Altaf is a trusted Advisor within the PIF Portfolio Companies Affairs Department tackling a range of matters arising with governance-related matters at the PIF Portfolio Companies. Prior to joining PIF, Altaf spent six years at the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) where he assisted the Deputy Governor for Supervision in overseeing five main areas: Banking, Financing Companies, Consumer Protection, IT Risk and Payment Systems, Anti-Money Laundering, and Counter-Terrorism Financing.

Altaf has successfully set up a Forensic Services team in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with an international accreditation received in early 2013. In addition, he created the IT Risk Management team with a specialism in Information Protection, Business Resilience, and IT auditing.

He advised both on supervisory matters, special investigations, and market development. He also worked with His Excellency the Vice Governor of SAMA on managing the relationship between the bank auditing firms (the Big 4) and SAMA. On the highest level, he worked with His Excellency the Governor on the supervision of the Insurance Sector (high priority sector) and selected G20 matters.

Altaf has over 22 years of experience, 14 of which are with KPMG in various jurisdictions (Luxembourg, the UK, and Saudi Arabia) in the advisory areas of governance remediation, fraud management, financial crime compliance reviews, and information security. Before joining KPMG in Luxembourg, he worked for USAID in Washington DC (US), the United National Development Program (UNDP) in various African countries, and the Francophone organization based in Mauritius (south of the Indian Ocean).