Khalid Waheed

Head of IT Audit at Alawwal Bank

With more than 17 years of experience in different organization included IT Auditing & IT Security and Risk Based Business Reviews. I am Certified Information System Auditor (CISA, USA) and holding certificate of Information Security Management System Certified Implementer (ISMS) ISO 27001, partly qualified form Institute of Cost & Management Accountant of Pakistan (ICMAP) and Masters Degree in Economics from Karachi University. Presently I am working as Head of Information Technology Audit in Saudi Hollandi Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I also worked as Internal Auditor in Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company, one of the world largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex and owned jointly by Saudi Aramco and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical. The company is an extension of Saudi Aramco’s oil refining operations in Rabigh and represents the single largest investment by the company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Five (5) years of my association with the Bank AL Habib Limited, a bank more than 300 branches network nationwide having overseas operations in Turkey, China, Dubai, Bahrain, Seychelles and Malaysia. After having worked in the Bank it gave me an in-depth knowledge of Banking operations related to Information System, core business processes and implementing and administrating information security within the Bank. I was associated for 6 years with Ernst & Young International, one of the big4 audit firms.