Reema bint Bandar Al Saud

Reema bint Bandar Al Saud (Arabic: ريما بنت بندر آل سعود; born 15 February 1975) is the current Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, a position her father had also previously held.

Reema is the great-granddaughter of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, on her maternal and paternal sides.

[10] Her maternal grandparents are King Faisal, the son of Ibn Saud, and Queen Iffat who was born to a Circassian mother and a Saudi father.

[14] While Reema was earning her degree in museum studies, she interned at L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and at the Saklr Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[15] She also collaborated from a distance with a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago, and her mother's "Haifa Faisal Collection" of art was displayed there.

From 2007 until 2015, Reema served as the CEO of Alfa International Company Limited, a multi-brand luxury retail corporation that, among other pursuits, operates the Harvey Nichols store in Riyadh.

[4] In 2016, Princess Reema left the private sector to begin a career of public service as Vice President of Women’s Affairs at the Saudi General Sports Authority.

In 2013, Reema also founded Alf Khair, a social enterprise aimed at elevating the professional capital of Saudi women.

[26] In 2021, she founded Catmosphere Foundation to support Panthera Corporation's work to preserve big cats.

[46] In October 2019, Reema sent Rosh Hashanah greetings to Jews in the United States wishing them a happy and sweet Jewish new year.

[47] Reema has gained attention on the international stage as a leader in business innovation, specifically as a champion for women in the workplace.

[50][51][52] Reema has noted publicly that engaging women as active participants in the working economy is "evolution, not revolution," and empowering a woman with financial responsibility will encourage her to "explore more of the world for herself and become less dependent.

[53] Alf Khair also developed a retail academy, which provided training for Saudi women joining the workforce.

[15] Her work in this realm also included her role as an Advisory Board Member of the Saudi National Creative Initiative.

[54] In 2015, Princess Reema founded Alf Khair, a social enterprise seeking to empower professional growth and capital for Saudi women with a curriculum enabling economic self-sufficiency.