Banking and Financial Services: Sarah Al Suhaimi

A forerunner in the financial sector, Sarah Al Suhaimi became the inaugural chairwoman of the Saudi stock exchange, a first for a woman in the Middle East as well as in Saudi Arabia. As the chairperson of the Saudi Tadawul Holding Group board of directors, considered the largest exchange in the Middle East,  she spearheads Tadawul’s efforts to align operations and governing regulations to integrate the Saudi capital market with global peers. She is also the chairperson of Lazard in Saudi Arabia,

the MENA region, and a board member at the Saudi Telecom Company, the General Authority of Statistics, the Saudi

Arabian Airlines Public Agency, the Cultural Development Fund, and the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company. Also, Al Suhaimi is a We-Fi Leadership Champion and a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation.

From 2014 to 2021, she held the role of CEO of Saudi National Bank Capital (SNB Capital) and was a member of the Board of Directors. Al Suhaimi also served as vice-chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) Board of Directors for two years.

Previously, she helmed the asset and wealth management division at Jadwa Investment Company, where she was also the Chief Investment Officer and a member of the firm’s Management Committee.