RIYADH – PIF today announced the appointment of Fahad AlSaif as Head of the Investment Strategy & Economic Insights Division, effective immediately. He will continue in his existing role as Head of the Global Capital Finance Division.

Fahad will be responsible for guiding the development of PIF's overarching investment strategy, as well as market trends, sustainability and net zero strategies. He will ensure the utilization by the division of sophisticated economic research and advanced analytics to enable effective decision-making for PIF’s leadership.

As Head of the Global Capital Finance Division, Fahad will continue to oversee PIF's financing activities, including capital finance strategy development, government asset transfer projects, capital raising and structuring, funding advisory, and financial institutions and investor relationship management.

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ABOUT PIF

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) is one of the largest and most impactful sovereign wealth funds in the world. Since 2015, when the board was reconstituted and oversight transferred to the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, PIF’s board of directors has been chaired by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, and Chairman of the Public Investment Fund. PIF plays a leading role in advancing Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation and diversification, as well as contributing to shaping the future of the global economy. Since 2017, PIF has established 95 companies. PIF is building a diversified portfolio by entering into attractive and long-term investment opportunities in 13 strategic sectors in Saudi Arabia and globally. PIF's strategy, as set out in the PIF Program 2021-2025 – one of the Vision 2030 realization programs – aims to enable many promising sectors and contribute to increasing local content by creating partnerships with the private sector, in addition to injecting at least SAR150 billion annually into the local economy. PIF works to transfer technologies and localize knowledge to build a prosperous and sustainable economy domestically. As the investment arm of Saudi Arabia, PIF looks to make unique investments, and is building strategic alliances and partnerships with significant international institutions and organizations, which contribute to achieving real long-term value for Saudi Arabia, in line with the objectives of Vision 2030. PIF has also created an operational governance model that reflects its main tasks and objectives, in line with best international practices. Applying this model of governance enhances the level of transparency and effectiveness in decision-making and future progress.

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