Saudi Arabia: Female leaders named

Two major financial bodies have appointed female leaders. Samba Financial Group appointed Rania Mahmoud Nashar as its chief executive officer on 19 February, taking over from Sajjad Razvi who resigned for personal reasons.On 16 February, Sarah Al-Suhaimi was appointed as chair of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Al-Suhaimi is also chief executive of NCB Capital, the investment banking arm of National Commercial Bank, and is expected to retain that position.