Practitioner
He has built audit departments from nothing, written their charters and manuals, run risk-based plans, and served as committee secretary. That practical foundation shapes what he expects from an assurance function at board level.
Ayman H Jaber — Professional Record
Business Strategy, Governance, Audit, and Transformation leader operating at the intersection of innovation and entrepreneurship, focused on building trusted institutions, high-performing organizations, and scalable businesses and solutions.
Ayman H Jaber is a governance and assurance professional working in the Saudi market. He serves as an independent director on listed-company boards, chairs an audit committee, has led internal audit functions across five sectors, and builds ventures and institutions that strengthen governance practice in the Kingdom.
Professional Journey
The record runs from executive assurance leadership in digital banking back through listed real estate, finance and leasing, banking and telecommunications, to external audit at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dhahran in 2008.
Digital banking
Chief Audit Executive
Halalah Trading Company (Hala), Riyadh
Chief Internal Auditor
Saudi Real Estate Company (Al Akaria), Riyadh
Director of Internal Audit
Al Yusr Leasing and Financing, Riyadh
Chief Internal Auditor
Saudi British Bank (SABB), Riyadh
Audit Manager → Senior Audit Manager
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), Riyadh
Internal Auditor → Senior Internal Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dhahran
Senior Auditor, Assurance
Three Perspectives
Governance Leader
As an independent director and audit committee chairman, his focus is the effectiveness of the committee, the independence of assurance, and the board's oversight of risk and internal control.
Builder
Fusion Harbor, FH Academia and TopTrust respond to structural gaps in governance capability, practical learning and technology-enabled assurance work.
Professional Contribution
He has trained professionals through the Institute of Internal Auditors, delivering CIA Levels 1 and 2 preparation (2020–2021), and through Tamkeen Institute on risk-based internal audit (2020–Present). He is a founding team member of Cooperative Governance (CGA), the first specialized cooperative association in governance in Saudi Arabia.
Institute of Internal Auditors
CIA Levels 1 and 2 preparation
Tamkeen Institute
Risk-based internal audit
Cooperative Governance (CGA)
Founding team member
The first specialized cooperative association in governance in Saudi Arabia.
Speaking
Public appearances at university, professional-body, banking and technology events — from internal-audit education to API governance and artificial intelligence in digital banking.
King Saud University Accounting Club
Lecturer
Internal audit and the CIA certification. Delivered with the Internal Audit Platform.
Third Internal Audit Platform Forum
Speaker
The Certified Internal Auditor certification. 9 April 2019, Riyadh, with a live broadcast.
apidays Dubai & Middle East
Speaker
API governance and risk management in open banking, including the performance, risk and control indicators used to measure them.
Cedar IBSi Summit — Building a Future-Ready Bank
Panel speaker
Artificial intelligence in digital banking, and what it means for internal control systems. 13 February 2025.
Professional Credentials
- Certified Credit Risk Professional
- Certified Internal Auditor — CIA
- Certified Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst
- Certified Information Systems Auditor — CISA
- Certified Risk-Based Auditor
- Certified Telecom Network Specialist
- Business Continuity Management Systems Lead Auditor, ISO 22301:2012
Education
- B.S. in Accounting, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (2010)
- Diploma in Governance, King Khaled University (2026)