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Khaled Abulfateh, CFA

Financial Services Consulting
Bahrain / Riyadh

Summary

Khaled is a core member of the Financial Services Practice in McKinsey & Company. He has led work on treasury, corporate banking, risk management, and Islamic banking

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages

Work History

Associate (Financial Services)

McKinsey & Company
01.2023 - Current
  • Islamic bank (KSA): Developed a treasury investment strategy to boost revenue via investment book expansion and yield optimization; reviewed the RAROC model across framework, thresholds, and governance
  • Bank (GCC): Designed an Islamic banking conversion strategy and assessed its impact on Corporate Banking, Treasury, and Risk; built a financial model to evaluate implications on financials and regulatory metrics
  • Islamic bank (KSA): Assessed the corporate banking operating model and conducted a capacity review across business divisions
  • Islamic bank (GCC): Created a stakeholder-focused communication plan to support the operational integration of two banks
  • Bank (KSA): Enhanced the risk appetite framework across non-financial risks, including ESG, with defined indicators, limits, and qualitative statements
  • Islamic bank (Kuwait): Built a market sizing model to identify revenue opportunities and benchmark sector potential
  • Public sector (GCC): Helped resolve a USD 300B+ funding gap for a government-led corporate program by identifying financial market levers to unlock capital

Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young
09.2021 - 12.2022
  • Development fund (KSA): developed stress testing model, liquidity risk model and a macroeconomic model; developed stress testing policies and procedures
  • Islamic bank (UAE): reviewed ICAAP methodologies of market risk, IRRBB, and Pillar 2 risks; developed scorecards for Shari’ah Risk and Model Risk
  • Bank (UAE): performed reconciliation, managed data, and developed dashboards for IBOR transition
  • Investment Bank (Bahrain): performed qualitative validation on PD, LGD and EAD models for credit risk

Risk Analyst

Kuwait Finance House
09.2020 - 08.2021
  • Performed Stress Testing and ICAAP
  • Developed an integrated scenario model for CAR, NSFR and LCR
  • Managed RCSA Framework, incident reporting, root cause analysis, and performed risk assessment on new products

Risk Management (Contract)

Gulf Finance House
03.2020 - 06.2020
  • Developed and implemented parametric and nonparametric VaR models using R programming

Education

Master of Science - Islamic Finance

Durham University
United Kingdom
09.2018 - 09.2019

Bachelor of Science - Economics

American University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
09.2015 - 08.2018

Software

PowerPoint

Excel

Certification

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Conference Presentation

  • Presenter in Kyoto University, Japan: "Portfolio Diversification Opportunities in Sukuk for Fixed-Income Investors", Kyoto-Durham Workshop in Islamic Economics and Finance, Speaker, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, September 2019

Timeline

Associate (Financial Services)

McKinsey & Company
01.2023 - Current

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

12-2022

Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young
09.2021 - 12.2022

Risk Analyst

Kuwait Finance House
09.2020 - 08.2021

Risk Management (Contract)

Gulf Finance House
03.2020 - 06.2020

Master of Science - Islamic Finance

Durham University
09.2018 - 09.2019

Bachelor of Science - Economics

American University of Sharjah
09.2015 - 08.2018
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