Abdullah is a Senior Subsidiary Governance Consultant at stc. His focus area is Subsidiary Governance. He works to build a common understanding on all aspects of Governance and Compliance between the stc and the subsidiaries.

He worked as a corporate lawyer at Petro Rabigh, Emaar (King Abdullah Economic City) and the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

He was raised in Montreal, Canada. In addition to Arabic and English, he is fluent in French. He studied undergraduate and postgraduate law in England and has a Masters degree from IE University in Madrid. He has participated in many speaking engagements on various Governance, Legal and Compliance topics.

Additionally, he is a Board Member on the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) Mena Chapter - the global bar associaton for in-house lawyers - in Saudi Arabia. He is a member of GCC BDI’s Board Secretary Advisory Board and a member of the The Corporate Governance Artificial Intelligence Advisory Counsel.