David Fairclough

Chief Risk Officer

United Arab Emirates

About

Financial services risk manager, former strategy and operations consultant to global private equity firms and former corporate development executive for a Fortune 500 technology firm.

Experience

  • Chief Risk Officer at CapitalH
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Chief Risk Officer at Aditum Investment Management
    Oct 2018 - Feb 2025 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    Led the risk function for a DIFC-based institutional asset manager, including: - Establishing a holistic enterprise risk management function and framework. - Independent investment due diligence of investment strategies and third-party funds. - Investment risk analytics and reporting. - Operational process definition and systems implementation.

  • Risk Manager at SHUAA Capital psc
    Jun 2015 - Sep 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Management of market, credit and operational risk, including: - Monitoring and optimizing risk-adjusted performance. - Coordination of new products and initiatives. - Internal capital adequacy assessments (ICAAP) and risk and control self-assessments (RCSA). - Development and implementation of a new operational risk framework.

  • Senior Consultant at Humatica
    Dec 2012 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Strategy and transformation projects with private equity firms and multinational companies across Europe, the USA and Asia, including: - Corporate strategy refresh for a $2bn-revenue utilities technology firm. - Restructure of a 25-site R&D organisation for a $2bn-revenue utilities technology firm. - 100-day planning project with a Norwegian telco owned by a global top-50 PE firm. - Global HR operating model redesign for a $35bn-revenue consumer goods firm. - Commercial due diligence for multiple acquisition targets for a mid-market PE firm.

  • Corporate Development at DXC Technology
    Oct 2009 - Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Corporate and business development roles in Europe and Middle East for CSC (now DXC Technology), a US Fortune 500 technology services firm, including: - New entity creation and corporate development in Qatar. - Market entry strategy development and implementation. - Various commercial analysis and planning projects.