The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, a pioneer in the field of banking services for individuals and institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced the appointment of Mr. Khaled Wahib Al -Nasser as Director General of the Group’s Internal Auditing, to succeed Mr. Raj Dugar, who retired 25 years after the bank’s service, within the framework of the bank’s strategy to invest in Bahraini cadres and enhance the percentage of Bahnah in leadership positions, and enable Bahraini competencies to hold high positions in the bank.
On this occasion, Mr. Yasser Al -Sharifi, CEO of the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait Group, said: “We are pleased to welcome Mr. Khaled Al -Nasser at the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, on the occasion of his appointment as General Manager of the internal audit of the group.
This appointment reflects our continuous commitment to investing in national competencies, and our keenness to support national policies aimed at strengthening Bahnah. We are confident that the extensive experiences and leadership skills enjoyed by Mr. Khaled will lead the internal audit department towards a new stage of growth and development. “
Mr. Al -Nasser has the expertise of 18 years in external audit, preparation of reports and financial supervision, internal control, internal audit, and held several major positions at Ernst & Young as an external auditor, and in the Islamic Bank of Bahrain where he held the position of head of internal control, head of financial accounting and reports, and the head of internal audit, and also held the position of head of internal audit at the United Bank.
It is worth noting that Mr. Al -Nasser is an accredited legal accountant (CPA) from the New Hampshire Council for Accounting in the United States of America, an accredited internal auditor (CIA) from the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), an accredited Islamic accountant (CIPA) from the Accounting and Review Authority for Islamic Financial Institutions (Iufi), and an accredited global administrative accountant (CGMA), as well as a certificate in internal control from Coso, and I complete A program to develop leadership at the Darden College of Business at the University of Virginia.
Throughout his career, Mr. Khaled Al -Nasser had a fundamental role in leading a successful transformation of traditional banking operations towards Islamic financing models, as well as establishing strong internal control jobs based on
To the data enhanced techniques. His efforts have contributed to the development of auditing methodologies through flexible and adapted practices in remarkably raising the efficiency of audits and reports.
For his part, Mr. Khaled Al -Nasser expressed his happiness by joining the bank’s work team and his willingness to provide everything that would support the bank’s efforts towards achieving the allocated goals. Employment. “
