Mr. JP experience spans Corporate and Institutional Banking Coverage, Credit Risk Management, Strategy and Planning, and Cross-border Programme and Change Management.
He has over 20 years of experience with the HSBC Group, including 17 years as an International Manager across Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East, with 9 years based in Saudi Arabia. He joined Alawwal Invest in February 2021 to lead the acquisition of HSBC Saudi Arabia’s Asset Management, Retail Brokerage, and Retail Margin Lending businesses, resulting in the creation of SAB Invest in its current form in 2022. He led the design of SAB Invest’s strategic plan and established a Transformation Management Office in 2023 to run change execution. Prior to this, he led a strategic transaction at HSBC Saudi Arabia in 2020 and served as its Investment Banking COO between 2017 and 2019.
He is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (ACMA, CGMA), holds the Saudi CMA’s General Securities Qualification Certificate (CME-1), and is a member of the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE). He also holds a master’s degree in engineering (Computer Sciences and Telecommunications) from Efrei and a master’s degree in management and Corporate Finance (Programme Grande École) from ESSEC Business School, France.