Picture inscription: Rania Nashar, Samba Financial Group CEO.
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s first female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is named in Forbes 100 most influential women on the planet for a second time running.
Rania Nashar, Samba Financial Group CEO, was positioned 97th in the rundown that additionally included 16-year-old environmental change lobbier Greta Thunberg.
The rundown additionally incorporated the United Arab Emirates’ Raja Easa Al-Gurg positioned at 84. The Emirati, who is a Board Member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was likewise included in the rundown in 2017.
The main 10 in the rundown included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Christine Lagarde, who was recently named leader of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Nashar was designated CEO in 2017, turning into Samba’s first female CEO and at the same time, the principal female CEO of a recorded Saudi Arabian bank.
Nashar landed in the post with 20 years in the financial division having filled in as a board worker from Samba’s worldwide markets backup and a Pakistani unit.
Samba is Saudi Arabia’s third-biggest bank by resources with more than $61bn in resources under administration.
Nashar has accomplished a few ‘firsts’ at Samba. She was the primary female Chief Audit Executive; the principal female Compliance Head of a bank in the Gulf Cooperation Council; and the main Saudi Arabian lady ensured as an Anti-Money Laundering Officer.
In her time with Samba, she has chipped away at its merger with United Saudi Bank, regulated the advancement of its computerized administrations and afterward helped the progress to a completely Saudi foundation following Citibank’s choice to pull back its managerial agreement. Samba Financial Group is Saudi Arabia’s third-biggest bank by resources.
Nashar attended King Saud University and graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Technology.
