His Excellency the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Small and Medium Enterprises Bank, Mr. Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan, has appointed the CEO (A) of the Small and Medium Enterprises Bank, Mr. Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Mansour, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Financing Guarantee Program “Kafalah”.

Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Mansour has extensive experience in the local market within sectors of investment, financing and financial management during a career spanning more than 21 years.

An expert in developing financial strategies, investment and project finance, he has worked for many leading institutional investors, led local and international financing operations for major projects and in close association with various board members and subcommittees in respect of investments, funding, internal audit, compliance, governance and finance where he is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

During his time at the Public Investment Fund (PIF), he managed finance and investments as CFO (A) for Qiddiya, he also held roles as CFO and CCSO (A) at the Saudi Arabian Industrial Investment Company. As an expert in his field, he successfully led financial operations across international joint ventures within the American Alcoa & Ma’aden, and Saudi Aramco Marine Offshore Projects.

He has an MBA in Finance from the University of Manchester (UK) and Executive Finance Education from both INSEAD (France) and London Business School (UK).