Who’s Who: Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman, CEO of Najm for Insurance Services

Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman
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Updated 28 July 2021
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Who’s Who: Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman, CEO of Najm for Insurance Services

Dr. Mohammad Al-Suliman has been the CEO of Najm for Insurance Services since February 2019.

He specializes in transformation and change management for organizations revamping their strategy and business models. Additionally, Al-Suliman is an accredited expert in global project management and mergers and acquisitions.

Al-Suliman restructured Najm’s traditional revenue and pricing model to be sales-driven and correlated to the financial strength of the industry, ensuring alignment to the objectives of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, making its services fully automated and 95 percent online.

He has held leadership positions in various sectors, including in telecoms, banking and investment management.

Prior to joining Najm, he served as vice president of corporate development at Saudi Telecom Co., and before that, he was chief operating officer at the Saudi Kuwaiti Finance House, and vice president of Klever Marketing in the US.

His earlier experience encompassed many executive and leadership positions including vice president of the operations and support services division at Arabian Securities, director of business systems development at Jadwa Investment, and head of investment group systems at the Arab National Bank.

Al-Suliman obtained a doctorate in strategic management and information technology from Claremont Graduate University, California, in 2015.

He did a master’s degree in information systems and technology from Claremont in 2011, having received his bachelor’s degree in Management Information System from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia in 2001.

Al-Suliman was named as the best CEO in the insurance category for 2020 by International Business Magazine.

His hobbies include extreme sports like scuba diving, sky diving, cycling and aviation. He is a certified VFR pilot.


Riyadh university takes part in academic conference

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Riyadh university takes part in academic conference

  • The deanship said that its participation in the international conference aligns with a strategic direction to strengthen King Saud University’s institutional presence on specialized academic platforms

RIYADH: The Deanship of the Common First Year at King Saud University took part in the 45th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, held in Seattle, US.

This year’s edition focused on students’ academic and social transitions, guided advising, retention strategies and enhancing student engagement, in addition to showcasing successful institutional models for building sustainable transitional pathways.

The university’s participation aligns with a strategic direction that positions the first-year experience as a cornerstone of the quality of university outcomes.

During the scientific sessions and workshops, the dean delivered remarks highlighting the importance of intentionally designing the first-year student experience, emphasizing that academic support and advising programs should not be viewed as parallel services, but rather as an integral part of the educational experience’s structure.

He also reviewed models of the deanship’s initiatives to support new students, including early follow-up mechanisms and academic and skills development programs aimed at fostering university readiness from the first weeks of study.

The deanship said that its participation in the international conference aligns with a strategic direction to strengthen King Saud University’s institutional presence on specialized academic platforms and to leverage global expertise to develop policies and practices that support new students.