1. Eng. Loay Hisham Nazer, Chairman
Loay Hisham Nazer is the Chairman of Bupa Arabia. He is also the founder and Chairman of the Nazer Group.
In 2007, Mr. Nazer was appointed by the Saudi Council of Ministers as a Board member of the Cooperative Council for Health Insurance, the official regulatory body for health insurance in Saudi Arabia, representing the private sector. He is the leading negotiator with the various governmental institutions for the development of the insurance industry in the country. He was re-appointed again in 2010 to serve as a member of the Board.
Mr. Nazer has experience in starting and managing several companies in Saudi Arabia in a variety of industries.
Mr. Nazer has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA, 1987) and received his Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA (1989). In June 2005, Nazer was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Goodwin College in Connecticut, USA.
2. Mr. Aamer Abdullah Alireza, Director - Independent
Mr. Alireza joined the board in March 2008. A Board Member of the Xenel Group of Companies, the Managing Director of Services Division, and a Board Member of a number of Xenel affiliated companies.
The Chief Executive Officer of Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) and its affiliate, Saudi Trade & Export Development Company (Tusdeer), and a Board Member of its parent company, Saudi Industrial Services Company (SISCO), a public listed company. Also serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of Jeddah Parks, a non-profit organization.
Mr. Alireza graduated from Pitzer College in California with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science in 1994. He had also joined various Management Executive programs at the University of California - Berkley, Harvard, and Stanford Universities in 1996, 2000 and 2003 respectively.
3. Mr. Dean Holden, Director
Dean Holden has worked for Bupa, the international healthcare group, for over 20 years. He is Managing Director of Bupa’s International Markets Division since November 2009, with responsibility for Bupa’s operations in Australia, Latin America, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Thailand. Dean has led Bupa’s development into major new markets, such as China and India.
Prior to this, Dean was Managing Director of Bupa’s Asia Pacific Division for 2 years. He led Bupa's entry into the Australian and Latin American health insurance markets and managed Bupa’s expatriate health insurance as well as the Group's operations in Spain, Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Before this Dean was Group Financial Controller.
4. Mr. Saleh Al-Jasser, Director - Independent
Saleh Al-Jasser is a board member of BUPA Arabia, as well as Itihad Itisalat and the Saudi Research and Marketing Group. He is also Chief Executive Officer of the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia.
Before joining NSCSA he was the Managing Director of Abdul Latif Jameel Company (2003–2008), General Manager of STC and Assistant General Manager of Al Jomaih Bottling and Can-making Company (1996 to 2000).
He has Master Degree in Business Administration from King Saud University in Riyadh and BSc in Industrial Engineering from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah. He has received additional education and training from some prestigious business schools such as Harvard Business School and Cranfield University in the UK.
5. Mr. Iñaki Ereño, Director
Since his graduation in corporate law from the ICADE, an MBA from the IESE and an AMP from Wharton Business School until he joined Sanitas in early 2005, Iñaki Ereño has held a variety of senior positions at Acerinox, the Telefónica group and Continent.
Iñaki Ereño is the senior executive of the Group, as well as the health insurance business includes Sanitas Hospital, Sanitas Servicios de Salud, Health Dialog España and Manises Hospital in Valencia.
Prior to becoming CEO in December 2008, Iñaki Ereño was the Sanitas general manager of Clients, Marketing and Communication. He is also the president of the Sanitas Foundation.
6. Mr. William Stephen Ward, Director
Mr. Ward joined the Bupa Arabia Board in April 2008 as a non-executive Director. He holds the role of Chairman and Director on twenty three Bupa companies around the world.
Mr. Ward is Chief Operating Officer for Bupa’s International Markets. He is a health care purist having worked in provision and insurance all his career.
7. Mr. Abdulhady Ali Shayif, Director- Independent
Mr. Abdulhadi Ali Shayif serves as a board member at the Saudi Hollandi Bank, Arabian Cement Company, Al Obaikan Group, Attiah Steel Group, Al Majdouie Group, General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI), Byblos Bank in Lebanon, Qatran Cement Company in Amman – Jordan and Chairman of FWU International Advisory Board in Munich - Germany.
Mr. Abdulhadi Shayif worked in all areas of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) and held the position of General Manager of the Bank in the period from 1999-2005.
Mr. Abdulhadi Shayif graduated with a bachelor degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut AUB.
8. Mr. Tal Hisham Nazer, Executive Director
Tal Hisham Nazer is the Chief Executive Officer of Bupa Arabia since 2008. Leading this top and fast growing specialized health insurer to higher standards, he is involved with regulators, healthcare providers and the insured. Mr. Tal is the board member of Arabian Medical Marketing Co. Ltd. Chairman of SAMA’s (Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency) insurance companies committee. He is also the chairman of Young Presidents Organization in Jeddah.
Holding an MBA from The Wharton School, Pennsylvania, USA (in Finance and Buyouts, 2001) and a BA in Economics from University of California at Los Angeles (Dec 1996),