Alaa
Al-Hamad
Alaa Al-Hamad Has joined ila Bank in April 2018 as Chief Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Officer, she was one of the first joiners of ila Bank and helped in launching the bank and establishing the compliance and financial crime framework. Prior to joining ila, Alaa was the Head of Regulatory Affairs in Bank ABC since 2015.She has held several other roles including the Head of Financial Crime Compliance in Standard Chartered Bank -Bahrain, Superintendent -Compliance Examinations within the Compliance Directorate at the Central Bank of Bahrain. Alaa comes with wealth of regulatory compliance and financial crime experience, having worked in this field for over 19 years and led many regulatory examinations at various banks in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the wider Arab world as part of the MENA-FATF country evaluation teams. Alaa is an ACAMS qualified, holds a Master’s degree from AMA International University and an International Compliance Diploma (with Distinction) from Manchester Business School (UK).