His Excellency Mr. Sami Al-Husseini was appointed Governor of the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises “Monshaat” in August 2022.
Mr. Sami Al-Husseini holds an Advanced Diploma in Leadership from IMD in Switzerland, a Bachelor’s degree from King Saud University in Public Relations, and a number of specialized and leadership certificates from MIT and London Business School.
Al-Husseini held several positions, including serving as Deputy Governor for Planning and Development at the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority “Monshaat” from December 2019 to August 2022, where he worked in planning and developing Monsha’at’s strategy.
He was the CEO of Riyadh Airports Company from February 2018 to December 2019, and before that he was the Executive Vice President of the Commercial Sector in the same company from May 2017 to January 2018. He also held several leadership positions in the public and private sectors.
He is a member of a number of boards of directors, including: member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Fund for Development, member of the Board of Directors of the Social Development Bank, member of the Board of Directors of the National Competitiveness Center, member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Business Center, member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Council, member of the Financial Sector Development Program Committee, member of the Housing Program Committee.