Speakers

  • Chairman of the Capital Market Authority of Saudi Arabia

    Mr. Mohammed A. El-Kuwaiz was appointed as the Chairman of the board of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) of Saudi Arabia in July 2017. Prior to being Chairman, Mr. El-Kuwaiz was the Vice Chairman of the board of the CMA since August 2016.

    Prior to joining the CMA, Mr. El-Kuwaiz was the Co-founder and CEO of Derayah Financial Company. He was formerly a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking and corporate finance with Samba Financial Group.

    Moreover, Mr. Elkuwaiz has served as a board member in the Public Pension Agency, Al Yamamah Company for Reinforcing Steel Bars, Al Bilad Bank, in addition to his membership in the Securities and Investments Committee in Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Investment Committee in King Faisal Foundation, the Investment Committee in Sulaiman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi Holding Company, as well as the CMA’s Advisory Committee.

    Mr. El-Kuwaiz obtained an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, specializing in finance and entrepreneurship in 2003. He received a Bachelors of Administrative Sciences with Honors from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia majoring in Law in 1998.

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  • Chair of Saudi Tadawul Group

    Al Suhaimi has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.

    She was appointed chair of Lazard’s financial advisory business for MENA in September 2022. She also serves as chairperson of the Saudi Tadawul Group.

    In November 2022, FTSE Russell updated the Saudi Tadawul Group’s investability weightings on the FTSE All-World Index, the FTSE Global Mid Cap Index, and the FTSE Emerging Index. In December 2022, the group signed an MoU with Boursa Kuwait to explore collaboration opportunities in Fintech, products, and sustainability in ESG, among others.

    Before assuming her current position, Al-Suhaimi served as the CEO of Saudi National Bank Capital.

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  • Managing Director and Anchor of Saudi Broadcasting Authority

    As the first woman to anchor the main news bulletin in Saudi Arabia’s main National TV Station (Saudi TV),

    Weam Al-Dakheel’s success story places her at the top of the list when it comes to the breakthrough Saudi female journalists.

    Born in Morocco, raised in Jeddah and having studied in Lebanon, graduated with a bachelor degree in Journalism from the Lebanese American University and a diploma in Gender in Development and Humanitarian Assistance from the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World in Beirut.

    Al-Dakheel rose to prominence given her interesting and varied background, which featured both reporting and management positions. Alongside anchoring the main news bulletin on Saudi TV in 2018, Al-Dakheel appointed Operations Manager of the Saudi Television and in 2020 she held the position of Managing Director of the Documentary Film Centre in the Saudi Broadcasting Authority SBA.

    Currently, she is an Independent Journalist working on documentary films to shed light on Vision 2030's most important achievements and a Board Member of The Saudi Media Association.

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  • Global Head of Markets & Securities Services of HSBC

    Patrick joined HSBC in 1996, and has held a number of senior management positions across Sales and Trading, including Head of Global Markets, EMEA, as well as Head of Global Markets Institutional Client Group; Global Head of Equities; Head of Global Equities, EMEA; Global Head of Hedge Funds Group; and Head of Emerging Markets Equities, CEEMEA.

    “It’s a privilege to be appointed Global Head of Markets & Securities Services for HSBC, and I look forward to working closely with clients and colleagues in the Middle East. I’ve seen first-hand how the region is booming economically and socially, and with our origins in the Middle East dating back more than 130 years, HSBC is well placed to build on our strong client and stakeholder relationships in support of sustainable growth and development.

    We’re connecting international customers to the region who are increasingly engaged in countries pursuing some of the world’s most ambitious economic reform agendas.”

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