Sarah Al-Suhaimi has been the chairwoman of the 海角直播n stock exchange (Tadawul) since February 2017, the largest stock market in the Middle East, and she is the first Saudi woman to hold the position.
Al-Suhaimi has also been the chief executive officer and a board director of the National Commercial Bank (NCB Capital) also known as Al-Ahli Bank, since March 2014.聽
Al-Suhaimi attained her bachelor鈥檚 degree in accounting from King Saud University in Riyadh with highest honors, and has completed the general management program at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, US in 2015.
Prior to her current position, Al-Suhaimi served as the vice chairperson of the advisory committee to the board of the Capital Market Authority between 2013 and 2015.聽
Al-Suhaimi worked as the chief investment officer at Jadwa Investment, where she led the asset management and wealth management business lines and was also a member of its management committee between 2007 and 2011.
Al-Suhaimi was named one of 鈥50 people to watch鈥 by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2017. It wrote: 鈥淭he first woman to chair 海角直播鈥檚 stock market, she will preside over the exchange with what鈥檚 likely to be the world鈥檚 most valuable business once 海角直播n Oil Co., the state-run oil company, completes its initial public offering (slated for 2018).鈥
Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, she said: 鈥淲e want to be closer to the world. We want to keep increasing standards of corporate governance in our companies, and we welcome all investors to come and talk to us, and talk to the regulators.鈥
