Mr. Arif Shaikh is a Senior Risk & Compliance Advisor in the UAE with stints with different institutions in the area of Risk Management, Compliance, Corporate Governance etc. He has been the advisor to HE the Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE for Risk, Compliance and other banking services and is a Board Member on a CBUAE Subsidiary. Prior to this role, he has been the Senior Executive Vice President / Group Chief Risk Officer at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); he has been associated with the Group since Jan 2001 with responsibilities including Enterprise Risk Management function, Information Security, Group Compliance Function, Group Legal function and the overall Corporate Governance of the bank. He has set up these functions at FAB from scratch and has developed the current risk framework at FAB on a global basis. He has had stints on the Board of CBUAE/FAB subsidiaries and external companies in the Real Estate, Islamic Finance, Dubai First, FGLB, etc. He is currently on the board of Oumulat Security Printing and the Abu Dhabi Awqaf Authority. Prior to joining FAB, Mr. Shaikh has worked with HSBC, ANZ Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, KPMG & PWC covering a variety of positions including Risk Management, Audit, Finance, Trade Finance, Corporate Banking, Branch Management, Banking Consultancy, etc. Mr. Shaikh has had working stints in different parts of the world apart from his current base in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Shaikh holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Bachelors Degree in Law and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants.