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IRM Middle East Regional Group

Next meeting:

Date 6 March 2008
Time

tbc (early evening)

Location

Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority

Qatar, UAE

Agenda

 Islamic Finance

More details to follow 

Booking

This is a free event open to IRM Members and non-Members but places are limited. For enquiries about the event or the IRM Middle East Group please contact the chairman or secretary - details below.

   

 

Insurex 2008 - IRM Regional Group Chairman Rahat Latif and local IRM member James Portelli are both speakers at this event in Dubai on 8/9 April 2008

Group contact details

Chair: Rahat Latif

Secretary: Mohammed Al Otaibey

If you live or work in the Middle East and would like to register an interest in this group please email

Rahat at rlatif@qatargas.com.qa


 

Past Meetings

Date 3 March 2008
Location

CCL

Level 5, Emirates Towers (Hotel Tower)

Dubai, UAE

Agenda

Introduction by Regional Group Chairman, Rahat Latif

Presentation by Terry Douglas, Director of Training, CCL: Financial Services Risk Management in the UAE: Could it Happen to Us?

Very much as a result of past problems, governments and regulators around the world place ever more pressure on financial services firms to effectively manage their risks. Senior management should by now be under no illusions as to where the buck stops if something goes wrong, but still it happens. Following cases such as WorldCom, Enron, Barings and BCCI the thinking was that the industry would have learnt very salutary lessons and 'it will never happen again' was repeated by politicians and regulators alike.

But r ecent cases such as Northern Rock and Societe Generale once again bring risk management into stark reality. Can we really say that we have learnt the lessons from the past and that it will not happen again.

The presentation will

  • Explore the regulator's approach to risk management in the UAE and globally
  • Focus on the requirements placed upon Senior Management
  • Explain best practice: risk mapping to achieve compliance...and success!
  • Explore the risks - from Nick Leeson to Jerome Kervial, and
  • Ask......are we managing the risks? 

 IRM is grateful to CCL for hosting and presenting at this event.

  CCL Presentation from 3 March meeting
   
Date Sunday 28 October 2007
Location

Dubai International Financial Centre

Minutes None

 

Date Wednesday 4th July 2007
Location

Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authotity (DOHA)

Minutes TBC

 

Date Monday 18th June 2007 - 6pm – 8pm
Location

Location: VIP meeting room

3rd floor, Dubai Customs Head Office

P.O.Box.63

Dubai, UAE

Map (pdf  51.7kb)

Minutes/Notes Minutes (pdf 63.7kb)

 


Group Aims and Objectives

Aims

  • Create awareness of Risk Management in region
  • Raise visibility of IRM
  • Hold joint activities with other associations such as AIRMIC, Institute of Project Management, GII, Audit etc

Objectives

  • Share best practice and knowledge under Chatham House Rules
  • Make region aware of training opportunities available through the IRM