Anahita Hameed
A dynamic and strategic risk leader. Currently working independently, she has held Chief Risk Officer and other senior regional and global positions with reputed UK and international banks including Standard Chartered Bank, Citi, HBL & American Express, covering Corporate, SME, Retail, FI, Corporate Finance, Treasury.
She additionally Spearheaded the PRA’s ERMF program for Africa & Middle East held and engaged in projects for initiating new business lines for Corporate Finance & Investment Banking and Institutional Banking Anahita has held enterprise-wide responsibilities for all principal risks of prudential & non-financial nature- Credit, Liquidity, Capital, Operational Risk/Resilience, Fraud, ESG/Sustainability, Compliance & Financial Crime, Reputational & Conduct, with related policies, risk type frameworks, legislative requirements, governance framework & risk appetite.
She has covered portfolios for Retail, Consumer Loans, Credit Cards, Wealth & annuity business, SME, Corporates, FI’s, Corporate Finance & Treasury. Counterparties included a cross section of consumer, local, global & GRE for bilateral & syndicated transactions & risk participations. Products included Trade Finance, Term Finance / Project loans, Mortgage loans, Equity Financing, Structured Trade, Commodity, Supply Chain, Receivable Services/ Factoring, Borrowing base trade loans, Debt Securitization & Real Estate Financing.
Debt re-structuring, Remedial asset work-out & problem loan management in close coordination with legal counsels. Was engaged in developmental financing through partnerships with IFC, BII, EBRD, IDB Close engagement in Banks’ strategy and business plan and setting of Risk Appetite Statements. I have held lead roles in product development, change management, upgrading & transformation of risk platforms & processes, data led models and automation as part of Risk Architecture enhancement Upgraded and automated risk operational risk platforms & Risk & Controls Self-Assessment program. Built up Risk Taxonomy & Register to cover all for new products & emerging risks.
In her roles, she has been an integral member of Board & executive committees & Regulatory Risk Lead & representation for annual strategy and risk framework and additionally designated senior management function for Climate Risk and Model Risk.