About

Bupa Arabia, headquartered in Jeddah, began as a joint venture with Nazer Group in 1997. The company is now the largest health insurance provider in Saudi Arabia, with a customer base of over 3 million individuals. It is also now a publicly-listed company, and has been a strong performer on the Tadawul. Indeed, its IPO was one of the most successful ever in the region, with subscribers dwarfing expectations when it went to market. The company continues to innovate and offer new products, such as a new international health insurance scheme rolled out in August 2016, with the legal team providing the necessary strategic risk analysis for these ventures. The legal team has seen fresh talent enter the upper echelons of the department as new general counsel Nasser Al-Qawas joined the company in May 2016. Al-Qawas joins the Bupa team after a long and distinguished career at National Commercial Bank and looks to bring his considerable transferable skills to bear on a new and challenging market.