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Mona Khazindar: First Female (and First Saudi) Director of the Arab World Institute, Paris

Arts Curator and Historian.

  • Director-General of Institut de Monde Arabe (IMA) aka Arab World Institute based in Paris
  • Co-curated First Saudi Pavilion at the 54th Venice Art Bienniale (2011)

Books Published :

  • ‘View from the Inside : Contemporary Arab Photography, Videos and Mixed Media Art’ (2014)
  • ‘Visions from Abroad: Historical and Contemporary Representation of Saudi Arabia’

Honours:

  • ‘Woman of the Year’ by Forum of Arab Women

Education:

  • Masters : Modern History, Sorbonne

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pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

G20 Saudi Arabia 2020 Riyadh Summit . First for an Arab Nation. : November 21-22

Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 Summit in 2020. First for an Arab Nation.

Leader’ Summit

In 2020, the G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually, proudly hosted by the Saudi G20 Presidency. The virtual meeting will take place over two days on November 21-22, 2020.

The Group of Twenty, or the G20, is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. The G20 brings together the leaders of both developed and developing countries from every continent. ​

Presidency Agenda

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Each G20 Presidency develops a theme for the year which is central to international discussions. The 2020 G20 Presidency will focus discussions, forums, working groups and Ministerial Meetings under the theme of:
Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All 

www.g20.org

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First Saudi Woman to Head a Bank. Chairman, Saudi British Bank – Lubna Olayan : June 2019

Lubna Suliman Olayan (aka) Lubna Olayan . Business Woman. Business Executive. Philanthropist.

Breaking the Glass ceiling :

Firsts:

  1. The Saudi British Bank (SABB ) and Alawwal (First) Bank have appointed Lubna Olyan as the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the merged banks, to become the first Saudi woman to hold this position.
  2. First woman in Saudi history to deliver an opening keynote at a major conference in Saudi Arabia – Jeddah Economic Forum (Jan 2004)

-Chairman – Saudi British Bank and Alawwal Bank – merger / Former CEO – Olayan Financing Company

-On the Board of several Saudi Arabian and International Companies etc…

Awards/Honours :

-One of the Top 100 most influential people of 2005 – Time magazine / Forbes list of Most Powerful Women

-Awarded Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) etc…

Education :

-MBA : Business Management, Kelly’s School of Business, University of Indiana, USA / Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture : Cornell University, USA

pix: weforum.org

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Saudi Arabia