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DR. A.S. ELAVARASAN SOUNDARAJAN ABDULAZIZ A. AL-HELAISSI WHO'S WHO PROFILES
(PRINCE) F.C.A Director, Group Chief Executive Officer
Founder of ASP Auditing, Bahrain
Mr. Al-Helaissi has 30 years of banking and regulatory
Dr. A.S. Elavarasan is a fellow Member of Institute of experience primarily in Saudi Arabia.
Chartered Accountants of India. He has more than twenty Currently at Gulf International Bank (GIB), Mr. Al-Helaissi
year’s post qualification experience in the field of Auditing serves as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer and Board
Accounting,Assurance and International Taxation. He Member.
Conducted Awareness Sessions for more than 2000
Companies all Over GCC for VAT Implementation and Prior to joining GIB in February 2016, Mr. Al-Helaissi held
Guidance. the position of Deputy Governor for Supervision at the
Saudi Central Bank “SAMA” having started there in May,
Founder and Partner of Auditing Companies 2013. At SAMA, his responsibilities included the oversight
• ASP Auditing - Bahraini Specialized Partnership Co. of the banking and insurance sectors as well as finance
• ASP Auditing - Dubai, UAE company regulations (mortgage, leasing, and other non-
bank finance institutions). He was additionally responsible
• Elavarasan Chandrasekar & Co.,
for consumer protection.
Chennai & Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Prior to his post at SAMA, Mr. Al-Helaissi was Senior
Founder and Chairman of Consultancy Companies Country Officer and Managing Director, Saudi Arabia for
• ASPA Management Consultancy, Dubai, UAE JPMorgan Chase, as well as Head of Global Corporate
Banking for the Middle East and North Africa. Earlier in
• ASPA Management Consultancy WLL, Bahrain
his career, he was Saudi British Bank’s (affiliate of HSBC),
• ASPA Advisory Pvt Limited, Chennai, India Central Province Area General Manager, covering all key
• ASPA Advisory Pte Ltd, Singapore lines of business, including corporate and consumer
banking. Also, he has served on a number of boards,
• ASPA Real Estate OAMS - Dubai, UAE
including the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).
Industrial Experience Mr. Al-Helaissi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics
• Al Haramain Perfumes Mfg. & from the University of Texas in Austin, USA.
Oudh Processing Industry LLC
Q ABDULGABBAR HAYEL SAEED
• Al Mana Damas International LLC, Dubai, UAE Chairman
• Al Qatary Eleen, Sharjah, UAE Tadhamon Capital

Q AAMIR KHANZADA
Country Manager/SVP
MCB Bank Limited

Q ABBAS ABDULMOHSEN AHMED RADHI
Managing Director
Awael Public Accountants And Management Consultants.

Q ABDELILAH BELATIK
Secretary General
General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial
Institutions (CIBAFI)

Q ABDULWAHED ALJANAHI
Chief Executive Officer
The Benefit Company B.S.C. (c)

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