Jaffar Mohammed Ahmed is a professional trainer, lecturer and consultant. Jaffar is the General Manager at JMA Business Consulting & Financial Learning. Jaffar's consulting services focus on instilling international best practices in risk management, Basel Accords implementation, compliance and corporate governance in financial institutions all over the Middle East. Jaffar also coaches staff of banks to equip and prepare them to handle their responsibilities efficiently. In particular, Jaffar works with his clients in the design and implementation of their enterprise risk management framework and the integration between risk management, internal control, internal audit and strategy. Jaffar pursued his doctorate study in Economics at Newcastle University in the UK, earned a Master of Science in Finance from DePaul University in the US, a Baccalaureate in Accounting from the University of Bahrain and he is holder of the designation Financial Risk Manager (FRM). He can be reached on: jaffar@jma-consulting.org.