JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Riyad Bank has signed an agreement with Bab Al-Khair medical services company to establish the Kingdom’s first nonprofit hospital.
An initiative of the Batterjee House for Community Service, the partnership with Bab Al-Khair forms part of the country’s efforts to strengthen the role of the private sector in line with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030 reform plan.
Subhi Batterjee, chairman of the board of directors of Batterjee House for Community Service, said that the hospital would be located in Makkah and construction was currently underway.
Officials at Batterjee House for Community Service, the charitable arm of the Batterjee family, hope the development will be the first of a series of non-profit hospitals in the Kingdom.
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FILE PHOTO: A sign is displayed in the reception of Goldman Sachs in Sydney, Australia, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray
DUBAI (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs’ head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Wassim Younan, who built the U.S. bank’s business in the region, is retiring after nearly three decades with the group, according to a memo seen by Reuters. Younan, 58, came to the region in 2006 and oversaw the expansion of the Wall Street bank’s presence and franchise in MENA with offices in Dubai, Doha and Riyadh. He will retire by the end of the year, the memo said. Goldman has advised on some of the top deals in the region, including Saudi Aramco’s $29.4 billion initial public offering last year.