Secretariat
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain
The Secretariat is headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The current Executive Secretary is Mr. Sulaiman ALJABRIN from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mr. Sulaiman ALJABRIN
Current SecretariatBahrain
Headquartered2021
Executive Secretary SinceCAMS
Certified SpecialistExecutive Secretary
Mr. Suliman ALJABRIN
Banking regulation, supervision, and international financial integrity expertise.
H.E. Mr. Suliman ALJABRIN is a banking regulator with over 15 years of experience in banking supervision and regulation.Prior to starting his role as Executive Secretary of MENAFATF on 1st January 2021, he was the Director of Banking Policy Department at the Saudi Central Bank, responsible for formulating and implementing effective prudential, conduct, and AML/CFT rules and regulations in the Saudi banking sector.
Banking Supervision
AML/CFT Regulation
International Policy
CAMS
International experience
Mr. ALJABRIN has extensive international experience, as he has previously worked at the International Monetary Fund, providing policy analysis and technical advice to national regulatory and supervisory agencies on the design and implementation of financial supervision and regulation policies and related institutional frameworks.
He has also been a member of various high-level groups in different standard setting bodies such as the Financial Stability Board and Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, lastly being a member of the Policy Development Group at the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision.
Education and certification
Mr. ALJABRIN obtained his Bachelor of Administrative Sciences majoring in Economics from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, and holds an MBA degree from the School of Business at the University of Kansas.
He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
The Mutual Evaluation Division is responsible for monitoring member compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards. This includes managing the peer review evaluation process of assessed countries to produce mutual evaluation reports, which identifies areas of strength and vulnerabilities or inherited issues in the field of AML/CFT that require special attention, and propose recommended actions to overcome these issues. The report is presented and discussed at the Plenary thereafter. The division also oversees the follow-up processes to ensure members countries are addressing the areas of weakness.