Mohammed Al Jadaan | |
Birth Name: | Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Jadaan |
Office: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start: | 1 November 2016 |
Predecessor: | Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf |
Office1: | Minister of Economy and Planning (Acting) |
Term Start1: | March 2020 |
Term End1: | May 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri |
Successor1: | Faisal F. Alibrahim |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Mohammed Al-Jadaan (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الله الجدعان; born 1963) is a commercial lawyer and co-founder of Al-Jadaan and Partners Law Firm who has served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance since November 2016 and concurrently as acting Minister of Economy and Planning since March 2020.[1] He replaced Ibrahim Al-Assaf in the post.[2]
On 6 March 2020 King Salman issued a royal order, appointing Mohammed Al Jadaan as acting minister of economy and planning in addition to his work as minister of finance replacing Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri in the post.
Prior to his appointment as Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan was the chairman of Capital Markets Authority where he oversaw the opening of the Tadawul Stock Exchange and the loosening of Saudi's regulatory framework to foreign investors.[3] He also previously served as a special adviser to the board of Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia.[2]