{"id":8471,"date":"2024-01-01T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/fund-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:01:52","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors of the Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t
\r\n\t\t\t

The Higher Education Fund directs its tasks in accordance with the supervision and management of the Board of Directors of the Higher Education Fund, as the Council has full powers to manage the Fund, set the general policy it follows, approve its financial and administrative systems and regulations, approve investment plans, approve project financing, and approve the annual budget, all under the supervision of Direct supervision of the Board of Directors, headed by His Excellency the Minister of Education, Mr. Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Mr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan<\/span><\/h3>

Minister of Education - Chairman of the Board of Director <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Dr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Ahmed bin Salem Al-Ameri<\/span><\/h3>\n

President of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Dr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Tareef bin Yousef Al-Aama<\/span><\/h3>\n

President of King Abdulaziz University<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Dr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Faleh bin Rajaa Al-Sulami<\/span><\/h3>\n

President of King Khalid University<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Dr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Hossam bin Khaled Ruwaihi<\/span><\/h3>\n

Consultant of the Ministry of Economy and Planning <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Mr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Drees<\/span><\/h3>

Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance - General Budget<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Mr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Suleiman bin Nasser Al Hattlan<\/span><\/h3>\n

Managing Director of Maharah Human Resources Company<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Mr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Mohammad Abdullah Abunayyan<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Water and Energy Works Company (ACWA Power)<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Mr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz Al-Fares<\/span><\/h3>\n

CEO and Managing Director of Alinma Bank (formerly)<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Dr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Badr bin Suleiman Al-Ahmad<\/span><\/h3>\n

Deputy Governor of the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation for Supporting Services <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His Excellency Mr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Badr bin Ibrahim Al-Badr<\/span><\/h3>\n

General Secretary of the Fund \u2013 Secretary of the Board of Directors<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Higher Education Fund directs its tasks in accordance with the … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nBoard of Directors of the Fund - Higher Education Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Board of Directors of the Fund - Higher Education Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Higher Education Fund directs its tasks in accordance with the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Higher Education Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T10:01:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HEF_KSA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/\",\"name\":\"Board of Directors of the Fund - Higher Education Fund\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-01T10:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-21T10:01:52+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Higher Education Fund\",\"description\":\"Higher Education Fund\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Higher Education Fund\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Higher Education Fund - \u0635\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u064a\",\"alternateName\":\"HEF\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2023\/08\/latestLogo02.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2023\/08\/latestLogo02.png\",\"width\":431,\"height\":306,\"caption\":\"Higher Education Fund - \u0635\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/HEF_KSA\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/higher-education-fund\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Board of Directors of the Fund - Higher Education Fund","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Board of Directors of the Fund - Higher Education Fund","og_description":"The Higher Education Fund directs its tasks in accordance with the ...","og_url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/","og_site_name":"Higher Education Fund","article_modified_time":"2026-04-21T10:01:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":399,"height":414,"url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@HEF_KSA","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/","url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/","name":"Board of Directors of the Fund - Higher Education Fund","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png","datePublished":"2024-01-01T10:00:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-21T10:01:52+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/board-of-directors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2026\/04\/Youssef-AlBunyan.png"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/","name":"Higher Education Fund","description":"Higher Education Fund","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Higher Education Fund","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#organization","name":"Higher Education Fund - \u0635\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u064a","alternateName":"HEF","url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2023\/08\/latestLogo02.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/storage\/2023\/08\/latestLogo02.png","width":431,"height":306,"caption":"Higher Education Fund - \u0635\u0646\u062f\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/HEF_KSA","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/higher-education-fund"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8471"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9723,"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8471\/revisions\/9723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.gov.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}