NCB Tie-Up Opens New Finance Era Under SAMA Leadership – OpEd

By Basil M.K. Al-Ghalayini*

I was 25 when I landed a job with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) almost one week after arriving in Jeddah from Boston. I was hired as part of the investment management division (IMD) team to set up the first Murabaha fund in Saudi Arabia.

At that time and before the creation of the Capital...