Assistant Agency for Health Economics

Researches:

• Dubai Crisis: No Infection This Time (January 2010).
•  Social Responsibilities & its Role in Boosting Private Sector Participation in Development: Applied case - the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (A paper presented at the international conference on "The Private Sector Role in Development: Assessment & Outlook", Beirut – Lebanon, March 2009).
• The Role of Islamic Banks in Promoting the Overall Arab Development (A paper presented during the Annual Arab Banking Conference 2008, Beirut, Lebanon, November 2008).
•  Financial Integration among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States (A paper presented during the Arab Banking Conference 2008, Cairo, Egypt, April 2008).
• Stock Market Development & Economic Growth: Correlations and Causal (A paper presented during 16th Annual Meeting of the Saudi Economic Association, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 2007).
• Financial Integration of Stock Markets in the Gulf (PhD Thesis, May 2004).
• Readiness of GCC States for Monetary Union (A work paper presented to the Internationa Monetary Fund (IMF),  September 2003.
•  Performance of the Saudi Investment Funds (Academic research, December 2002).
• Pension & Investment Funds in GCC States (A paper presented to the World Bank, September 2002).
• Growth and Development of the Saudi Financial System (Master  Thesis, June 1998).  

Conferences & Seminars:     

• The Saudi Arabia Conference 2012 | Euromoney Conference (Keynote speaker at a panel discussion on "Foreign Investment in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The New Motivating Factor for Saudi Stock Market, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 22nd-23rd, 2012). 
• Chamber of Commerce & Industry Seminar, Riyadh (Speaker at a seminar titled "Efficiency of Saudi Economy in the Face of Crises" Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, January 8th, 2012).
•  Al Rajhi Capital Seminars (Speaker at seminars organized for the company customers at a number of investment centers around the Kingdom, April – June 2011).
• Riyadh Economic Forum (Keynote Speaker at a session titled "The Banking Sector's Role in Economic Development under the Global Financial Crisis", Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 20-22, 2009).
• International Conference on "Private Sector's Role in Development: Assessment and Outlook" (A paper was presented under the title "Social Responsibility and its Role in Boosting Private Sector Participation in Development: Saudi Arabia as applied case, Beirut, Lebanon, 23-25 March 2009).
• Annual Arab Banking Conference 2008 (A paper was presented under the title "The Role of Islamic Banks in promoting Overall Arab Development", Beirut, Lebanon, 13-14 November 2008).
• Business & Finance Forum (Speaker at a session on "Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Financial Markets", Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 7-11 June 2008). 
• Malaysia Exhibition on Business and Investment Opportunities in Asia – Malasia as a gateway (Participating as a speaker on "The Role of Bank Negara Malaysia in Islamic Finance", Amman, Jordan, May 12th, 2008).
•  Arab Banking Conference 2008 (A paper was presented under the title "Financial Integration among GCC States",  Cairo, Egypt, April 6th-7th, 2008).
• The Fifth Gulf Stock Markets Conference  (A paper was presented under the title "Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Gulf Stock Markets", Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), December 8th-9th, 2007).
• The 16th Annual Meeting of the Saudi Economic Association (A paper was presented under the title "Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: Correlations and Casual", Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 4th-6th, 2007).

Scientific Bodies:          

• The Saudi Economic Association (Member of Board of Directors and Treasurer since June 2011 to date).
• The American Economic Association.