Osama Bukhari
Head of the Banking Committee,
ICC Saudi Arabia
Osama is an entrepreneur that leads several initiatives and businesses in Saudi Arabia as well as globally under Alfaris International Group. He embarked upon his career in the banking sector where he gained valuable experience across a span of almost two decades, then opting to shift his focus on expanding his family businesses since 2014. Ranging from education to medical services, retail businesses, and most importantly, information technology.
Since 2012, Osama has held the role of the head of the Banking Committee under the International Chamber of Commerce, where he represents ICC Saudi Arabia in global events and regularly appears on CNBC Arabia addressing the financial sector developments.
In addition, Osama is a member of the executive committee of the Saudi Uzbek business council.
Osama has been recognized by Arabian Business as one of “50 People You need to Know in KSA”
He is Fellow Chartered Accountant from India and CPA from US. He holds Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India. He is also trained in FX, Hedging & Derivatives by Euro Money London.
For his distinguished work, he has been awarded the prestigious Global CFO excellence award for Best Real Estate CFO (UAE) and Best Corporate Turnaround CFO (MiddleEast).
He is also a regular speaker in several Regional /Global financial and restructuring conferences.