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Al Jouf Cement Appoints Samaan Samaan as Independent Board Member
Al Jouf Cement Company, Saudi Arabia's largest cement producer, has appointed Samaan Samaan as an independent board member, effective September 29, 2026. The appointment,...
Dubai Islamic Bank Names Fadhel Abdulbaqi Al Ali Chairman of the...
Dubai Islamic Bank has appointed Fadhel Abdulbaqi Al Ali as chairman of its board of directors with effect from 30 September 2026, filling a...
Dallah Health Promotes Altukeas to Permanent CEO Role Following Internal Succession
Dallah Healthcare Company has appointed Muteab Altukeas as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 30, following his tenure as acting CEO, the Saudi health services...
GlobalData Appoints Keywords Studios Finance Chief Rob Kingston to the Board...
GlobalData has appointed Rob Kingston to its board as chief financial officer, completing a succession the data and analytics group set out earlier in...
Saudi Arabia Projects a 190 Billion Riyal Deficit for 2027 After...
Saudi Arabia expects a budget deficit of 190 billion riyals in 2027, equivalent to about 3.6 per cent of gross domestic product, according to...
Temasek Holdings to Open First Middle East Offices in Riyadh and...
Temasek Holdings will open its first offices in the Middle East, in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the Singapore state investor said on 30 September....
OpenAI Appoints Motti Hadas as Founding GTM Lead in Israel, Shifting...
OpenAI has appointed Motti Hadas as its founding Go-To-Market hire in Israel, marking a strategic shift for the generative artificial intelligence company in one...
MAS Allocates 1.45 Billion Singapore Dollars to Five More Equity Managers
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has allocated 1.45 billion Singapore dollars to five asset managers in the third batch of its Equity Market Development...
Meta Names Dhruv Vohra Managing Director for Southeast Asia Commercial Operations
Meta has appointed Dhruv Vohra as managing director of its Global Business Group for Southeast Asia, elevating the seven-year company veteran to oversee commercial...
The Inside Track
We read every chief executive appointment we reported last quarter to answer one question: did the board promote from within, or hire from outside? In the United States, 22 of 39 top jobs went to insiders. Everywhere else, the pattern reversed.















