Abdullah Bakhraibah is CEO of the Arab Investment Co. as of August 2024.

The Arab Investment Co., a pan-Arab financial institution established in 1974, is owned by the governments of 17 Arab countries.

Bakhraibah’s experience of over 16 years in finance and investment, both locally and globally, makes him a valuable asset to the company.

In this role, he will lead the company in building and developing its business and achieving its new strategic objectives.

His most recent position was CEO and board member of State Street Saudi Arabia Financial Solutions, a Capital Market Authority-licensed subsidiary of State Street Corp., one of the world’s largest global financial institutions.

During his tenure, he spearheaded the opening of their office in the Kingdom, expanded their business presence, launched local portfolio management, and endorsed local partnerships.

He served as a member of CMA’s Capital Market Institutions Committee in 2020 for two years.

Prior to that, Bakhraibah served as head of business and products development at Ashmore Investment Saudi Arabia from 2019 to mid-2020 where he chaired the board of Ashmore’s investment funds and Tazah Limited Co.

From 2015 to 2018, he was head of sales in Saudi Arabia for Gulf International Bank (UK) and GIB Capital where he led the business development and represented GIB Capital’s debt capital market team in the issuance of $12.5 billion bonds with the National Debt Management Center at the Saudi Ministry of Finance in 2017.

Bakhraibah’s professional journey also includes various roles at SAB, including structured derivatives and treasury risk advisory from 2008 to 2015. He began his career at SAB as a money market and investment dealer in the treasury department in 2008.

Bakhraibah earned a master’s degree in business administration from the London Business School in 2020 and a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 2008.