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Summary
Geopolitical developments in the Middle East continue to shape risk dynamics across energy markets, trade flows, and credit channels. Recent S&P Global Ratings analysis highlights how disruptions to shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, movements in Brent crude and LNG prices, and regional military activity can influence credit conditions across sectors critical to the GCC economy.
In this session, S&P Global Ratings will provide an overview of the key geopolitical and macro credit implications for the region, focusing on how evolving energy market dynamics, trade disruptions, and regional security risks are affecting credit conditions across GCC-relevant sectors. This will be followed by a perspective from S&P Global Market Intelligence on how banks can operationalize these insights to strengthen risk visibility and enhance credit decision-making.
S&P Global Market Intelligence will demonstrate how GCC banks can leverage RatingsDirect®—the leading platform for accessing S&P Global Ratings’ published credit research and ratings—together with CreditCompanion™, an AI-powered assistant that helps users rapidly uncover, analyze, and summarize complex credit information. Powered by advanced natural language processing and large language models, CreditCompanion enables intuitive queries, highlights key rating drivers, supports comparative credit analysis, and delivers synthesized summaries with direct links to original source documents.
Speakers
S&P Global Ratings
Mohamed Damak
Sector Lead Financial Institutions & Global Head of Islamic Finance
Mohamed Damak is a Senior Director within the Financial Services at S&P Global Ratings. He covers financial institutions in the Middle East and Africa region. Mohamed is also the Global Head of Islamic Finance within S&P Global Ratings, leading a global team of Islamic Finance analysts.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Shreya Mishra
Market Development EMEA
Market Development EMEA - Credit Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence Shreya is a member of the Credit Solutions, Market Development team, based in the London office. She plays a key role in shaping the go-to-market strategy for RatingsDirect – CreditCompanion across the EMEA region, ensuring the successful rollout of this innovative generative AI solution to clients. Shreya joined the Credit & Risk Solutions business in November 2023, specializing in RatingsDirect and Credit Analytics. She has led product-focused engagements with a diverse portfolio of buy-side and sell-side clients throughout the UK and European markets. Her background is distinctly international. Shreya began her career as a financial journalist at Bloomberg Quint, covering macroeconomics, finance, and political news. She also has a strong interest in AI implementation, having previously worked at the London-based start-up Echobox, where she focused on integrating AI in newsrooms and led business partnerships for clients in Europe and APAC.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Hala Chatila
Sales Director, Risk & Valuation Services
Hala is an Associate Director of Data & Credit Risk Solutions based in Dubai with over 12 years of experience in the financial services/data industry. She is responsible for providing expertise, knowledge, and valuable insight to Companies and Financial Institutions, helping them improve their credit related workflows and introduce S&P Global credit ratings models and solutions within the MENA region. In addition, she supports clients overcome their challenges in credit and risk matters, compliance and regulations. Hala passed the CFA Level 1 Exam and holds a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Lebanese American University in Beirut.
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