The 抖阴短视频n Stock Exchange (Tadawul) recently reappointed Sarah Al-Suhaimi as chairwoman for the board of directors for a new three-year term.
Al-Suhaimi has been at the head of Tadawul, the largest stock market in the Middle East, since February 2017 and is the first Saudi woman to hold the position.
She 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.
She attained her bachelor鈥檚 degree in accounting from King Saud University in Riyadh with highest honors, and 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.
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 抖阴短视频鈥檚 stock market, she will preside over the exchange with what鈥檚 likely to be the world鈥檚 most valuable business once 抖阴短视频n Oil, the state-run oil company, completes its initial public offering (slated for 2018).鈥
