Majid Al-Mirzam has been appointed executive affairs advisor to the Saudi minister of foreign affairs.
He is a senior executive with more than 19 years of experience in the public and private sectors.
Prior to his current appointment, he served as the vice governor for trade facilitation and operations at Saudi Customs. Al-Mirzam joined the Saudi Customs in January 2017 as the deputy governor for planning and development.
He also served as the assistant deputy minister for foreign trade relations at the Ministry of Commerce and Investment from August 2016 to January 2017.
From April 2012 to July 2016, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an adviser for program management.
Al-Mirzam obtained a bachelor’s degree in information systems at King Saud University in 2000. He also attended the Program for Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School.
He began his career at the Saudi Telecom Co. as a department manager in July 2000. Al-Mirzam later joined Alinma Bank in February 2007 as head of IT architecture. He also worked as operator channels lead at Microsoft between November 2010 to April 2012.
He served as a steering committee member of the General Authority of Zakat and Tax between December 2016 and August 2018. Al-Mirzam is also a board member of ASICOM Algerian-Saudi Investment Co.