Dr. Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy, a Saudi National, born in 1960, holds a ph.D in Economics from the University of Oregon, U.S.A. since 1991. Before serving as Director General Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), in March 2014, H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy, was Vice Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) for the period 2009-2013. H.E. Dr. Al Hamidy has also served as Deputy Governor for Technical Affairs at SAMA as well as Director General at Economic Research and Statistics and earlier as Director of Training, Research and Information, at the Institute of Banking. He has earlier taught Economics at the King Saud University. Dr. Al Hamidy has also been a member of the Board of Executive Directors in the Arab Monetary Fund for the period 2003-2013, as well as other organizations, namely, Saudi Industrial Development Fund; Saudi Development Fund; Saudi Real Estate Development Fund; Saudi Post Corporation; Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority; The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance; Saudi Stock Exchange Co. (Tadawul); The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Dr. Al Hamidy has participated in international meetings such as G20, International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), as well as meetings of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Financial Stability Board (FSB), and Council of Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). In addition, with his appointment as Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund, Dr. Al Hamidy also holds the position of Chief Executive Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Arab Trade Financing Program (ATFP).