Lubna Al Olayan will lead a new bank being shaped out of a merger between the SAudi British Bank and Alawwal Bank.
The revolutionary move derives amid liberalisation of women’s participation in the conservative kingdom.
A woman has been selected to run one of the Largest Banks in Saudi Arabia for the first time in nation’s history.
Lubna Al Olayan will lead a new bank being shaped out of a merger between the Saudi British Bank and Alawwal Bank.
The revolutionary move derives amid liberalisation of women’s participation in the conservative kingdom.
Olayan is Best known as a business woman and she was listed as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of 2005 by Time magazine.
In 2004, Olayan was the first woman in Saudi history to deliver an opening keynote address at a major conference in Saudi Arabia; at the Jeddah Economic Forum.
As of 2014, Olayan was listed as the 86th Most Powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
