H.E. Mr. Mohammed El-Kuwaiz

Chairman at Saudi Capital Market Authority

Interviewee

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. ElKuwaiz was the Vice Chairman of the board of the CMA since August 2016. He also holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Financial Academy, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oqal Group, and a member of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Awqaf. 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 & ل - Internal داخ 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.