Member Updates

Malak Abedalthagafi

is now Associate Faculty at Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute and a Member of the International Consortium on Meningiomas.

1st December 2024

Hajar Algosair

has started a new position as NRC Chair at Environment Fund.

1st December 2024

Turki S. Alsudairy

is now a Board Member at Lightweight Construction Company (SIPOREX).

1st December 2024

Ayah Yamani

is now a Board Member at United Nations Global Compact.

1st December 2024

Faisal Hameed

is now a Member of the Board Risk Committee at Lendo.

1st December 2024

Sajjad Chowdhry

is now a Chief Operating Officer at Guardian Care.

1st December 2024

Abdullah Alotaiq

is now working under Investment Analysis at the Public Investment Fund (PIF).

1st December 2024

Basma Bushnak

will be joining PwC Middle East as Partners in the government and public sector practice following the acquisition of Emkan Education.

1st December 2024

Sara Zaini

will be joining PwC Middle East as Partners in the government and public sector practice following the acquisition of Emkan Education.

1st December 2024

Aara Yousef Mansouri

has completed the Advanced Leadership Program at Cambridge Judge Business School.

1st December 2024

Ghada AlMuhanna

has completed a Masters in Media and Visual Anthropology at Media University in Berlin.

1st December 2024

Yasser Faisal Al-Sharif

has obtained the Real Estate Consultancy and Advisory Licenses from the Real Estate General Authority.

1st December 2024

Hadeel Nassier

has completed the Executive Development Program at Columbia Business School for Executives.

1st December 2024

Tarik Ouahmed

has joined as a Senior Vice President for International offices (US/UK/Asia) at Riyad Bank.

3rd November 2024

Jehad Alkadi

has been appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Riyad Capital and the Advisory Board Member at JLL MENA.

3rd November 2024

Aseel Addawood

has been promoted to Senior Advisory Director of EMEA Artificial Intelligence at Oracle.

3rd November 2024

Noura Mansouri

is now the Ambassador for Climate and Sustainability at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University.

3rd November 2024

Muna AbuSulayman

has become a Board Member at Ezdaher Financing Company.

3rd November 2024

Dina Alnahdy

is now a Board Member of the Sustainability & Governance Committee at Alinma Bank.

3rd November 2024

Fikry Younis

is now GCC BDI certified in Board Directorship.

3rd November 2024

Hajar Algosair

has been appointed as a Board Member at the Environment Fund.

3rd November 2024

Mussaad Al-Razouki

has joined as an Investor at Tanél Health.

3rd November 2024

Fouad Habib

is now a Junior Associate at McKinsey & Company.

3rd November 2024

Barig Siraj

has obtained an Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme Certification from the University of Oxford.

3rd November 2024

Tareq Al-Naffouri

has won first place in the StartSmart competition with Ecostream, a spin-off from his lab.

3rd November 2024

Nora Al Jindi

has completed the Executive Education MISK 2030 Leaders Program at Esade.

3rd November 2024

Wahdan Al Kadi

has started a new position as Chief Executive Officer at Events Investment Fund.

1st October 2024

Dina Alnahdy

has been appointed as an Executive Board Member at the Federation of Saudi Chambers and Vice Chairperson of the Board at the UNGC Club.

1st October 2024

Houssam Abiad

has started a new position as a Chief Strategy Officer at Abdul Latif Jameel Enterprises.

1st October 2024

Najla Al-Midfa

has been appointed as a Board Member at Sharjah Education Academy.

1st October 2024

Faisal Hameed

is now a Chief Information Security Officer at the Arab National Bank.

1st October 2024

Amal Dokhan

has been appointed as a Board Member at the Middle East Venture Capital Association.

1st October 2024

Taraf Al Afaliq

is now a Director at the Public Investment Fund (PIF).

1st October 2024

Tareq Alangari

has completed the Executive Master in Change at INSEAD.

1st October 2024

Tala Al Jabri

has become a Young Leaders Circle Member at Milken Institute.

1st October 2024

Ibrahim Koshy

is now an Advisor to the Director General at Saudia Group Holding (Saudi Arabian Airlines).

1st September 2024

Najla Al-Midfa

has been promoted to Vice Chairperson at Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa).

1st September 2024

Graham Ward

has been promoted to Program Director of the Challenge of Leadership (CEO) program at INSEAD Business School.

1st September 2024

Asher Siddiqui

has been appointed as a Member Board of Directors at Lumikai Fund.

1st September 2024

Amal Dokhan

is now a Managing Partner of MENA at 500 Global.

1st September 2024

Yasser Faisal Al-Sharif

has been appointed as a Board member at Alargan Projects Co.

1st September 2024

Reem Al Banna

has started a new position as Deputy G. Chief Risk Officer at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank.

1st September 2024

Ghada AlMuhanna

has started a new position as a Select Advisory Member at Infoquest.

1st September 2024

Mussaad Al-Razouki

has started a new position as a Board Member at SAIPH.

1st September 2024

Abdulhadi Alghamdi

is now an Associate at McKinsey & Company.

1st September 2024

Aalaa Alsheddi

has started a new position as an Associate at McKinsey & Company.

1st September 2024

Mohammed AlShareef

has completed the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

1st September 2024

Nayim Khemais

has completed Stanford Graduate School of Business flagship executive education program, Stanford Executive Program: Be A Leader Who Matters (SEP class of 2024).

1st September 2024

Malak Abedalthagafi

has started a new position as a Program Committee Member at the American Association of Neuropathologists.

1st August 2024

Nasser Almangour

has been promoted to Strategic Support Director at Diriyah Gate Development Authority.

1st August 2024

Ghassan Soufi

has been appointed as a Board Member at Sidra Capital.

1st August 2024

Samer Shaaban

has started a new position as Head of Local Real Estate at Sidra Capital.

1st August 2024

Faisal Shaker

has been appointed as CEO of Saudia Real Estate Company.

1st August 2024

Tareq Al-Naffouri

has received a grant from Google to support the use of generative AI models to enhance the performance and adaptability of mobile networks.

1st August 2024

Dalia Binmahfoodh

has started a new position as a Board Member at Dar Al Fouad Hospital.

1st August 2024

Hammam Bahareth

has joined as a member at the IPO committee of Al-Andalus Educational Company.

1st August 2024

Omar Maatouk

has started a new role as General Manager at Wheely Middle East.

1st August 2024

Abdullah Al-Thawwad

has started a new position as Deputy Minister of Governance, Risk & Compliance at the Ministry of Culture.

1st July 2024

Wesam Abuznadah

has been elected as a President of the Esade Alumni Chapter in Saudi Arabia.

1st July 2024

Lama Al Sulaiman

has been awarded the 2024 King’s College Alumna of the Year Award at King's College London Alumni Community.

1st July 2024

Wahdan Al Kadi

has started a new position as a Board Member at Jabal Omar Development Co.

1st July 2024

Fikry Younis

has started a new position as Chief Transformation Officer at Sulaiman Alrajhi Holding.

1st July 2024

Marwan Al Mojil

has started a new position as General Manager of the Business Unit, Agri-Nutrients at SABIC

1st July 2024

Daniah Orkoubi

has been appointed as a General Manager for Saudi Arabia and Senior Director for MENA at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI).

1st July 2024

Shahad Nejaim

has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Red Sea International.

1st July 2024

Hanaa Almoaibed

is now a Founder and Co-Host of The TWENTY30 Podcast.

1st July 2024

Abdullah Alotaiq

has started a new position as a Founding Partner at Scholar Ventures.

1st July 2024

Ali Al-Subaie

has started a new position as NRC Board Committee Member at Sahb Finance.

1st July 2024

Rakan Hadi Albishri

has completed his MBA from Harvard Business School.

1st July 2024

Wahdan Al Kadi

has been appointed as a CEO at Millennium Hotels and Resorts MEA.

1st June 2024

Khaled Sharbatly

has been appointed as the Chair of the National Committee for Entrepreneurship at the Federation of Saudi Chambers.

1st June 2024

Hussein Attar

has started a new position as a Member of the National Committee for Entrepreneurship at the Federation of Saudi Chambers.

1st June 2024

Ismail Abudawood

has joined as an Executive Member of the National Committee for Entrepreneurship at the Federation of Saudi Chambers.

1st June 2024

Faisal Alnemary

is now the CEO at Autism Center of Excellence.

1st June 2024

Mohammed Al Ahmed

is now a Head of People & Culture at the OPEC Fund for International Development.

1st June 2024

Bader Aldosari

is now a Vice President of Private Equity at Jadwa Investment.

1st June 2024

Hanan Edrees

has started a new position as Director of Business Operations, Smart Health at Alat.

1st June 2024

Abdullah Alsaeed

Is now a Partner at Latham & Watkins.

1st June 2024

Ebrahim Radhi

has been promoted to Operations Director of the Gulf Region at NOCN Group.

1st June 2024

Abdullah Alamri

has started a new position as Associate Director of Investments at SIDF Investment Company (SIC).

1st June 2024

Enas AlKhudairy

has been promoted to Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

1st June 2024

Vera Futorjanski

has joined as a Board Member at TEDx Berlin.

1st June 2024

Dalia Binmahfoodh

has started a new position as a Board Observer at Methak Holding.

1st June 2024

Maliha Hashmi

has been honoured with the 'Women Icon of the Year' award during the Middle East Women Leaders Summit & Awards KSA 2024.

1st June 2024

Dr. Abdullah Alsulaiman

has been awarded the 'Person of the Year' award 2024 in Laboratory innovation among KSA laboratories.

1st June 2024

Matthew Martin

has been promoted to Chief Correspondent for MENA Sovereign Wealth Funds at Bloomberg.

1st May 2024

Celeste Lo Turco

has joined as an Advisor to the CEO of the Saudi Investment Bank.

1st May 2024

Ayah Yamani

has started a new position as a Director of Country Management at Chalhoub Group.

1st May 2024

Hanaa Almoaibed

has joined as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives.

1st May 2024

Dina Alnahdy

has joined as Western Region Chapter Lead (Saudi Leaders Society) Misk at Misk Leadership.

1st May 2024

Roberto Croci

has joined the Advisory Board of the Skin In The Game.

1st May 2024

Mansour Sindi

has been promoted to Head of Portfolio Construction & Asset Class Strategies, Investment Strategy Division at PIF.

1st April 2024

Malak Abedalthagafi

has started as an Advisor at PUER.

1st April 2024

Lama Al Sulaiman

has started a new position as Co-Chair (Employment and Education Task Force) at B20.

1st April 2024

Jehad Alkadi

has been appointed as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors at New Murabba.

1st April 2024

Eman Alashwali

has become a Member of the Program Committee at ACSAC.

1st April 2024

Hanan Edrees

has started a new volunteering role as an SLS Mentor in the Saudi Leadership Society at Misk Leadership.

1st April 2024

Amine Mamlouk

has founded the Stealth Startup.

1st April 2024

Ahmad Kamel

has joined as Partner, Head of M&A and Projects at Alnowaisser And Alsuwaylimi Attorneys & Counselors At Law.

1st April 2024

Rami Madadin

has started a new position as Director of Corporate Strategy at SABIC.

1st April 2024

Vera Futorjanski

has joined the Alma Angels as an Angel Investor.

1st April 2024

Osama Ashri

is now a Partner at TAM.

1st April 2024

Ahmed Al Omran

has re-joined Financial Times as a Correspondent, covering Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.

1st April 2024

Abdulrhman Alodhayb

has started a new position as a Technology Advisor at HRH Minister of Defence Office.

1st April 2024

Reem Alsukait

has won the J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship 2023.

1st April 2024

Bader AlReziza

has become a Chairman of the Al-Qadsiah Saudi Club.

1st April 2024

Faris Alwahedi

is now an Investor at Mubadala.

1st April 2024

Osamah Alamri

has been promoted to Chief Business Development Officer at SVC.

1st March 2024

Graham Griffiths

has been appointed as a Regional Head of Geopolitical Risk and Government Engagement MENAT at HSBC.

1st March 2024

Hessa Al-Masoud

is now a Director of Communications and CSR at Dan - PIF Company.

1st March 2024

Jehad Alkadi

is now a Chairman at Sadu Capital.

1st March 2024

Abdulhamid Mihrez

is now Chief Investment Officer at Boubyan Petrochemical Company.

1st March 2024

Osama Ashri

has become a Member of the Investment Committee at the National eLearning Center.

1st March 2024

Sara Al-Esayi

has started a new position as an Executive Manager at ACWA Power.

1st March 2024

Vera Futorjanski

has won the European Women's International Leadership Award 2024.

1st March 2024

Majid Al-Ayed

is now a Senior Advisor in the Decision Support Unit at the Office of HE, the Minister of Economy and Planning.

1st February 2024

Muhammed Mekki

has completed PhD in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from SOAS University of London, and also started as a Guest Lecturer in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship Faculty at London Business School.

1st February 2024

Jonathan Schulhof

is now EVP and Head of Innovation Industries at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

1st February 2024

Yasser Faisal Al-Sharif

has been appointed as an Investment Committee Member at Tamakkon Endowment and an Advisory Board Member at Arabtech Jardaneh.

1st February 2024

Phillip Arredondo

is now a Chief Strategy Officer at Essar KSA.

1st February 2024

Dalibor Hrnjic

is now Head of Credit at NatWest Bank Europe GmbH.

1st February 2024

Naser Albreeky

is now a Senior Fellow at the Fiker Institute.

1st February 2024

Asma Al Hamiz

is now a Director of Alternative Investments Global Markets at First Abu Dhabi Bank.

1st January 2024

Neda Almubarak

is now Managing Director of SRMG Think at Saudi Research & Media Group.

1st January 2024

Aseel Addawood

is now an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning KSA Leader at Oracle.

1st January 2024

Reem Al Torki

has been promoted to Ambassador at Almentor.

1st January 2024

Mishari Al-Saud

is now an Associate Director of Environment & Sustainability Management at Red Sea Global.

1st January 2024

Mohammed AlAmer

is now a Chief Technologist at Aramco.

1st January 2024

Vera Futorjanski

has joined as a Coach/Mentor at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development.

1st January 2024

Faiza Al Husseini

has been appointed as the CIO at AlHusseini Capital.

1st December 2023

Ghida Harfouche

is now a Partner at TVM Capital Healthcare.

1st December 2023

Mussaad Al-Razouki

is now an Advisory Council Member at Fajr Capital.

1st December 2023

Hafsa Alsayadi

has been appointed as Assistant Vice President at PIF.

1st December 2023

Ghaida Meaigel

has been appointed as a Senior Associate at Khoshaim & Associates.

1st December 2023