Hossam M. Abd El-Rahman is the Group Chairman & Managing Director of Allied Compliance Consultants “ACC”. He is a well-known international consultant, trainer & speaker with more than 24 years of experience in the fields of his specialty. 

Hossam is an outsourced compliance officer, money laundering reporting officer, internal auditor & Financial Crimes Consultant for many financial institutions in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) & MENA Region. Throughout his career, He worked for leading Conventional & Islamic banks where he assumed senior positions. In addition to many years of extensive public accounting experience in "BIG FOUR" International CPA firms including PriceWaterhouseCoopers & Arthur Andersen. 

Hossam is frequently invited as an expert on TV where he spreads awareness & comments on political, economic & financial happenings & situations. Hossam was interviewed at City 7 TV, CNBC Arabia TV & other channels about fraud, corruption & money laundering issues in the MENA Region & he commented on the current Egyptian Revolution. 

Hossam wrote the Arabic CAMS Exam study Guide, CAMS Supplement Study Guide, CAMS Exam preparation Seminar & CAMS Exam Online training. He is among the pioneers in setting up the Arabic AML terms & definitions. In addition, he wrote many articles & white papers in the areas of AML, Fraud & Financial Crimes that were published in various International professional Magazines. 

Hossam is an expert in Islamic Banking & Sharia’h Compliant products, he has been invited as an expert in many international conferences, events & webinars around the globe to present Islamic banking principles, products & the related advantages & challenges faced by Islamic Financial Institutions & Sharia’h Compliant companies. 

Hossam is a regular speaker at international conferences & he provides training, seminars & workshops worldwide. He is a Certified Trainer from Capital Market Authority (CMA) and the Institute of Finance (IOF), KSA