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Rakan Muawad

Risk Management
Riyadh

Summary

Risk Manager with Actuarial background along with expertise in enterprise, insurance, financial, and operational risk management. Aiming towards aligning risk practices with regulatory requirements and organizational goals through giving strategic insights to leadership.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Secretary of Risk Management Committee

Gulf Insurance Group - Saudi
11.2023 - Current
  • Organizes RMC meetings, prepares agendas, distributes materials, and records detailed minutes.
  • Assists in reviewing and updating risk management policies, and facilitates the preparation and submission of quarterly risk reports.
  • Acts as a communication link between the RMC and other departments, and provides administrative support to ensure effective risk management implementation.

Head of Risk Management

Gulf Insurance Group - Saudi
10.2023 - Current
  • Represent Risk Management at key governance forums through reporting to multiple sub-committee of the Board of Directors
  • Liaise with operational teams to ensure credible and cooperative risk management interactions.
  • Annually update risk management policies and the risk appetite framework, monitor exposures, and report quarterly to relevant committees.
  • Produce risk management opinions on Strategic Plan and Capital adequacy.


Insurance Risk Management:

  • Conduct second opinions on reserves and pricing peer reviews for large deals.
  • Review new and existing products comprehensively before implementation.
  • Providing formal opinions on reinsurance structures.


Financial Risk Management:

  • Monitor market, credit, and liquidity risks quarterly, reporting to relevant committees.


Operational Risk Management:

  • Conduct annual risk assessments and establish Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), reporting quarterly to committees.
  • Maintain a network of risk correspondents and track action plans for key risks.
  • Evaluate vendor, outsourcing, IT/IS, and cyber risks, and update the operational risk profile.
  • Provide second opinions on Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans.

Actuarial Consultant

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
10.2022 - Current
  • Leading operations for Lux KSA.
  • Management of Technical submissions to SAMA for Saudi based clients.
  • Leading the Technical correspondence with SAMA technical team.
  • Business Development for the Health Sector.
  • Research & Development for integrating the Actuarial function with other functions in the health sector (i.e Revenue Cycle Management)
  • Development of internal processes to build new KPIs for technical submissions.

Compliance Manager

Lux Actuaries & Consultants, KSA
06.2022 - Current
  • Leading the communication with the regulators.
  • Regulatory compliance assessments.
  • Prepare and execute short and long term plans to comply with existing regulations.
  • Implementing and maintaining the corporate governance policy.
  • Support the human resources strategic plans implementations.
  • Support the internal accounting function

Member of Global Advisory Board

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
4 2023 - 08.2023
  • Support in implementing the steering committee strategic goals across Lux global entities

Senior Actuarial Analyst

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
01.2020 - 10.2022
  • Leading the operations to set up Lux Actuaries in KSA.
  • Support and develop the Human Resource internal processes for GCC nationals.
  • Leading all Technical submissions to SAMA for Saudi based clients.
  • Leading the Technical correspondence with SAMA technical team.
  • Provide Internal and External Training for Actuarial Analysts on Technical aspects such as Reserving and Pricing.
  • Maintain and develop Internal Reserving and Pricing processes and models.
  • Financial Condition Reporting.
  • Reinsurance Optimization.
  • Asset Liability Management Reporting.

Acturial Analyst

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
02.2017 - 01.2020
  • Management of Technical Provisions and Pricing exercises.
  • Financial Condition Reporting.
  • Pricing Adequacy Reporting.
  • Insurance Portfolio monitoring.
  • Automation and Development Reserving and Pricing Processes across multiple software.

Education

- Society of Actuaries

Associateship Milestones Completed
01.2016 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Science & Financial Mathematic

King Fahd University of Petroleum And Minerals
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
09.2011 - 01.2017

Software

MS Office

R

Alteryx

Tableau

Certification

Alteryx Designer Core

Accomplishments

  • Successfully set up Lux Actuaries in KSA and obtaining the SAMA approval.

Timeline

Secretary of Risk Management Committee

Gulf Insurance Group - Saudi
11.2023 - Current

Head of Risk Management

Gulf Insurance Group - Saudi
10.2023 - Current

Actuarial Consultant

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
10.2022 - Current

Compliance Manager

Lux Actuaries & Consultants, KSA
06.2022 - Current

Senior Actuarial Analyst

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
01.2020 - 10.2022

Acturial Analyst

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
02.2017 - 01.2020

- Society of Actuaries

Associateship Milestones Completed
01.2016 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Science & Financial Mathematic

King Fahd University of Petroleum And Minerals
09.2011 - 01.2017

Member of Global Advisory Board

Lux Actuaries & Consultants
4 2023 - 08.2023
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