Member Updates

Reem Al Torki

has started a new role as WWG MENA partner for Growth and Strategic Partnership.

1st April 2025

Siddik Bakir

has been appointed as CEO at Majlis Energy Advisory.

1st April 2025

Basma Bushnak

has joined PwC Middle East as a Partner.

1st April 2025

Sara Zaini

has joined PwC Middle East as a Partner.

1st April 2025

Chris Rynning

is the Co-founder of Umanitek AG, a company to remove AI Harm.

1st April 2025

Rasha Alkhamis

is the President of the Saudi Mixed Martial Arts Federation.

1st April 2025

Shereen Tawfiq

has joined as a Board Member at Athito London Market.

1st April 2025

Esraa Al Buti

has joined the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation.

1st April 2025

Anthony Butler

has started a new position as a Chief Architect at SDAIA.

1st March 2025

Muna AbuSulayman

has joined the Advisory Board of the UN IOM Fund.

1st March 2025

Nasser Al-Thekair

has joined the Board of Hawkamah Insitute for Governance, a DIFC-owned entity.

1st March 2025

Lama Taher

is now a Board Member at Saut: The Voice of Down Syndrome.

1st March 2025

Mussaad Al-Razouki

is now an Advisory Board Member at Columbia Global Center Amman.

1st March 2025

Moath Alnaeem

has joined as a Board Member at Al Akaria.

1st March 2025

Reema Bandar Al-Saud

has been recognized on The Arabian Business 100 Most Inspiring Women 2025 list.

1st February 2025

Basma AlBuhairan

has been recognized on The Arabian Business 100 Most Inspiring Women 2025 list.

1st February 2025

Emon Shakoor

has been recognized on The Arabian Business 100 Most Inspiring Women 2025 list.

1st February 2025

Mohammed Awlia

is now an Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Planning & Investment at the Ministry of Sport.

1st February 2025

Taleb Salhab

is now Chief of Private Sector Partnerships, MENA (OIC) at UNHCR.

1st February 2025

Ashna Bhawan

is now the Head of Apple Pay E-commerce for the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia & India at Apple.

1st February 2025

Bakor Altayar

has started a new position as Central Europe Market Director at the Saudi Tourism Authority.

1st February 2025

Mishari Al-Saud

has started a new position as Director of Sustainability & Operations Management at Red Sea Global.

1st February 2025

Eithar AlRushaid

is now the Investment Director at Gilion.

1st February 2025

Omer Almulhem

has started a new position as the Vice President of EM Fixed Income Portfolio Management at BlackRock.

1st February 2025

Roni Elchahal

has joined as a Head of Capital Partnering at One Peak.

1st February 2025

Dana Abdulbaqi

is now Senior Accounting Consultant, Upstream Strategy & Capital Planning Department at Aramco.

1st February 2025

Yasser Faisal Al-Sharif

is now an Executive Committee Member at the Saudi-Malaysian Business Council.

1st February 2025

Najla Al-Gadi

is now a Partner at Latham & Watkins.

1st February 2025

Faisal Shaker

has joined as a Member of the Real Estate Development Committee at the Jeddah Chamber.

1st February 2025

Abdullahi Alim

is now the Head of Community Management at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence.

1st February 2025

Jumanah Alsawaf

has joined as a Senior Strategy Consultant at Oliver Wyman.

1st February 2025

Haider Syed

is now a Founding Investment Member of the National Semiconductor Strategy (KSA).

1st February 2025

Malak Abedalthagafi

has been appointed as the Inaugural Associate Vice Chair for International Programs at Emory University.

1st January 2025

Yasser El Farissi

is now a Chief Investment Officer at Leejam Sports Company.

1st January 2025

Tareq Al-Naffouri

is now an IEEE Fellow.

1st January 2025

Anuj Tandon

has started a new position as a Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures.

1st January 2025

Layan Alaidarous

has started a new position as Head of Strategy and Transformation at Derayah Financial.

1st January 2025

Abdulaziz Al Qarra

has become a Group Strategic Advisor Middle East at UnderTheDoormat Group.

1st January 2025

Tariq Alturkestani

is now a Board Member at SAEE.

1st January 2025

Lulwa Alharbi

is now a Member of the Saudi Leadership Society and has also obtained a 2030 Leaders Program Certification from Misk Leadership.

1st January 2025

Hafsa Alsayadi

has joined as a seconded to the Bureau of Experts at The Council of Ministers.

1st January 2025

Ali Al-Suhail

is now a Board Member at Wayl.

1st January 2025

Dr. Hussain abusaaq

is now an Advisory Board Member at GCC Board Directors Institute.

1st January 2025

Mohammed AlAmer

has won the Innovators Under 35 MENA Award by MIT Technology Review Arabia.

1st January 2025

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

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

Omar Maatouk

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

1st August 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