
Yahia Kafi
CFO, Board Member and Audit Committee Member
The move
MoveAbdul Latif Jameel Enterprises → Abdul Latif Jameel
TitleCFO → Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
LocationJeddah → United Arab Emirates
Cross-border moveYes · Saudi Arabia → United Arab Emirates
Native languageArabic, English
Total experience18.3 years
Abdul Latif Jameel headcount10,001+ employees
Abdul Latif Jameel industryInternational Trade and Development
Abdul Latif Jameel HQGLOBAL
Abdul Latif Jameel typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Head of Financial Planning & AnalysisJul 2022 — Present
Abdul Latif Jameel· Full-time - Board MemberJun 2021 — Aug 2022
S3CW - Shuqaiq Three Company for Water· Saudi Arabia· Full-time
- CFODec 2018 — Feb 2023AAbdul Latif Jameel Enterprises· Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Audit Committee MemberSep 2017 — Apr 2023
ALJ United Finance· Jeddah
- CFOMar 2015 — Dec 2018AAbdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives· Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- CFOMar 2014 — Feb 2015
Salehiya Trading Company· Riyadh
- CFO - Saudi and Jordan ClustersJul 2012 — Feb 2014
Maersk Line· Jeddah, Saudi - General Manager - Finance - Saudi and Yemen ClusterJul 2011 — Jul 2012
Maersk Line· Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Director of Financial ControlNov 2010 — Jul 2011
Pepsi Cola - Bugshan
- Financial ControllerNov 2007 — Nov 2010
Pepsi Cola-Bugshan
- Financial ControllerNov 2007 — Nov 2010
PEPSI COLA (SIPCO)
Education
- IMD Business SchoolImproving the Business2013 — 2013
- Certified General Accountants of OntarioCGACPA2001 — 2002
- Institute of Management AccountantsCFM2000 — 2000
- Ain Shams UniversityBachelor of Commerce - BCom · Accounting and Business/Management1989 — 1993
- International American UniversityDoctorate of Business Administration · Business Administration and Management, GeneralJan 2019 — Jul 2022
- AICPACPA · CPA1997 — 1997
- English School CairoHigh School1978 — 1990
- Athabasca UniversityMBA · Management2001 — 2004
Languages
- Arabic · Native or bilingual
- English · Native or bilingual