Ghada Al-Rumayyan is a Saudi executive director who now serves as Chief Executive of Shared Services at ROSHN Group, a real estate developer owned by the Public Investment Fund. Her career has moved through healthcare, banking, hospitality and industrial holdings and it offers a clear picture of how senior corporate roles in the Kingdom have opened to Saudi women over the past two decades.
Who is Ghada Al-Rumayyan
Ghada Al-Rumayyan holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from the College of Girls in Riyadh. She added international training later, including the Leadership Development Program at Cass Business School in 2020 and Harvard Business School courses in 2019 covering sustainability and entrepreneurship in emerging economies. She also completed a critical thinking course at Rochester Institute of Technology.
That mix of a social sciences base and executive education shaped a career built on communication, partnerships and operations rather than a single technical track. Readers who follow Saudi professional profiles may also want to look at the story of Saudi physicist Reem Al-Tuwairqi.
Ghada Al-Rumayyan’s career path
She started as a social worker and public relations officer at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. From there she became Director of Corporate Communication at Saudi Hollandi Bank, later Saudi First Bank, then managed marketing at the Kempinski Hotel (Rafal Tower), previously JW Marriott, in Riyadh.
Olayan Financing Company
In 2014 she joined Olayan Financing Company as Director of Corporate Communication. She improved coordination across roughly forty-six subsidiaries at home and abroad, and managed major events including the group’s seventieth anniversary. She also led women’s empowerment work through a round table initiative. Between 2018 and 2019 she served as Head of Strategic Partnerships and Supply Chains at the same group, supporting partnerships with ministries and chambers of commerce, expanding childcare services nationally and leading restructuring aimed at operational efficiency.
Riyad Bank and ROSHN Group
In 2019 she was appointed Vice President of Public Relations and Communications at Riyad Bank, where she oversaw corporate identity work for the international branches in London, New York and Singapore, along with digital transformation and rebranding. She joined ROSHN Group in 2021 as Chief Marketing and Corporate Communication Officer, aligning development projects with market analysis and the goals set out in the Vision 2030 annual report.
At ROSHN she launched a three-phase national tree-planting program that included a nursery inside the SEDRA project, and she set up the Project Management Office that reports performance to the board and to government entities. She led the launches of Al-Manar, Al-Dana, Sedra 4A and 4B and the Land of Al-Nahda, ran the visual identity rebranding campaign, and has chaired the group’s social responsibility program, Yuhyeek, since 2021. Details on the developer’s portfolio are published by ROSHN Group.
In 2025 she stepped into the role of Chief Executive of Shared Services, unifying human resources, technology and commerce functions, building a center of excellence, setting service standards, and introducing automation and data analysis to support executive decisions.
Board memberships and recognition
She sits on the board of the ROSHN Foundation and serves on the group’s Development Committee and Executive Management Committee.
- Forbes list of the 10 Leading Women in the Marketing Sector Leaving a Mark in the Middle East, 2025
- Arabian Business Future Pioneers list, 2024
- Best Marketing Officer of the Year, Saudi Construction and Infrastructure Summit, 2024
- Category of Exceptional Achievement, Saudi Women Excellence Awards, 2024
Her trajectory sits alongside those of other Saudi women in public and corporate leadership, such as Princess Reema bint Bandar, and it reflects the wider shift in the Kingdom’s private sector documented in our review of the largest companies in Saudi Arabia.
Key takeaways
- Current role: Chief Executive of Shared Services at ROSHN Group
- Background: social work degree, then communications, marketing and partnerships roles
- Sectors covered: healthcare, banking, hospitality, industrial holdings, real estate
- Recognition: Forbes 2025 regional marketing list and three awards in 2024
Frequently asked questions
What is Ghada Al-Rumayyan’s current position?
She is Chief Executive of Shared Services at ROSHN Group, a Public Investment Fund company.
Where did she study?
She earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from the College of Girls in Riyadh, followed by programs at Cass Business School, Harvard Business School and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Which awards has she received?
Forbes named her among the 10 Leading Women in the Marketing Sector in the Middle East in 2025. In 2024 she appeared on the Arabian Business Future Pioneers list and won awards at the Saudi Construction and Infrastructure Summit and the Saudi Women Excellence Awards.
What is the Yuhyeek program?
Yuhyeek is ROSHN Group’s social responsibility program, which she has chaired since 2021.
Her record shows how communications leadership can grow into enterprise-wide operational responsibility. Economic policy context for that shift is covered in our profile of Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan.
