Mai Aldahbashi

Corporate Governance Manager | Banking

Dubai, UAEhttps://www.LinkedIn.com/Mai_Aldahabashi

Profile summary

Corporate Governance Manager | Banking with over 12 years of experience and an MBA from The British University in Dubai. Currently manages Central Bank regulations, policies, and procedures at Alahli Bank of Kuwait. Previously oversaw a portfolio of real estate clients within the ADCB Corporate Risk Support and Enablement Department. Holds 7 years of experience in Trade Finance operations, transaction banking, and services with Arab Bank.

Career highlights

Central Bank regulations and Reporting management: Managing Central bank communications including regulations and local financial reporting (BRF) with Arab Bank Regulatory Financial compliance team .

Corporate Accounts Management: Managing Corporate end to end clients journey including all related corporate trade finance transaction banking and services requests related to from Account opening, trade finance applications, service requests, up to account closing at Arab Bank.

Corporate governance manager: Country corporate Governance manager with Alahli bank of Kuwait covering UAE and DIFC branches . Managing all corporate regulations, charters, policies and procedures for UAE foreign branch.

Key skills

Skills
Power BILeadershipAdaptabilityChange Management
GIEOM system
System Administration Management
Marketing
Content Strategy
HR
Employee Relations

Professional experience

Senior Corporate Support SpecialistJan 2024 - Jan 2025
ADCB

Portfolio management for contracting and real estate clients . Client onboarding, KYC and account opening. Complaints management Fulfilling corporate client’s requests. Maintaining KPI’s

Regulatory compliance officerJan 2017 - Jan 2024
ARAB BANK

Managing central bank reporting (BRF) Managing internal and external auditors Publishing new statements from Central bank Managing banks compliance records and asserting central bank rules.

Trade finance operations and service officer (Transaction banking)Jan 2017 - Jan 2024
ARAB BANK

Managing corporate clients requests (Account opening, trade finance applications, service requests, account closing). Transactions and salaries Running risk tests Managing requests tats Obtaining approvals from other departments

Client on boarding and account management (COBAM)Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Standard chartered
Medical imaging specialist, radiography department administration managerJan 2013 - Jan 2015
Dubai Health Authority
Assistant Service managerJan 2010 - Jan 2013
Mashreq

Mashreq Al mustaqbal program Part time call center agent

UAE Corporate Governance Manager Feb 2026 - Present
Alahli Bank of Kuwait | Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Managing Governance department for country (UAE) + (DIFC) Central bank and DFSA regulations along with charters , policies and procedures . Assuring All departments are uptodate with all regulations and complying with current policies . Handling all procedures from a Governance angle whilst managing all through regulatory reporting . Conducting trainings to staff regarding new governance implementations and yearly repetitive trainings to higher Management and unit heads . Handling newly published blacklistings and sanctioned areas updating .

  • GIEOM system Administration Management .
  • CO-PILOT 365 proffessional certified.

Education

Master's of Business Administration (MBA), Business AdministrationMay 2015 - Jun 2015
British University in Dubai

Master's of Business Administration in General Business - Marketing segmentation graduation thesis

Bachelor's Degree, Health SciencesAug 2007 - Jun 2011
Higher colleges of technology

Bachelors of health sciences in Medical imaging

Higher diplomaJun 2010
Higher colleges of technology

Higher Diploma in health sciences

Certifications

IELTS Band 9.0Higher colleges of technology · 2009-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Copilot 365Microsoft · 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
Ai FundementalsAlghurair university · 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
AML Fraud risk preventionEmirates institute of Finance · 2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

Languages

English (Native) · Arabic (Native)