Auoob Al-Dakael is a newly appointed risk management director at the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. He was formerly the risk and business continuity management manager at Thiqah Business Services from March 2021 until August 2022. Al-Dakael has participated in a number of international seminars on risk management and business continuity, and has trained other government agencies in risk management. At Thiqah, he led his team in the provision of many risk management and business continuity workshops within the firm, as well as overseeing the development of risk registers and business continuity plans. Between August 2014 and February 2021, Al-Dakael was the senior compliance officer at Saudi Central Bank, where he developed the bank’s compliance policy and procedures. As part of his role there, he was also the senior risk specialist between August 2014 and 2020. Al-Dakael began his career at Saudi Central Bank as a banking and fraud inspector between August 2007 and August 2014. The Council of Ministers noted that Al-Dakael had made a significant contribution to Saudi Central Bank winning the Best Risk Manager award for central banks in 2018-19. Al-Dakael earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from King Saud University in 2005.