The Financial Academy (TFA), jointly with its strategic partner Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), rolled out the “Executive Banker” program, which is meant to up skill 100 BSF high-potential employees. The launch supports the Bank’s strategic goals for 2030 through empowering its workforce with advanced leadership programs and sophisticated skills.

The program is aligned with BSF’s new strategic direction and the need to enhance human capital readiness to keep pace with future changes by helping them understand the Bank’s new strategies, thus enabling them to effectively contribute to its implementation and achieve positive outcomes in terms of the Bank’s projects and strategic initiatives.

The Executive Banker offers a two-year comprehensive development journey in collaboration with global partners and specialized experts, bringing international best practices and delivering high-quality learning experience.

The new program aims to develop and train 100 distinguished leaders across the bank’s departments, including business, support functions (such as HR), finance, IT and control functions.

Designed to improve the participants’ leadership and strategic skills, the program especially focuses on authentic leadership, strategic thinking, strategy formulation, AI and AI applications in banking sector, bank future and institutional transformation, leadership in changing environments, as well as linking strategy to implementation and result achievement.

The Financial Academy (TFA) is an entity with an independent, legal and administrative status. It is organizationally located under the Chairman of the Board of the Capital Market Authority (CMA). The Academy is dedicated to qualifying the financial sector human capital, including senior managers and board members, by advancing their knowledge, capabilities, skills and culture. TFA also develops and promotes best professional financial practices, targeting all components of the financial services sector including banking, finance, insurance and capital market.