Fahd Al-Rasheed

Al-Rasheed holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Olin Business School, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program in Real Estate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Al-Rasheed was previously the CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), the authority responsible for the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he oversaw Riyadh’s plans to become one of the world’s leading city economies and a regional hub for investment, tourism, and livability by 2030. During his tenure he led the successful bid for Riyadh to host the World Expo 2030. He stepped down from this role in 2023 to take up the position of advisor to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, at which time we was elevated to the rank of excellency.

Prior to RCRC, Al-Rasheed was the Group CEO and Managing Director of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), which is the first publicly listed city in the world and, at the time, one of the largest private sector projects globally. During his tenure at KAEC, Al-Rasheed spearheaded the development of King Abdullah Port, which became one of the world’s 100 largest port facilities.

Before joining KAEC, he was the CFO and Deputy Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (now the Ministry of Investment).