Ibtihal Alsayir is the director of the general administration of sports clubs affairs at the Ministry of Sports.
In 2019, she joined the ministry as the program manager for the strategy and governance program. A year later, she became the manager of the strategy and governance program where she oversaw all financial support for the club.
In June of this year, Alsayir became the first woman to work as the club’s affairs general manager at the ministry.
Her promotion followed a trend of other women who have been elected as members of international sports organizations. They include Adwaa Al-Arifi, who became a member of the Arab Football Confederation; Princess Haifa bint Mohammed, who is the chair of the women’s committee of the Arab Union; and Princess Reham bint Saif Al-Islam, who is a member of the Arab Swimming Federation’s women’s committee.
Saudi female participation in sport has shot up by almost 150 percent since 2015 as the far-reaching changes have been in line with the Vision 2030 reform plan, according to the Kingdom’s sports minister, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal.
In 2010, Alsayir joined the Human Resources and Development Fund as a project coordinator to establish the Hafiz program.
She was promoted to project manager for the employment and developing capabilities programs at the fund and held several other positions, including business strategy analyst and senior analyst. Later on, she became the employment channel manager for the employment support department at the fund.
Alsayir was accredited by the Project Management Institute as a project management professional for her extensive knowledge of project management concepts, tasks, and techniques.
She graduated from King Saud University with a major in public administration in 2009.
