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Dr. Joseph Torbey

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Mr. Othman Benjelloun

President, Le Groupement Professionnel Des Banques Du Maroc Chairman & General Manager, BMCE Bank Morocco

Dr . Emad Jawad BuKhamseen

Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer- BuKhamseen Group Holding Co, Kuwait

SHEIKH MOHAMMED JARRAH AL-SABAH

Chairman Kuwait International Bank Kuwait
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The 6th Annual Internal Audit Forum:

Toward Proactive Internal Audit in the Age of AI & Digital Risk

25–26 November 2026, Sheraton Cairo Hotel – Egypt

Internal audit is being asked to see further, respond faster and speak with greater authority.
Assurance remains fundamental. But in a banking environment increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, digital dependencies, sophisticated fraud, cyber risk, regulatory expectations and external volatility, assurance alone is no longer enough. Boards and senior management increasingly need internal audit to identify where vulnerabilities are developing, assess whether resilience is real or assumed, and provide an independent perspective on risks whose speed and complexity are challenging traditional approaches to oversight.
This places the Chief Audit Executive at the centre of a significant shift. The question is no longer simply whether internal audit is fulfilling its mandate. It is whether that mandate, its capabilities and its relationship with the boardroom are keeping pace with the environment in which financial institutions now operate. 

Against this backdrop, The Internal Audit Forum 2026, held under the theme “Beyond Assurance: The Next Audit Agenda for AI, Digital Risk, Resilience and the Future of the CAE,” will bring together senior leaders and professionals from internal audit, risk, governance, technology and regulatory functions to examine the priorities that are reshaping the audit agenda across banks and financial institutions.

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Arab Banks Awards and Commendations of Excellence

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Within the framework and the objectives of the World Union of Arab Bankers to promote the Arab banking and financial industry and the professional scope of Arab banking, the Union launched in 2015 and through its monthly magazine The Banking Executive, the first round of the “Excellence and Achievement Awards” ceremony, which has become an annual event attended by senior bankers and international figures from international and regional institutions.

The Bank of Excellence Awards and Achievement Awards aim to honor Arab personalities and banking institutions that have achieved significant achievements during their career. They have been instrumental in promoting and developing the Arab banking industry, and have formed a remarkable example of outstanding performance and adherence to international standards and legislation, in addition to their active contribution to the promotion of economic development in the Arab world.

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