Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2022 Mohammad Saud Al-Osaimi Chief executive officer, Boursa Kuwait Origin: Kuwait Residence: Kuwait Sector: Finance Boursa Kuwait, with Al-Osaimi at the helm, has had a successful strategy to climb out of the pandemic’s economic abyss. In 2021, it reported annual profits of $52m, up 26.3 per cent year-on-year with the value of trading also up 26.6 per cent over 2020. The exchange is set to introduce several new services over the coming months including central counterparty service for the cash market, derivative products including index and single-stock futures, a fixed-income market for corporate bonds and sukuks, and possibly even SPACs. Al-Osaimi is ensuring that expansion will be undertaken responsibly, with Boursa Kuwait launching its ESG guide last September.