Saudi firms see 100 executive resignations in 16 months

11/05/2015 Argaam - Exclusive

More than 100 chief executives and board members at several Tadawul-listed companies have resigned over the last 16 months, according to a study conducted by Argaam Research.

 

Resignations were submitted for either personal or declared reasons. 

 

A total of 71 resignations were handed in for undeclared reasons, 29 of which came from top executives, managers, and board members. Executives falling into this category include Al-Rajhi Bank’s chief executive Suliman Bin Abdulaziz Azzabin and Mubarrad chairman Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, who both made recent exits.

 

Remaining resignations came from board members, with a large portion coming from the insurance sector.

 

Resignations (2014-2015)

Number of shares

Resignation date

Position

Name

Company

25.993

July 17, 2014

Board member

Abdulrahman Amin Jawah

Saudi Fransi

443.330

May 1, 2014

Board member

Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Omair

12.173

May 17, 2015

CEO

Suliman Abdulaziz Azzabin

Al-Rajhi Bank

62.000

February 24, 2015

Chairman

Khalid Qassim Al-Buainain

Petro Rabigh

--

March 24, 2015

Vice Chairman

Osamu Ishitobi

25.000

May 10, 2015

Chairman

Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz

Mubarrad

--

December 31, 2014

CEO

Saleh Fahad Al Nazha

Tasnee

1,000

April 30, 2015

CEO

Fahad Rashed Al-Otaibi

Nama Chemicals Group

6,000

March 31, 2015

Chairman

Mazyad Sardah Al Khaldi

Saudi Kayan

1,610.000

March 31, 2015

Vice Chairman-Managing director

Ahmad Omar Al Abdullatif

City Cement

1,200

March 19, 2014

Board member

Adnan Abdul Fatah

Arabian Cement

2,000

January 1, 2015

General Manager

Zamil Abdul Rahman Al-Muqrin

Eastern Province Cement

1,000

January 12, 2015

Board member

David Anthony Price

Al Mouwasat Medical Services Company

---

December 31, 2014

CEO

Othman Abdullah Abahussein

National Medical Care Company

--

March 9, 2015

CEO

Karim Mansour Al Dahabi

eXtra

1,000

July 13, 2014

Board member

Khaled Abdul Latif Al-Fouzan

1,000

July 13, 2014

Board member

Waleed Abdulaziz Al Saghir

1,000

April 8, 2015

Board member

Mohammad Abdul Karim Al-Mayouf

Themaar

1,000

January 6, 2015

Board member

Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Shabnan

National Gas and Industrialization Company

1,000

July 14, 2014

Board member

Ahmad Abdullah Al Aqeel

Saudi Electricity Company

1,000

February 25, 2015

Board member

Abdulraouf Mohammad Mannaa

SAVOLA Group

1,000

August 17, 2014

Board member

Khalid Abdullah Al-Mulhem

Saudi Catering

1,000

February 16, 2015

Board member

Yousef Abdul Sattar Al Maimani

1,000

February 5, 2015

Managing director

Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Sulaiman

Jazan Development

31.100

July 31, 2015

Board member

Saleh Nasser Al Jasser

Mobily

2,870.000

March 1, 2015

Board member

Abdulaziz Abdul Rahman Al-Mdaimigh

Tawuniya

1,250

November 24, 2014

Board member

Ramzi Al-Nassar

Medgulf

1,000

February 19, 2014

Chairman

Abdullah Hasan Al Abdul Qadir

Allianz Saudi Fransi

--

February 19, 2014

Board member

Abdulrahman Jawa

1,000

September 8, 2014

Board member

Faisal Mustafa Alkurdi

Salama Cooperative Insurance

1,000

April 16, 2014

Board member

Ammar Al-Khudairi

Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance

1,000

September 22, 2014

Chairman

Yousef Alborsheed

SABB Takaful

1,105

April 21, 2014

Board member

Abdullah Al Howaish

10.000

February 12, 2015

Board member

Dakheel Allah Saud Al Otaibi

Sanad Insurance

1,000

February 9, 2015

Board member

Khalid Hamad Al Otaibi

--

February 9, 2015

Board member

Fahad Mohammad Al Majed

10.000

January 29, 2015

Board member

Mohammad abdulaziz Al-Fayez

--

August 30, 2014

CEO

Saleh Abdulrahman Al Helaissi

10.000

July 2, 2014

Board member

Ali Mohammad Al-Shasha’a

--

Ma 11, 2014

Board member

Abdullah Mohammad Al-Sadhan

1,000

April 2, 2014

Board member

Ahmad Abdullah Al-Aqeel

1,000

March 11, 2014

Board member

Abdullah Sultan Al-Sultan

2,000

February 20, 2014

Board member

Mohammad Sulaiman Al-Jarbu

1,000

January 20, 2014

Chairman

Mohammad Ibrahim Al Mojil

280

April 8, 2015

CEO- Managing director

Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Subail

Wafa Insurance

1,000

April 12, 2015

Board member

Youva Hanz Roiter

AlAhli Takaful

1,000

February 4, 2015

Board member

Marcos Fisher

--

March 5, 2015

CEO

Adel Abdulaziz Al Essa

Solidarity

1,000

April 15, 2015

Board member

Saleh Alfadhel

Wataniya Insurance Company

1,000.000

November 27, 2014

Board member

Aiman Maamoun Tamer

Gulf General Cooperative Insurance

--

May 19, 2014

CEO

Mohammad Khalil Al-Sabi

Al Sagr Insurance

--

November 30, 2014

CEO

Sulaiman Mhmood Hilal

Saudi Enaya Insurance

1,000

January 11, 2015

Board member

Suliman Al-Qimlas

Weqaya Takaful

1,000

November 9, 2014

Board member

Sultan Omar Al Sadhan

1,010

October 30, 2014

Board member

Abdullah Mohammad Al-Fouzan

1,000

June 10, 2014

Board member

Khalil Ibrahim Al-Shami

--

May 26, 2014

CEO

Ali Saleh Al Ghamdi

--

January 31, 2015

CEO

Ajmal Bahati

Alinma Tokio Marine

1,000

June 9, 2014

Board member

Abdul Rafique Haroon Jeddavi

--

September 30, 2014

CEO

Ali Abdul Razak Al Shaeer

Takween

1,250

February 17, 2015

Board member

Yaseen Abdulrahman Al-Jafri

Al-Sorayai Group

13.000

September 10, 2014

Board member

Ahmad Tawfik Mousa

Shaker Group

--

May 6, 2015

CEO

Abdullah Al Enazi

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Company

--

December 31, 2014

Chairman

Saleh Al-Nazha

Maddaniyah

160.000

June 16, 2014

Board member

Hussain Ahmad Mohammad

Aslaak

131.550

April 14, 2014

Board member

Mohammad Al-Omaira

Al Mojil Group

1,000

July 1, 2014

Board member

Fahad Al-Habardi

National Gypsum Company

--

July 31, 2014

General Manager

Mohammad Bukhari

SIDC

--

February 27, 2014

CEO

Saud Al-Fayez

Arabian Pipes

--

May 27, 2014

CEO

Ahmad Al-Dakheel

Al-Babtain

--

March 30, 2014

CEO

Don Brown Sumner

Red Sea

--

January 21, 2014

Board member

Waheed Shaikh

--

May 15, 2014

General Manager

Abdel Fattah Feda

Makkah Construction

1,000

May 3, 2015

Board member

Abdulkarim Al-Shamikh

Saudi Industrial Export Company

--

April 1, 2015

CEO

Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Balushi

Knowledge Economic City

7,507.815

July 15, 2014

Board member

Abdulaziz Al-Modaimegh

Al Bahri

15.000

April 6, 2014

Chairman

Turki bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Saudi Research and Marketing Group

7.000

August 5, 2014

Board member

Saleh Nasser Al Jasser

1,000

April 12, 2015

CEO

Fahad Rashed Al Otaibi

Nama Chemicals

1,250

December 28, 2014

Board member

Ammar Al-Khudairi

Al-Tayyar

 

The study found that 40 top executives had left their jobs to hold ministerial positions. This was the case with Saudi Research and Marketing Group’s (SRMG) former chief executive and board member Azzam Al-Dakhil, who was appointed minister of education in a cabinet reshuffle shortly after Salman Bin Abdulaziz became king in January. 

 

The shakeup also saw the appointment of Almarai Co.’s former chief executive Abdul Rahman Abdul Mohsen al-Fadhli to the role of agriculture minister.


Last December, Sulaiman Bin Saad Al-Humaid, who served on the board of directors at the Saudi Arabian Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya), was named minister of social affairs. 

 

Moreover, Ahmed Al-Khatib, who served as a board member in several companies, was also named health minister during the month, only to be relieved from his post four months later. 

 

Resignations (2014-2015)

Resignation date

Position

Name

Company

January 1, 2014

Board member

Mahammad Al Haqbani

Aljazira Bankz

April 9, 2014

Board member

Abdulaziz Al-Habdan

Saudi Fransi Bank

April 16, 2014

Board member

Marc Abenhaim

August 31, 2014

Board member

Zarir Cama

SABB

April 1, 2014

Board member

Mohammad Al Samhan

February 15, 2015

CEO

Mohammad Al Mady

Sabic

January 11, 2015

Executive Vice President

Mutlaq Al-Morished

March 31, 2015

Board member

Fawaz M. Al-Fawaz

Yansab

August 20, 2014

Board member

Hiromasa Yonekura

Petro Rabigh

December 31, 2014

Board member

Mohammad Aba Al Ola

Jajran Cement

February 2, 2015

Board member

Azzam Mohammad al-Dakhil

SASCO

January 29, 2015

CEO

Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli

Almarai

May 211, 2014

Board member

Hind Ali Mahdi

Ash-sharqiyah Development

February 23, 2015

Chairman

Abdulaziz AlSugair

Mobily

March 22, 2015

Board member

Georges Schorderet

Zain

June 5, 2014

Board member

Abdullah Ba Sudan

March 10, 2014

Chairman

Fahad Al-Dughaither

January 22, 2014

Board member

Christos Nicolas

Anb Insurance

December 29, 2014

Board member

Suliman Al Humaid

Tawuniya

April 1, 2014

CEO

Ali Al-Subaihin

December 15, 2015

Board member

Zain Alddin Ashaq

SABB Takaful

September 17, 2014

Board member

Mohammad Saad bin Dawood

July 13, 2014

Board member

Rampehdran Phillay

Wafa Insurance

July 1, 2014

Board member

Thamuhedran Ramsammy

June 1, 2014

Board member

Soshahuban Sarkar

December 11, 2014

Board member

Andrew Burke

Al Alamiya Insurance

January 21, 2015

Board member

Walid Ayoub

Al Sagr Insurance

February 2, 2015

Board member

Azzam Al-Dakhil

Aseer Trading

April 1, 2014

General Manager

Saeed Al-Ghamdi

Al-Baha Investment

July 15, 2014

Board member

Khalid Al-Bawardi

Basic Chemicals

December 9, 2014

Board member

Sulaiman Al-Humaid

Madeen

October 1, 2014

Chairman

Abdulaziz Al-Sorayai

Al-Sorayai Group

October 1, 2014

Managing director

Saleh Al-Sorayai

December 31, 2014

CEO

Saleh Al-Obaid

Maddaniyah

June 26, 2014

Chairman

Abdullah bin Musa’ed

Saudi Paper

July 1, 2014

CEO

Abdulkarim Alnafie

Saudi Ceramic

February 2, 2015

Board member

Azzam Al-Dakhil

Saudi real Estate Company

July 31, 2014

CEO

Saleh Nasser Al-Jasser

Al-Bahri

February 15, 2015

Board member

Azzam Al-Dakhil

Saudi Research  and Marketing company

February 10, 2015

Board member

Ahmad Alkhateeb

February 2, 2015

Board member

Azzam Al-Dakhil

Saudi Printing and Packaging Company

February 3, 2015

Board member

Ahmad Alkhateeb

Al-Hokair Group

Janauary 1, 2015

Board member

Misfer Ali Al Hamdan

Dur Hospitality Company

 

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