Zain Group has appointed AbdulGhaffar Setareh as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) being responsible for delivering the global risk framework and strategy across all operations within Zain Group. The newly created executive role will see Mr Setareh reporting to the Board' Risk Committee.
Setareh who graduated with a Telecommunications Engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale des Telecommunications, joined Zain in 1995 as a senior transmission engineer. He has led the Zain Group Risk Department as its Director since July 2005.
As the Zain Group Chief Risk Officer, Setareh is tasked to promote risk management culture throughout the Group, regularly enhancing the enterprise-wide risk governance framework currently in place and ensuring that the Group’s risk levels and business processes are consistent with its risk appetite, internal risk policies, and regulatory requirements for risk management.
Zain Group CEO, Scott Gegenheimer
Risk Management is a top priority at Zain and critical to the company’s future prosperity. Setareh’s extensive experience will ensure we continue to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Group’s risk oversight and control assurance processes...
