Nada Awad Rizkallah

Nada Awad Rizkallah is the Group Head of Risk Management and Strategy at Group Credit Libanais and serves as a member of the Board Risk Committee. Nada has been named Regional Director for the MENA region, for The DCRO Institute and serves as a member of the DCRO Institute Stakeholder Supervisory Board.

Nada is professional banking executive with a career spanning over 30+ years in multi-cultural environments, in major multinational banks in the GCC and top Lebanese Alpha Banks. She enjoys demonstrated leadership in risk management and corporate governance, with a proficient experience and familiarity with the entire spectrum of banking and finance businesses, including Islamic and investment banking. Nada is recognized for animating and turning visionary thinking to elevate corporate value and purpose in the Board Committees. She is a subject matter expert in Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Compliance.

Nada is an IFC - Certified Corporate Director, facilitating risk and governance sessions to Board members and successfully led the DCRO Institute's first guided study cohort for current and aspiring board members in the MENA region pursuing the Certificate in Risk Governance®.

Nada was the Recipient of The DCRO Institute 2023 exemplars award among prestigious honourees, for their dedication to advancing the best in risk governance practices and the connection between better governance and value creation.

Nada was recognized in 2021 by IDC Middle East - Dubai in their Women Transformation Technology Summit among the top 50 Female Achievers that have played a key role in transforming business and Technology in the Gulf Region, based on their assessment of the region's market. She is a member of the Lebanese League for Women in Business and the World Union of Arab Banks. She is an advocate of economic empowerment, corporate responsibility, sustainability, diversity and inclusion.