Dr. Sara Althari has been an adviser at the Saudi Ministry of Investment since August 2020.
Established in 2000, the ministry, led by Khalid Al-Falih, is responsible for promoting and facilitating investment opportunities in the Kingdom.
During the recent US-Saudi Business Leaders Virtual Forum, Althari said that the ministry’s objective is to increase the pace of innovation and identify strategic future-oriented opportunities for the Kingdom.
“We are committed to developing a robust infrastructure for the biomedical ecosystem in the Kingdom which includes multisectoral partnerships, favorable policies and regulations, competitive incentives, talent and expertise and sustained financing,” she said.
Previously, Althari worked as a senior research manager at the Misk Foundation between May 2019 and August 2020. In her position, she provided evidence-based data-driven support for the development of novel programs, initiatives and social impact measurement frameworks.
Althari is a highly educated researcher, and holds a Ph.D. in medical sciences with a focus on genetics from the University of Oxford, UK. She worked as a visiting researcher at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard as part of her doctoral residency, and was a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, where she was involved in the Developmental Genome Anatomy Project.
Althari also holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and anthropology from Wellesley College, US, and has earned academic awards and written for several academic publications.
She also completed a management acceleration program at the higher education institute, INSEAD, headquartered in France.
