Yasminah Abbas is a career banker and among the first women to be appointed as head of investors relations in the Saudi banking industry. She was promoted to this position at the Banque Saudi Fransi earlier this month. Abbas started her career at Banque Saudi Fransi in 2000 and assumed different roles on the client relationship management side over the course of 13 years. She joined the management team of the corporate banking group in 2018 as the head of client coverage and segmentation, in which she kicked off strategic initiatives within the group and across the organization as a whole. Her last role was deputy head of business management for the wholesale banking group, looking over and focusing on business performance and development, in which she was a key figure in expanding the synergies and partnerships within Banque Saudi Fransi. Abbas holds multiple executive leadership certifications from Wharton Business School, Georgetown University, and the London Business School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the American University of Beirut and is currently enrolled in the CIRO Certification program.