The Start of Holistic Development & Consulting
Holistic Development & Consulting is a success story that emerged from the banking sector to tackle risk management needs in the market.
The two founders worked for almost ten years at Kuwait Finance House in the risk management consulting sector where they specialized in quantitative risk. The banking experience helped them gain the required tools to open their own risk management firm called Holistic Development & Consulting.
The importance of Holistic is to provide institutions and companies with solutions for decision making that helps them minimize risk, improve performance, and withstand any market impacts.
The two founders took it upon themselves to provide diverse expertise through building a team of professionals in each field.
Abdulrahman Al-Duaij obtained a certificate in Quantitative Finance – CQF from Fitch Learning , and an MBA degree. While Abdulaziz Al-Houqal obtained a Financial Risk Manager certificate – FRM from GARP Institution.
The ambition that the founders had was fueled by the goal to enhance the Kuwaiti market’s experience and exposure to risk management.
The success of Holistic lead to an exclusive partnership with Prometeia, which is ranked among the top 10 in the Risk Tech 100 ranking companies worldwide. Prometeia provides risk management solutions to over 400 clients from within the banking and investment sector, with services that include consulting, credit risk, market risk, liquidity, and modeling.
Holistic’s solutions provide business with flexible business models, digital transformations, advisory support, and consultations to improve their business performance.
Abdulrahman AlDuaij
Co-Founder and Managing PartnerWith a robust experience in Risk Management of banking sector, Abdulrahman Al Duaij, has a Master in Business Administration (MBA), Magna Cum Laude, and a BA in Finance, Cum Laude. He also earned the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) which is a Financial Engineering program and a finance designation offered by the CQF Institute.
His experience is related to Quantitative Analytic, covering the capital planning, stress testing, efficiency assessments, business evaluation, asset quality and risk appetite statements.
In 2017, Abdulrahman was appointed as Mansion House Scholar by the Lord Mayor of London City to continue his higher education in the United Kingdom. The Mansion House Scholarship is one of the world prestigious scholarship given to highest performers around the world. Using the acquired knowledge and skills he was able to further his education and practical application by undertaking and receiving the CQF.
Abdulrahman is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of HD Consulting. He is utilizing his experience by providing various consultancy services through HD Consulting to medium/small businesses and startups.
Abdulaziz AlHouqal
Co-Founder and Managing PartnerAs a Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Abdulaziz has extensive experience in the Risk Management domain. He has solid experience in Risk Management of Banking Sector.
He is mainly experienced in Quantitative Analytics and Enterprise Risk Management. He holds a BA in Finance and he is one of the very few who holds the FRM in this region.
Abdulaziz was involved in many large projects over his experience in the Banking Sector. He is an expert in Capital Optimization, Capital Planning, and Business Forecasting.
Currently, Abdulaziz is using his technical experience in providing Consultancy Services through HD Consulting. He is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner.