FaceOf: Ibrahim Saleh Al-Suwail, deputy governor SAGIA

Ibrahim Saleh Al-Suwail has been the deputy governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) since July 2017.

SAGIA’s achievement reports for the year 2018 showed a 99 percent increase in the number of licensed investments and a 100 percent increase in the number of investment expansion requests.

Al-Suwail said the rise in the number of licensed investments and the number of investment expansion requests in Saudi Arabia was the fruit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to a number of countries. These visits played a great role in highlighting the potential and investment opportunities in the Kingdom to achieve Vision 2030 through signing several agreements with countries that have economic experience in various fields, he said.

Ibrahim Al-Suwail obtained a bachelor’s degree in international business from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in 2001. Later, he attended the University of Leicester and obtained a master’s degree in business administration in 2009.

Subsequently, he obtained a high diploma in entrepreneurial and small business operations from Washington State University. He also attended a market strategy course from the London Business School, and other courses on strategy from Harvard Business School.

He worked as a senior administrator in 1998 for Joannou and Paraskevaides Overseas Ltd. Co., after which he joined Silki La Silki National Telecommunication Co. Ltd as development and logistics executive.

Al-Suwail remained associated with the Saudi Telecom Co. (STC) for 16 years in different capacities before moving to SAGIA.

He started his stint at the STC as a customer care manager in 2001. He also worked as a commercial quality assurance director, sales director, sales general manager and direct sales channels general manager.

He is a member of the board of directors of Bravo, a public telecommunication company, as well as the Saudi Port Authority.