Saeed Al Ghamdi was promoted from CEO to chairman of Saudi Arabia’s biggest publicly traded bank in 2018. National Commercial Bank – the second largest bank in the Arab world – has assets of over $115.9 billion, and over 13,000 employees.
Al Ghamdi’s role is not one for the faint-hearted – he is tasked with steering the financial behemoth through the coronavirus pandemic and supporting the kingdom’s ambitious economic diversification plans ahead of 2030.