Deemah AlYahya — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founding Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), an international intergovernmental organization founded in 2020.
Founder and CEO of Women Spark, the first Saudi women's angel investment network.
Led Women Spark to train over 26,000 women in the technology industry as of 2013.
Serves on multiple boards including Saudi National Bank (SNB), Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), and Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI).
Graduated from King Saud University (2002) and completed senior executive programs at INSEAD and Harvard Business School.

Biography

Deemah AlYahya is a Saudi tech diplomat and digital economy expert. In 2021, she was elected as the founding Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), an international intergovernmental organization established in 2020 by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. In this role, she leads the multilateral organization in fostering international cooperation among key stakeholders to accelerate the growth of an inclusive and sustainable digital economy.