Mohammed Al Jadaan
محمد بن عبد الله الجدعان
Al Jadaan in 2018
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
1 November 2016
MonarchSalman
Prime Minister
Preceded byIbrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf
Minister of Economy and Planning (Acting)
In office
March 2020  May 2021
Preceded byMohammad Al-Tuwaijri
Succeeded byFaisal F. Alibrahim
Personal details
Born
Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Jadaan

1963 (age 6061)

Mohammed Al-Jadaan (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الله الجدعان; born 1963) is a commercial lawyer and co-founder of Al-Jadaan and Partners Law Firm who has served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance since November 2016 and concurrently as acting Minister of Economy and Planning since March 2020.[1] He replaced Ibrahim Al-Assaf in the post.[2]

On 6 March 2020 King Salman issued a royal order, appointing Mohammed Al Jadaan as acting minister of economy and planning in addition to his work as minister of finance replacing Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri in the post.

Prior to his appointment as Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan was the chairman of Capital Markets Authority where he oversaw the opening of the Tadawul Stock Exchange and the loosening of Saudi's regulatory framework to foreign investors.[3] He also previously served as a special adviser to the board of Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia.[2]

References

  1. "Minister CV - Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan". Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Who is Saudi Arabia's new finance minister?". Arab News. 2 November 2016.
  3. "Clock ticking for Saudi Arabia's new finance minister as oil kingdom teeters closer to recession". National Post. 3 November 2016.
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