Mr. Khaled bin Saleh Al-Mudaifer is President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden), where he was previously Vice President for Phosphate & New Business Development, and Vice President for Industrial Affairs. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Qassim Cement Company; and Vice President - Finance at Eastern Petrochemical Company (Sharq), a SABIC affiliate. He is a Board and Executive Committee Member of Ma’aden; and an ex-Board Member of Qassim Cement Company, and Saudi Arabian Railway Company. Mr. Al-Mudaifer holds MBA and BSc degrees in Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He has 33 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Zamil is Board Member and Chief Executive Officer of Zamil Industrial Investment Company, having previously served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President at Zamil Air Conditioners, where he started his career as an industrial engineer. He is Chairman of GIB Capital, Saudi Global Ports & Dammam Airports Company (DACO). Mr. Al Zamil’s board memberships include Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited, Gulf Insulation Group (GIG), Ranco-Zamil Concrete Industries, and Viva Bahrain. Board memberships of government entities include the Eastern Province Council, General Authority of Civil Aviation, King Fahd Specialised Hospital; as well as non-profit organisations including Saudi Food Bank (Etaam), Endeavor - Saudi Arabia, and Dhahran Ahliyya School. Mr. Al Zamil holds an MBA (with a concentration in Finance) from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, USA. He has 31 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Omar Hadir Al-Farisi is Managing Member of Diyala Advisors in New York. Previously, he was an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, where he focused on energy sector financings, mergers and acquisitions, and related transactions. Prior to his career in banking, he was an attorney at the law firm of White & Case in New York, where he was a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department. Mr. Al-Farisi holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) degree from Columbia University School of Law, USA; and a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, USA. He has 24 years’ professional experience.

Dr. Yahya A. Alyahya served as Chief Executive Officer of Gulf International Bank from January 2009 to February 2016. Prior to this, he represented Saudi Arabia as Executive Director on the Board of the World Bank Group, where he held several prominent positions. Earlier, he was Advisor to the Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency; and Founder and Director General of the Institute of Banking, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was also Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, and the University of Michigan, USA; and Lecturer on Matching Problems and Algorithms at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India. Dr. Alyahya is a Member of the Conciliation and Arbitration Panels of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Previous board memberships include the Group of Twenty (G20) High Level Panel on Infrastructure Investment, and Member and Co-Chairman of the Emerging Markets Advisory Council (EMAC). Dr. Alyahya holds a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan, USA; and graduated from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He has 43 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Helaissi was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Gulf International Bank on 1st February 2016. He was previously Deputy Governor for Supervision at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), having started there in 2013. At SAMA, his responsibilities included oversight of the banking, insurance and Finance Company sectors (mortgages, leasing and other non-bank finance institutions). He was additionally responsible for consumer protection. Prior to SAMA, Mr. Al-Helaissi was Senior Country Officer and Managing Director for JPMorgan Chase, as well as Head of Global Corporate Banking for the MENA region between September 2010 and May 2013. Earlier in his career, he was Central Province Area General Manager at Saudi British Bank (SABB), an affiliate of HSBC, covering all key lines of business including corporate and consumer banking. He is the Chairman of Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited and Board Member of GIB Capital. He previously served on the Board of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Mr. Al-Helaissi holds a BA in Economics from the University of Texas, Austin, USA. He attended the International Executive Programme at INSEAD, France; and the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He has 28 years’ professional experience.