Dr. Najem bin Abdulla Al Zaid

Board Member - Gulf International Bank(GIB)

Nationality: Saudi

Dr. Najem bin Abdulla Al Zaid is the Founding Partner of ZS&R law firm in association with Hogan Lovells. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Saudi Electricity Company and a member of the Tadawul Regulatory Policies and Oversight Committee. Further, he is a Governance Committee member at Saudi International Petrochemical Company, a Governance Committee member at Arabian Centres Company, and a Board and Board Risk Committee member and Governance, Nomination, and Remuneration Committee member at GIB BSC. He also served as the Vice-Chairman of The Mediterranean and Gulf Cooperative Insurance and Reinsurance Company and as a board member of the National Center for Privatization and PPP. Prior to founding ZS&R, Dr. Al Zaid was the Chief Governance and Legal Officer at Al Rajhi Bank Group and had previously served as the Commissioner and a board member of the Saudi Capital Market Authority, appointed by royal decree. He also worked as Counsel at the Islamic Development Bank Group. Dr. Al Zaid holds a Doctor of Juridical Science from the George Washington University Law School, USA, a Master of Laws from the University of Minnesota Law School, USA, a High Diploma in Law from the Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia, and a BA in Islamic Jurisprudence and Law from Umm AlQura University, Saudi Arabia. Further, he successfully completed the Harvard Law School Leadership Program and the London Business School Management Development Program. He has 26 years of professional experience.