AI Governance · Financial Services · Europe × MENA
I help Gulf financial institutions and regulated organizations with European exposure turn AI regulation into operational governance — covering AI inventory, risk classification, human oversight, vendor controls, and audit-ready evidence.
Regulatory & Governance Frameworks
EU AI Act · ISO/IEC 42001 · CBUAE · SAMA · QCB · SDAIA
European regulatory depth. Gulf financial-sector experience. MENA risk and intelligence expertise. One governance approach.
European AI Governance
Technical University of Munich
Graduate research focused on the EU AI Act and European AI governance.
Financial Services
Qatar National Bank
Professional experience within a major Gulf financial institution.
MENA Risk & Intelligence
Regional Risk & Intelligence Analysis
Understanding of the regional operating and risk environment across MENA and Europe.
AI Governance Diagnostic™
A fixed-fee assessment that maps your AI systems against the regulatory and governance frameworks that apply to you — EU AI Act, ISO 42001, and Gulf/MENA supervisory expectations — and hands your board a prioritized remediation roadmap.
AI Governance Diagnostic
Identify governance gaps, regulatory exposure, and priority actions.
AI Governance System
Translate requirements into policies, roles, controls, and evidence.
AI Vendor & Procurement Governance
Assess third-party AI risk, contractual controls, and due diligence.
EU AI Act Readiness
Translate applicable EU AI Act obligations into operational governance.
Europe × MENA Governance
Map European requirements against Gulf/MENA regulatory expectations.
Regulatory Intelligence Retainer
Ongoing monitoring, executive briefings, and governance maintenance.
Regulation is the input. Governance is the system. Organizations operating across Europe and MENA can build one governance architecture and map it to each applicable regime, rather than running parallel compliance projects.
AI Systems
Governance Layer
Regulatory Mapping
Evidence
The UAE central bank's February 2026 AI Guidance Note is framed as flexible principles. A close reading shows its force comes from three binding instruments it is wired into, and from the evidence examiners can now ask for.
Companies selling AI into Europe and the Gulf typically run two separate compliance projects. The legal frames differ, but the engineering converges. One unified system, built once and mapped to both regimes, costs less and moves faster.
Two years after the EU AI Act passed, companies still struggle with the most critical question: which systems are actually high-risk? The official guidelines reveal why the exemptions are narrower than most assume.
Whether you are preparing for a regulatory review, expanding across jurisdictions, or bringing fragmented AI practices under one governance framework, start with a clear assessment of where you stand.