The Middle East’s

7. Tony Cripps

Designation: Managing Director & CEO
Company: Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB)
Established: 1978
Headquarters: Saudi Arabia

By December 2023, SAB had grown its sustainable finance portfolio, including green deposits and green bond investments of $3.4 billion. It aims to increase sustainable financing and investments to $9 billion by 2025. In 2023, the bank recycled 13,200 kilograms of paper and saved 1.7 million kilowatts of energy and 221,884 liters of water. SAB’s new headquarters decreased operational energy consumption by 28.47% and reduced water consumption during landscaping by 59.25%.