PwC Middle East Announce its Newly Elected Middle East Board Chairman

PwC Middle East announces that Riyadh Al Najjar, PwC Saudi Arabia Country Senior Partner and Middle East Transformation Management Leader, has been elected as Chairman of the Middle East Board effective 1 July 2022.  

Commenting on the announcement, Hani Ashkar, PwC Middle East Senior Partner, said: “Our new Chairman brings decades of leadership, experience and insight from the Kingdom to our regional Board. I am also personally proud to announce our new board is our most gender-diverse board to date, and reflects the value that we all place on diversity. One third of our elected board members are women.”

On his appointment, the newly selected Chairman, Riyadh Al Najjar said: “I am honored to be elected as the new Chairman for the Middle East Board. I am looking forward to this new role, which complements my role as the Country Senior Partner and continuing our 40-year legacy in the Kingdom and across the region of building trust and delivering sustained outcomes.”

Added Ashkar: “I would like to extend my thanks to our outgoing Chairman, Ismail Maraqa, and outgoing Board members for their valuable contributions to the firm's success over the last three and a half years.”