The Middle East’s

5. Nadir Ben Sami Al-Koraya

Designation: CEO
Company: Riyad Bank
Established: 1957
Country: Saudi Arabia
Category: Banking

In 2025, Riyad Bank exceeded its original $5.3 billion sustainable finance target five years ahead of schedule, reporting about $8.3 billion in eligible corporate financing before increasing its target to around $16 billion by 2030. By December 2025, its financed-emissions assessment covered approximately $71 billion of exposure, and allocated $1.85 billion from earlier sustainability sukuk and green-loan funding, to renewable-energy projects. In January 2026, the bank issued a $1 billion sustainability bond. Al-Koraya has been CEO since 2024.