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Faisal Al-Rashoudi, Vice President and Head of Digitisation and
Automation, Bank Aljazira
Technology has changed
the way we work
Faisal Al-Rashoudi is a leading
figure at Bank Aljazira, one of
the leading Shari’ah compliant
financial institutions in Saudi
Arabia. With an impressive
track record working within
the IT sector, Intelligent CIO
magazine talks to him about
his career, the evolution
of the technology
landscape and the potential
of Artificial Intelligence.
F
aisal Al-Rashoudi, Vice President
and Head of Digitisation and
Automation at Bank Aljazira, is a
highly-skilled management information
system and project management
professional with a proven 16-year
track record in the field of Information
Technology and related business
project management.
Bank Aljazira is recognised as one
of the leading Shari’ah compliant,
fastest-growing financial institutions
in Saudi Arabia.
It is a client-driven and service-oriented
Saudi financial group which provides
individuals, businesses and institutions
with innovative Shari’ah compliant
financial services through its staff.
In April 2018, the Capital Market
Authority approved the request of Bank
Aljazira to increase its capital through a
rights issue of SR3 billion to increase its
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capital from SR5,200,000,000 to
SR 8,200,000,000.
Intelligent CIO spoke to Faisal Al-
Rashoudi to talk about his career, the
evolution of the technology landscape
and the potential of Artificial Intelligence.
How have you seen the evolution
of the technology landscape over
the past few years?
The world has changed a lot in the past
10 years. The rapid development of new
technology and the changing landscape
of the online world has changed the way
we work and, for many, where we do our
work from – one example is the Internet
for All.
Ten years ago many offices were in
need of dedicated Internet resources.
Wide Area Networks were dependent
on expensive leased lines or slightly
cheaper ISDN (Integrated Services
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