Chief Risk Officer (EMIRATI)
Role Overview
Executive leadership opportunity for a Chief Risk Officer in Dubai.
The role provides independent oversight, strengthens enterprise-wide risk discipline, and supports senior decision-making in a complex regulated environment.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
Executive leadership opportunity for a Chief Risk Officer in Dubai.
The role provides independent oversight, strengthens enterprise-wide risk discipline, and supports senior decision-making in a complex regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Set organizational risk direction and ensure major financial and non-financial exposures are understood, challenged, and managed within defined boundaries.
- Advise executive and Board-level stakeholders and translate complex risk information into clear decisions and priorities.
- Improve risk governance, escalation, accountability, and consistency across business and control functions.
- Oversee assessments of capital strength, liquidity resilience, adverse scenarios, and contingency readiness for balance-sheet and strategic planning.
- Engage regulators and ensure supervisory expectations, reviews, and remediation actions are addressed sustainably.
- Build a risk culture of informed decisions, early issue identification, and clear ownership.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in banking or financial services.
- Senior risk leadership experience in a UAE-regulated financial institution; CRO or equivalent experience is highly desirable.
- Broad expertise in credit, market, liquidity, operational, strategic, and other non-financial risks.
- Strong knowledge of UAE banking regulation, prudential frameworks, capital and liquidity requirements, stress testing, recovery planning, and risk governance.
- Experience engaging regulators, senior executives, and Board committees on material risks and regulatory matters.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
- Postgraduate study or FRM, PRM, CFA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualifications are advantageous.
Role Opportunity
Opportunity to influence risk strategy, strengthen organizational resilience, and contribute to major business and regulatory decisions.
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