Morocco's Attijariwafa bank has appointed Choukri Oimdina as its new head of risk, it was reported on 19 December 2023. Oimdina succeeds Talal El Bellaj, who is retiring, at the head of the group's Global Risk Management division.
Oimdina joins from rival Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), where he was director general in charge of the risks and commitments division.
El Bellaj has led the Group Global Risk Management division (Pôle Gestion Globale des Risques Groupe), which reports directly to the chairman of the bank.
A GENERAL-MANAGEMENT-LEVEL FUNCTION
Attijariwafa bank raised global risk management to general-management level in 2014. At its meeting on 23 September 2014, the board appointed El Bellaj deputy managing director (directeur général délégué) in charge of global risk management. Mohamed El Kettani, the group's chairman and chief executive, said at the time that the group was drawing on international best banking practice in view of its stature, the development of new activities and the widening of its scope, particularly abroad.
In May 2022, when the board approved changes to the group's governance in support of its @mbitions 2025 strategic plan, it confirmed El Bellaj, as head of the Group Global Risk Management division, as a deputy managing director and member of the executive committee.
Attijariwafa bank is organised into divisions led by deputy managing directors, including retail banking in Morocco and Europe, international retail banking and specialised finance subsidiaries, and corporate and investment banking. Global risk management is among the functions represented on the group's executive committee.