Omar Alyousef

Omar Alyousef

Chief of Legal Affairs at the Social Development Bank.

Name in Arabic:
عمر بن محمد اليوسف
Nationality: Saudi
Country of Residence: Saudi Arabia
Nominate for Saudi Talents 2026

Omar Alyousef's Bio

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Chief of Legal Affairs at the Social Development Bank since August 2021, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He currently serves as a member of Committee for Resolution of Banking Disputes at the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) by royal decree since February 2025. and is a member of the Dean’s Cabinet for Global Legal Studies at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). He specializes in regulatory framework modernization, board governance, and overseeing institutional legal functions across various domains.

He has over 15 years of experience in the fields of law, executive leadership, corporate governance, and judicial and regulatory work, having worked in the banking, academic, and governmental sectors, and contributing to the formulation of public policies and the development of national legislation, in addition to his membership in high-level judicial and regulatory committees.

He previously served as Deputy Head of Law Department at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University , and Assistant Professor of Law at the same university, and worked as a legal advisor at Al Rajhi Bank .

He holds a PhD in Business Law and Corporate Governance from Case Western Reserve University in the United States of America (2019), a Master's degree in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from Willamette University in the same country (2017), another Master's degree in Saudi Law from the Higher Institute of the Judiciary at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (2011), and a Bachelor's degree in Islamic Law from the same university (2008). He also completed a number of executive programs in strategic leadership from INSEAD and London Business School.

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