Dr. Adnan Abdulfattah Soufi

Board Member - Chair of Audit Committee

Dr. Adnan A. Soufi

Board Member - Chair of Audit Committee

Founder and Managing Partner, DAS Partners (www.das-partners.com); an expert-based advisory firm, specialized in governance progression, change management and capacity building for transformation programs, and advancing institutional investment processes; focusing on advising owners and leaders in public and the private sector leadership positions; relying on independent and evidence-based analysis.

 

Previous Positions:

  • Former Member of the Board of Commissioners of the Capital Market Auditory (CMA)
  • Former Member of the Board of Savola Company, Panda Retail Company, SISCO, Arabian Cement Company,  Bupa Company, Al-Ahli Capital, and Wadi Jeddah Company
  • Former CEO of SEDCO Holding (22 years, started as an advisor to the CEO in 1991, as a Senior Vice President of the Direct Investment Group; then as Managing Director of the Financial Investment Group in 2006, leading the principal investment & the institutional investment programs in Public and private equity globally; and in 2010 became the CEO of SEDCO Holding, leading the transformation into a Holding company (hybrid investment governance model) with high governance culture, and later in 2013 as Advisor to the Chairman, until joining the CMA as a Commissioner.
  • Former Dean of the Faculty of Economics & Administration (King Abdulaziz University- KAU); 26 years of academic leadership started as an associate professor of Finance in 1984, then as deputy director of the University Information Technology Center, then as a professor and a vice dean for research, then as Dean of the Faculty, then as a member in the University Advisory Council, Strategy Committee, and Scientific council, as well as in Ministry of Higher Education Committees.
1.     Current Experience of the Nominated/Appointed Member in other companies
Company Name Main Activity Membership type (executive, non-executive, independent) Nature of membership (in a personal capacity, representative of legal person) Membership of committees The legal form of the Company
1 Natixis Saudi Arabia Investment Company Investment  Banking Services Independent Personal Audit & Risks Closed
2 Ashmore Investment Saudi Arabia Asset Management Independent Personal Chairman of the Board Closed

 

Dr. Soufi occasionally teaches an Executive MBA course on Governance, Leadership, and Strategy as an Adjunct Professor, King Abdulaziz University;

He also contributes regularly to research (and developing the research agenda) on corporate governance and the financial and investment ecosystem, in cooperation with external parties (CMA, HARVARD, INSEAD, Harcourt IGN, other associations). He was also actively involved in several industrial, or government-level initiatives related to the corporate governance and financial system.

 

Adnan also led and organized various executive education programs from Harvard University, INSEAD, IMD, and London Business School to advance leadership, strategy, and governance at SEDCO Holding and other institutions.

 

Academic Qualifications:

  • Senior Associate Member, Oxford University’s St. Antony’s College in 2005.
  • Adjunct Professor of Leadership, Strategy, and Governance at King Abdulaziz University.
  • Various executive education programs from Harvard University, INSEAD, IMD, and London Business School
  • Fulbright scholar, Globalization and the U.S political Economy, 2004.
  • Ph.D. in Business Administration and International Finance, George Washington University, 1984.
  • MBA, Seattle University, 1979.
  • B.S in Electrical Engineering, Seattle University, 1977.