Sayyida Rawan Ahmed Al Said
Chairperson
Chairperson of the Executive, Nomination and Remuneration Committee (ENRC)
Sayyida Dr. Rawan Ahmed Al Said is the CEO of Takaful Oman SAOG, Prior to joining Takaful Oman, she was the Managing Director and CEO of ONIC Holding Corporation. Before moving to the Private Sector, Rawan was the Deputy CEO-Investment for the State General Reserve Fund of Oman, leading the execution of many mega investments internationally. She has almost 30 years of experience in the financial industry, 20 of which are in the Public sector. Sayyida Rawan remains to be the First and the only Female who holds a CEO position in a public listed company in Oman.
She has been a member on the Board of a number of reputed Companies and Financial Institutions in Public and private sector in Oman and the GCC region. Chairperson in National Bank of Oman, Deputy Chairperson in Oman Oil Marketing Company, Board Member of Oman National Investments Development Company ONIDCO (Tanmia) and Chairperson of its equity and GCC funds committee. In the public sector, she was on the board of Oman Oil Company SOAC and its audit committee. She was on the Board Member of International General Insurance (IGI) Jordan, and National Finance House (NFH), Bahrain. Deputy Chairperson of Orix Finance, National Life & General Insurance Company SAOC (NLIG) and Al Ahlia Insurance.
She is also a Member on the Investment Committee of the Public Authority for Social Insurance, Board Member in Public Authority for the SME Development (Riyada). Chairperson of Al Kawther Fund (Islamic Compliant Fund) and a Member of the Investment Committee of Orphans & Incapacitated Funds in the Ministry of Justice. She has been recently appointed as a Board member of the Sultan Qaboos University Council.
Awards and Recognition:
In 2011, She was bestowed the Business Professional (BizPro) Leader Award. In 2012, was ranked 14th in Forbes Middle East for the 'Most Powerful Arab Business Women in Listed Companies'. In 2014, Rawan was named among the Best Chief Executives in the region by Trend in collaboration with INSEAD (The Business School for the World). Also she was Awarded Hall of Fame by MARA Excellence Awards. In 2015, she was honored with two prestigious Awards; Asian Women Leadership of the Year from World Leadership Congress and in MENA and Business Leader of the year from the Middle East Accountancy and Finance Excellency Awards 2015. In 2016 she was honored with Honorary Doctorate Degree from Commonwealth University in UK and she was awarded as the Best Takaful CEO from Global Business Outlook, UK. Dr. Rawan ranked 3rd in Oman for Forbes the Top 100 most powerful Arab Businesswomen 2017. In 2017 and 2018 she won the best CEO-Oman award from International Finance UK and she won Oman Women of the year awards 2018 for the inspirational woman category.
Sayyida Dr. Rawan, has an MSc in Economics & Finance from Loughborough University UK. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Investment Analysis from Stirling University UK, and BA in Economics & Political Science from the American University in Cairo (AUC).
