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Dr. Maryam Ali Ficociello has been the chief governance officer at The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) and AMAALA a tourism project on Saudi Arabia’s northwestern coast since 2017, leading the governance, risk and compliance department.
She is also a board member of several committees, including the audit committee of the Royal Commission of AlUla and the risk committee of the Health Sector Transformation Program.
Before joining TRSDC and AMAALA, Ficociello worked as director of governance practice and risk assurance services at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) from 2013 to 2017.
Ficociello also worked as head of research and assistant professor at the School of Business at Dar Al-Hekma University in Jeddah from 2012 to 2013. She played a key role in the establishment of Dar Al-Hekma’s first research center.
JEDDAH: L’Oreal Middle East has put together a new program for Saudis called Stretch and Tech, which aims to support new graduates.
The 145-hour program exposes students to the global brand’s digital and marketing directions across the company’s major divisions.
L’Oreal is also offering CV-building workshops for university students, as well as business talks on the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector and career paths.
“Supporting university students in developing their careers and enhancing their employability is key to us, and we are now working on expanding the programs to reach as many universities as possible in Saudi Arabia,” said Jean-Dominique de Ravignan, the brand’s human resources director in the Middle East.
DUBAI: Growing up in Saudi Arabia’s coastal metropolis of Jeddah, Lama Al-Bluwi always felt somehow detached from her family’s bedouin roots in AlUla far to the north. Now her yearning for this rich cultural heritage has found expression in a remarkable fashion collection, which melds the traditional fabric designs of her ancestors with the latest modern trends. Young Saudis across the Kingdom are looking deep within their own heritage for inspiration, and Al-Bluwi is no exception. The 23-year-old’s prizewinning collection debuted last winter, just months after she graduated in fashion design from Jeddah’s Dar Al-Hekma University.