Ali F. Hamdan

Ali Hamdan was appointed Chief Audit Officer for Majid Al Futtaim Holding in April 2023, and is responsible for Internal Audit across all Majid Al Futtaim businesses. Prior to this, he lead the Audit & Advisory Services function for our Retail business for almost 4 years, contributing to the design and implementation of internal audit processes and methodology, as well as ongoing process improvements.

Ali has over 20 years experience of audit, governance, risk and compliance in several multi-functional sectors across Middle East, North Africa & Turkey, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Europe. Previously, he was the Chief Risk Officer with Bupa Arabia. He also held the role of Chief Audit Executive – MENAT at General Electric, amongst other positions with multinational and regional companies.

As well as being a Certified Internal Auditor, Ali holds an MBA from the London Business School, and an Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Innovation and Technology from MIT – Sloan School of Management.