Al Hamdani was appointed as Senior Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer in July 2015. In this capacity, Mr. Hamdani oversees EDC’s enterprise risk management activities including credit and market risk management, capital management, and compliance. Prior to this position, Mr. Hamdani served in various senior leadership roles at EDC including Vice-President and Head of EDC’s Risk Management Office overseeing EDC’s credit adjudication, loan portfolio management and capital and market risk management activities as well as Vice-President and Head of EDC’s Structured and Project Finance Group. Before joining EDC in 1999, Mr. Hamdani held positions at CIBC World Markets as well as the Bank of Canada. Mr. Hamdani has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Rotman School of Management, a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Carleton University, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.