Her Royal Highness Dr. Maha Al Saud serves as Chief Executive Officer of FII Institute, leading its mission to drive impact through investment, innovation, and global collaboration. As CEO, Dr. Al Saud is focused on strengthening FII Institute’s role as a global platform that brings together capital, innovation, and leadership to address humanity’s most pressing challenges and advance sustainable prosperity.
With more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning healthcare, academia, strategic partnerships, and international engagement, Dr. Al Saud has built a distinguished career centered on creating impact through collaboration and institution-building. She has worked across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to advance initiatives that strengthen organizations, expand opportunity, and improve lives.
Before joining FII Institute, Dr. Al Saud served as Vice President of External Relations and Advancement at Alfaisal University. Her Royal Highness helped expand strategic partnerships, deepen international engagement, and elevate the university’s global standing in education, research, and innovation.
A recognized advocate for leadership, healthcare transformation, education, and human development, Dr. Al Saud has represented Saudi Arabia at major international forums, including the G20, and the fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum.
Dr. Al Saud holds an MBBS degree and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, having completed her residency training at George Washington University. Her executive credentials include the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, IMD Business School and she holds the prestigious, peer-reviewed distinction of Master of the American College of Physicians (MACP).
Yahya Hamidaddin is Head of Communications at FII Institute, bringing over 25 years of experience in strategic communications and public relations across Saudi Arabia, the GCC, and global markets.
His career has evolved from local and regional roles to leading international communications mandates. He has led media, external and crisis communications for ACWA Power across 16 countries, managing complex, multi-market stakeholder environments and advancing the company’s positioning as a global leader in energy transition and desalination. He also served as General Manager for Marketing and Corporate Communications at both NHC and Saudi Ground Services, leading brand, communications and stakeholder engagement at scale. He also led Edelman in Saudi Arabia as Managing Director, advising government entities and leading organizations on reputation management, strategic communications, and transformation programs.
He holds a Master’s degree (MA) in Public Communications and Public Relations from the University of Westminster, United Kingdom.
Ana Maria Torres has been adviser and consultant for governments, international organizations, and the private sector for over 20 years, focusing on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at the national, regional, and global levels.
In her current role as the Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the FII Institute, Ana Maria oversees a diverse portfolio of companies in which the FII Institute has invested, manages the Innovation Hub, and leads a dynamic investment ecosystem designed to accelerate the growth of early- and growth-stage ventures.
Under her leadership, the FII Institute fosters innovation and accelerates the success of its portfolio, positioning it as a catalyst for transformative impact.
Florence leads X-CHANGE which builds inclusive platforms for international dialogue and knowledge sharing.
It includes the flagship Conference in Riyadh and the international Summits in London and New York. Those platforms gather the brightest minds of the world who craft ideas and solutions together.
She also has the responsibility for the GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS (PIF, MISA, HSBC, BNY Mellon, Reliance, Aramco, Neom, SABIC, SNB, The Red Sea …) and conducts the strategy for its international development.
Florence is rich of more than 15 years international experience in luxury hospitality business and was more recently Board Member of Jumeirah Group based in Dubai.
She successful leads the Commercial, Marketing, Brand, Communications and Events departments in the different hospitality brands she worked for -Four Seasons, Raffles, Six Senses, Taj Hotels & Resorts …
She believes in the power of ideas and human relationships.
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Dr. Tamer believes that a company’s financial well-being is a mental, emotional, and educational process.
Having obtained CPA and CGMA credentials, he has earned a Professional Doctorate Degree in Global Finance, and he brings over two decades of experience in embedding financial governance across organizations, which has proven results in protecting the cash flow and profitability of the organization.
Besides his experience in finance, he is also highly skilled in managing projects for startups with rapid growth, leading major capital appraisals and fundraising, performing commercial feasibility analysis for M&A activity, and developing and implementing strategic financial plans to achieve top and bottom-line profit targets.
Arwa M. Al-Shaghrood is FII Institute’s Head of Legal & Governance as well as the Secretary of the Board, and its Committees. She has experience of working in both the public & private sectors of Saudi Arabia, having joined the Institute after successful stints with government-backed private equity and venture capital funds where she undertook dual legal and governance functions with equal ease, including undertaking the initial set-up.
Arwa has also worked in-house with the premier government business services company that was responsible for structuring companies to run efficiently, and also automating the services of a number of government authorities to make them available online to the Saudi public, therefore playing a proud part of the ‘digital revolution’ of Saudi Arabia.
Arwa is licensed to practice law before all Saudi courts, having been educated in reputable universities in Riyadh and London prior to obtaining her license. She has also worked in the legal department of the Royal Saudi Embassy in London. Arwa is also licensed notary.