Faisal A. Siddique

Faisal A. Siddique

Chief Financial Officer · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

I prepare Saudi companies for capital markets — and build the finance functions that carry them there.

CPA·CA·ACA·CMA·MSc   CertIFR · FMVA · CFC · ChMC · CertBC

30+Years experience
SAR 1B+Group revenue led
6Countries
10Qualifications

You might be facing

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Your board has asked whether the group could withstand a listing, and nobody can answer with confidence.

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You have grown from a handful of sites to a national footprint, and the reporting never caught up.

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A concession or PPP opportunity is open, and the bid economics have to survive a sovereign counterparty’s scrutiny.

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You hold real estate on the balance sheet that would work harder inside a fund structure.

If one of these is your situation, what follows describes how I would approach it.

Profile

Board-facing Chief Financial Officer with more than thirty years of executive leadership across Saudi Arabia, the GCC and the United States — strategic partner to chief executives and boards.

I have led finance for groups exceeding SAR 1 billion in revenue and 6,000 employees, spanning capital planning, treasury, performance management, governance and regulatory compliance. My work takes complex, multi-entity organizations through capital structuring, IPO readiness, REIT and fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, and public-private partnership structuring aligned to national development priorities.

I have delivered cross-border consolidation, IFRS and SOCPA conversion, Zakat and VAT implementation, and capital markets transactions in the Saudi market. I build finance organizations to investor-grade standard, and I hold Saudi Premium Residency.

How I work

I build the machinery

At every company I have joined since 1992 I have implemented the finance systems myself — six ERP programmes across six employers. I do not inherit a reporting function and administer it; I build one the business can grow into.

Finance sits next to operations

I have carried procurement, IT and systems alongside finance for most of my career. Numbers that arrive late or disconnected from operations are not information — they are history.

Governance before it is required

I run private companies to listed-company standard well ahead of any obligation to. It costs discipline early and saves years when a board, a regulator or an investor finally asks.

What I do

Capital markets

Preparing companies for listing — structuring, governance, reporting and the disclosure discipline a public issuer needs, including divisional spin-offs taken to listing standard.

REIT & fund formation

Designing and executing real-estate investment trusts and regulated funds, from asset structuring and regulatory coordination through investor documentation and modelling.

PPP & concessions

Financial and commercial structuring of public-private partnerships and long-term national concessions: bid economics, consortium frameworks, and negotiation with government stakeholders.

Scaling platforms

Building multi-site national operations from a small base — capital allocation, treasury, systems and governance designed for growth rather than retrofitted after it.

Finance transformation

Group consolidation across borders, ERP and reporting infrastructure, internal controls and enterprise risk — building teams that operate at listed-company standard.

Governance & assurance

Board and audit committee reporting, compliance across IFRS, SOCPA, Zakat and VAT, and the control environment that lets a board rely on the numbers it is given.

Shall we have a short introductory call? Often the quickest way to know whether there is a fit. No commitment on either side, and everything stays in confidence.
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Areas of expertise

Capital markets

  • IPO readiness and listing preparation
  • REIT and real-estate fund formation
  • PPP and concession structuring
  • M&A, due diligence and integration
  • Investor and banking relations

Finance operations

  • Treasury, liquidity and debt structuring
  • FP&A and rolling forecasts
  • Multi-country consolidation
  • ERP and digital transformation
  • Procurement and contract governance

Governance & risk

  • Board and audit committee reporting
  • Enterprise risk and internal controls
  • IFRS and SOCPA conversion
  • Zakat, VAT and regulatory compliance
  • Corporate governance frameworks

Career

2020 — PRESENT Chief Financial Officer Training, certification and national services · Saudi Arabia Recruited to build a nationwide platform from a three-site base. Finance, treasury, FP&A, procurement and IT report to the role, and a long-term national concession sits within it.
2015 – 2020 Chief Financial Officer Education and training group Group finance across six countries and eleven legal entities. Cross-border consolidation, IFRS and SOCPA conversion, VAT implementation, capital markets preparation and a group-wide ERP programme.
2012 – 2015 Chief Financial Officer Retail and national events · Saudi Arabia Treasury, working capital and funding readiness for a national platform, with asset management systems integrated into the group ERP.
2010 – 2012 Chief Financial Officer IT, telecom and security · three markets Multi-country finance operations, project and back-to-back financing with banks, bid review and product costing across six service lines.
2005 – 2010 Chief Financial Officer Contracting and diversified investment · Saudi Arabia Group consolidation and corporate budgeting, project finance with European banks and international institutions, M&A due diligence, and balanced scorecards across every business unit.
2001 – 2005 Manager — Financial Services Diversified holding group · six industries Enterprise ERP, CRM and SCM implementation across a dozen group entities, with business process reengineering and an integrated payroll built to Saudi Labor Law.
1992 – 2001 Management & systems accounting Consulting, aerospace and defense · Saudi Arabia Project costing, work breakdown structures and financial analysis on large defense programmes, and the back-office accounting systems that supported them.

Insights

Paper · August 2026 · 12 pages

Saudi Capital Markets 2026: where capital is still moving

A reading of the privatization pipeline, the listing backlog and the regulatory opening — written for boards deciding what to do in a market that has dislocated rather than one that is booming.

  • Why the 2026 growth forecasts no longer hold
  • The SAR 240bn privatization programme, and why it is contractual rather than discretionary
  • The listing backlog, and why preparation keeps its value when the window shuts
  • Three regulatory changes that opened the market while it paused
  • What participation actually requires of a finance function

The paper opens immediately. I will not add you to a mailing list or pass your details to anyone.

Education & credentials

MSc Accounting & Finance and BSc Management & Business, University of Maryland University College. Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

CPA Certified Public AccountantMaryland, USA
CA Chartered AccountantAustralia & New Zealand
ACA Associate Chartered AccountantIreland
CMA Certified Management AccountantIMA, USA
MSc Accounting & FinanceUniv. of Maryland, USA

Further qualifications

CPA, CA — CPA Ontario, Canada CertIFR — ACCA, United Kingdom FMVA — Corporate Finance Institute CFA Level I — CFA Institute CFC · ChMC · CertBC — USA

Get in touch

Let's start with a short call.

Boards, search firms and principals are all welcome to reach me directly. An introductory conversation carries no obligation on either side — and if I am not the right person, I will say so and point you toward someone who is. Full career history and a curriculum vitae follow on request.

Email or WhatsApp me and I will reply personally within one working day.

fasiddique@gmail.com +966 50 411 6202

All enquiries are treated in strict confidence.