
“[T]here are 36 Saudi foreign business councils that work under the supervision and follow-up of the General Authority for Foreign Trade and under the umbrella of the Federation of Saudi Chambers with the aim of developing economic relations between the Kingdom and friendly countries.”
–The Saudi Gazette, discussing how Lubna Olayan, the prominent Saudi business leader and senior executive, has been named chairperson of the Board and Executive Committee of the Saudi-Swedish Business Council; the first Saudi women to head a business council. [Saudi Gazette]