Sarah Al-Suhaimi
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Tadawul Group .
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Name in Arabic:
سارة السحيمي
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Date of Birth:
October 1979
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47 Year)
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Nationality:
Saudi
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Country of Residence:
Saudi Arabia
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Sarah Al-Suhaimi's Bio
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of “ Saudi Tadawul Group ” since April 7, 2021, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
She has been a member of the Board of Directors of: “ Saudi Arabian Airlines ” since March 2021, “STC” since April 28, 2021, “ General Authority for Statistics ” since February 6, 2024, “Cultural Development Fund” since 2021, “Child Care Society” since 2021, “Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company”, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the “International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation” since 2019.
She has been Chairperson of Lazard Financial Advisors in the Middle East and North Africa region since September 2022, and Lazard in Saudi Arabia since September 2022.
She previously held the position of Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Stock Exchange "Tadawul" between February 2017 and April 2021, and is considered the first Saudi woman to hold this position. She also held the position of CEO and member of the Board of Directors of " Al-Ahli Capital Company " between March 2014 and February 2021, and Vice-Chairwoman of the Advisory Committee at the " Capital Market Authority " between 2013 and 2015.
She held several positions at Jadwa Investment Company in Saudi Arabia, namely: Executive Director and Head of Investment Department in Asset Management, and Senior Manager of Investment Portfolios between 2007 and 2011. Prior to that, she held the position of Senior Manager of Investment Portfolios in Asset Management at Samba Financial Group between 2004 and 2007.
Forbes magazine ranked her among the “100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in the Middle East” for 2023, and ranked fourth on the “List of Most Powerful Arab Women” for 2017 according to the same magazine. She was also selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders community in 2018.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from King Saud University in Riyadh, and a certificate in the Executive Program for Public Administration in 2015 from Harvard University.




