HRH Prince Mohammed Khalid Al-Faisal
- Chairman of the BoD
- Chairman of ExCom
- Chairman of IC
stc group’s Board of Directors is committed to applying an effective corporate governance framework that defines the roles and responsibilities of the Board and Executive Management, ensuring the application of effective decision-making, compliance and risk management practices. This framework is aligned with the stipulations of the Companies Law issued by the Ministry of Commerce, the Corporate Governance Regulations of the Capital Market Authority and all other relevant regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
At stc group, robust governance is fundamental to its success and sustainable growth. stc group implements a dynamic and evolving framework to promote excellence and compliance throughout stc group. By cultivating a unified culture of accountability, agility and transparency, stc group enhances its governance maturity, strengthens stakeholder trust and creates lasting value for shareholders, partners and communities.
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At the group level, stc’s governance practices are unified across all subsidiaries, reflecting its commitment to integrity, transparency and accountability. Through a comprehensive oversight model supported by clear reporting channels and escalation mechanisms, stc group ensures consistent implementation of governance principles, effective performance monitoring and transparent communication throughout stc group. Furthermore, this enables a sound and transparent multi-layer decision-making process between stc group and its subsidiaries. These practices reinforce stc group’s position as a prime example of corporate governance excellence and support its continuous commitment to sustainable growth and long-term value creation for its shareholders and stakeholders.
stc group is committed to improving the governance practices in its subsidiaries by driving the enhancement of subsidiaries’ board stewardship, cascading policies and methodologies and conducting an annual governance maturity assessment. This evaluation measures the extent to which governance requirements are adopted and implemented, while identifying potential areas for improvement. Through this proactive strategy, stc aims to drive consistency of governance practices across the group, while considering the different types of subsidiaries’ businesses and the legal boundaries.
stc group is keen to benefit from the best applicable local and international practices to foster a culture of governance at stc and achieve, and more importantly maintain, the highest levels of transparency, disclosure and targeted sustainability by adopting the best practices of governance ‒ local, regional and global ‒ and embedding these practices across the different charters and documents of stc group governance, including, for example, but not limited to, as recently updated below:
Moreover, to apply the highest levels of transparency and in compliance with relevant regulations, stc group is committed to publishing all its documents on its website (www.stc.com.sa), which includes the governance mission and objectives in addition to its governance documents, including: