Director of Compliance

We are looking for an experienced Director of Compliance to build and lead the Company’s compliance function through IPO readiness and into life as a listed company.

This is a hands-on leadership role with direct exposure to senior management and the Board. The successful candidate will become the principal internal owner of the Company’s compliance framework and will play a central role in implementing the regulatory, disclosure and corporate-governance requirements expected of a Premier Market company.

You will:

• Lead the Company’s Compliance function
  .
• Own the compliance workstream for IPO readiness
  .
• Assess current compliance and governance gaps and drive closure.
• Lead implementation of applicable CMA Kuwait and Boursa Kuwait requirements
  .
• Manage regulatory correspondence, submissions, inspections and follow-up actions.
• Establish and maintain the Company’s compliance framework, policies, procedures and monitoring programme.
• Develop clear compliance reporting for senior management, the Board and Board Committees.
• Support implementation of corporate-governance requirements relating to:
• disclosures;
• conflicts of interest;
• related-party transactions;
• Code of Conduct;
• whistleblowing;
• insider and connected-person controls;
• governance reporting.
• Work closely with Legal, Risk, Internal Audit, Finance and external IPO advisers.
• Support Board and committee governance from a compliance perspective.
• Build and develop the Compliance team as the Company grows.
• Promote a practical compliance culture across operations in Kuwait and the wider GCC.

We are specifically looking for someone who has personally owned corporate compliance responsibilities
, not simply supported them.

You should have:

• Significant Compliance experience in Kuwait.
• Current or recent experience within a Boursa Kuwait-listed company
  , preferably in a leadership role.
• Strong practical knowledge of CMA Kuwait regulations and Boursa Kuwait requirements
  .
• Direct experience dealing with CMA and/or Boursa Kuwait on regulatory matters.
• Experience preparing or reviewing compliance reporting for senior management, the Board or Board Committees.
• Experience building, improving or operating a corporate compliance framework.
• Strong understanding of listed-company governance, disclosure and Board requirements.
• Arabic and English fluency.

Experience supporting an IPO, listing, governance transformation or post-listing transition would be a significant advantage.

This role is focused on corporate compliance, listed-company governance and CMA/Boursa Kuwait requirements
.

It is not primarily a banking AML/CFT, Internal Audit or Enterprise Risk role
.

This is a rare opportunity to build a Compliance function at a critical stage in the Company’s development.

You will have direct visibility with senior management and the Board, participate in the Company’s preparation for a planned IPO targeting Boursa Kuwait’s Premier Market
, and lead the function beyond listing as part of the permanent public-company governance structure.