SEDCO Holding Annual Report 2012

Executive ManagementAnees Ahmed MouminaChief Executive OfficerMr Moumina became CEO of SEDCOHolding in January 2013 after morethan 25 years’ experience in theprivate sector and financial servicesindustry. He previously worked withSamba Financial Group, latterly asGeneral Manager and Senior CreditOfficer. Throughout his banking careerhe gained experience in a variety ofbusiness sectors including contracting,trading, manufacturing, investments,real estate, transportation, leasing,the public sector and Islamic banking.He also worked with Proctor & Gamble.He is currently a Board Member ofseveral business, community andeducational establishments.Mr Moumina holds a Master of Sciencein Engineering Administration withhonors and a Bachelor of Science inCivil Engineering with honors, bothfrom George Washington University inUSA. He has completed a number ofextended executive programs includingthe Global Leadership Program atHarvard University and the SeniorExecutive Management Program atColumbia University.Issam HamidDirector of Corporate Strategyand DevelopmentMr Hamid joined SEDCO Holdingin 2010, responsible for investmentstrategy, capital allocation,proprietary direct investments,and asset investments. He isa member of SEDCO Holding’sInvestment Committee and sitson the boards of several subsidiaryand investee companies. Hepreviously worked at McKinsey andCompany’s London and Jakartaoffices where he led senior clientrelationships with multinationals,family businesses, and privateequity firms. Before this, at ShellInternational, he managed severalbusinesses and led the company’sglobal portfolio, strategy, andreorganization initiatives.Mr Hamid has an MBA fromWarwick University and a BSc(Hons) in Economics from theLondon School of Economics.In both cases he was awardedprestigious scholarships by theUK government. He is now amember of Warwick BusinessSchool’s alumni board.Atif RazaChief Financial OfficerA UK qualified charteredaccountant, Mr Raza has close to30 years’ experience in financialservices, commercial banking, andIslamic finance in the Middle Eastand the UK. Before joining SEDCOin 2011, he held CFO positions withSamba Financial Group and a majorCitigroup franchise in the UK.Mr Raza has had leadership rolesas CFO or COO of start-up Islamicinvestment banks in Bahrain andthe UK and, while at the EuropeanIslamic Investment Bank, wasactively involved with thedevelopment of a nascent Islamicfinance industry in London.Amro KandilVice-President, HumanResourcesMr Kandil has been with SEDCOHolding since 2010, having previouslyworked at Procter & Gamble, mostrecently as Senior HR Manager. Hegraduated with a Bachelor’s Degreein Systems Engineering from KingSaud University in 1990.At Procter & Gamble, Mr Kandilgained experience in engineeringand manufacturing before moving toHR, where he developed expertise inmultiple practices and oversaw areassuch as organizational excellence,training, recruitment, compensation,and employee services.Mamdouh KhawajiVice-President, InformationTechnologyMr Khawaji joined SEDCO Holdingin 2007 and has extensive experiencein information technology andleadership. Before this he spentseven years at IBM Toronto Labin Ontario where he was a softwarearchitect working with a globalteam that delivered WebSphereCommerce. Previously, he was aprincipal consultant at Oracle inCanada, having begun his careerwith Saudi Aramco as databasedesigner and administrator.Mr Khawaji graduated from KingFahd University of Petroleum andMinerals with a Bachelor’s degreein Computer Science.Nicholas PolleyVice-President, Legal AffairsMr Polley joined SEDCO in 2013.He brings 13 years’ professionalexperience, most recently as apartner of Charles Russell Law Firmin Bahrain where he led the MENAInternational Finance practice, actingfor regional corporate clients ontransactions and dispute relatedmatters. At SEDCO he has overallresponsibility for drafting, reviewing,and advising on all types of legalagreements. He also superviseslocal and international legal mattersfor the Board of Directors, ExecutiveCommittee, and ExecutiveManagement Committee.Mr Polley holds a BSc inDevelopmental Economics andInternational Politics with honors(including law) from the Universityof Bristol, UK. He qualified in 2000as an English solicitor and is amember of the Chartered Instituteof Arbitration (CIArb).Abdullah Al-HaiqiVice-President, Internal AuditMr Al-Haiqi joined SEDCO Holdingin 2005. He oversees the internalcontrol environment and reportson internal audit activities andcompliance to the Audit andCompliance Committee and CEO.He has over 17 years’ experiencein accounting, auditing, Saudi tax,and Zakat, and previously workedwith PricewaterhouseCoopers inSaudi Arabia in assurance, Zakat,and tax services.Mr Al-Haiqi holds a Master’sin Professional Accounting fromKing Abdulaziz University andis an associate member of theSaudi Organization for CertifiedPublic Accountants, the Instituteof Information Architecture, andthe Fraud Examiners Association.He is also a licensed Zakat andincome tax consultant.Amr BanajaVice-President, CorporateCommunications and MarketingMr Banaja leads the company’smarketing, public relations and CSRprograms. He joined SEDCO Holdingin 2011, having been VP Marketing& Communication at SEDCODevelopment from 2010.Beforejoining SEDCO, Mr Banaja partneredwith Seventh Art Group, the NewYork based real estate serviceprovider, to launch its Middle Eastoffice in Dubai, successfully leadinga number of projects includingTrump Dubai (Nakheel Harbour andTower) and Dubai Infinity Holdings’Isla Moda on the World. His earlierexperience includes senior positionsacross the GCC region at SamaDubai, the National CommercialBank (Investment Services Division),Unilever, and Gillette.Mr Banaja is a BA graduate fromBoston College, USA, majoringin Economics with a minorin Mathematics.From left:Atif Raza, Abdullah Al-Haiqi,Amro Kandil, Anees Moumina,Mamdouh Khawaji, Amr Banaja,Issam Hamid, Nicholas Polley10 Annual Review 2012 11