kingdom.
• Project head for one of the largest foreign banks in the United Kingdom, conducting reviews of its enterprise risk management, internal audit, compliance, governance and strategy functions.
• Project lead on multiple projects across various industries to develop internal audit strategic plans, conduct risk assessments and execute audits.

Languages

• Arabic and English.