H.E Ms. Kholoud M. Saqqaf
Chief Executive Officer – Vice Chairman of the Board
Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF)
Ms. Saqqaf holds a Master's degree in Economics
and has more than 25 years’ experience of banking, finance and financial
regulation. Currently, she serves as Chief Executive Officer/ Vice Chairman of
the Board of Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF).
Ms. Saqqaf began her career at the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company’s Research
& Development Department for four years. She then moved to the Central Bank
of Jordan where she held several positions during the periods 1993 – 2004, 2006
-2012 including Executive Manager of the Banking Supervision Department and
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan; thus, being the first Arab Woman
to occupy such a regulatory position. Ms. Saqqaf has a strong background in
Corporate Governance, Internal Control and Islamic Banking, she prepared
Corporate Governance guidelines, including preparation of Banks’ Directors’
Handbook of Corporate Governance / 2004, as well as establishing Internal
Control regulations addressed to banks operating in Jordan.
In addition to the above, Ms. Saqqaf gained quite good experience in the
insurance industry as she served as the Director of the Research Department at
the Insurance Commission of Jordan during the period 2004-2006. Ms. Saqqaf
joined Arab Bank in 2012 as Executive Vice President, Country Manager of Jordan
& Palestine then she was appointed as Executive Vice President, Group Risk
Management in Nov. 2013 until October 2018 when she joined SSIF.
Ms. Saqqaf served in different capacities on the Boards of the Central Bank of
Jordan (Vice Chairperson), Jordan Mortgage Refinance Company (Chairperson),
Social Security Corporation, Insurance Commission, Arab National Leasing
Company and on the National Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter
Terrorist Financing. Moreover, she served as Vice Chairman on the board of the
first Jordanian Credit Bureau Company CRIF- Jordan, Ethmar Islamic Microfinance
Company, Business Development Centre. She also served as the President of the
Board of the International Women's Forum – Jordan Chapter
(2018-2021).
Amongst her current Board memberships are SSIF Investment Board (Vice
Chairperson), the Social Security Corporation, Royal Jordanian Airlines
Company, the Center for Strategic Studies, the World Union of Arab Bankers, in
addition to the Vice Chairperson position of the Arab Women Empowerment Commission
emanating from the World Union of Arab Bankers.