Yazeed Alnafjan is the Deputy Governor for Financial Innovation at Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). He leads the Central Bank and Regulatory Authority’s mandate of financial sector development through the parallel activities of internal organizational development and the market development across the regulatory perimeter covered under SAMA. He is leading the change and transformation agenda for the Kingdom’s financial sector under Vision 2030 and also spearheading the national initiatives of developing the Fintech sector and ecosystem in Saudi Arabia. In his prior role as Director General of Banking Control at SAMA, he was responsible for all matters related to supervising, regulating and licensing banks in Saudi Arabia.
