The courage of her convictions - The National

In the testosterone-fuelled world of investment banking, few would expect to encounter a woman calling the shots. Fewer still would expect to find her in Saudi Arabia.

As the chief executive of Gulf One Investment Bank, Dr Nahed Taher, 46, is among a handful of women who have reached the highest echelons of the sector.

But she says her rise to the top of the corporate ladder is a tale that many Saudi women can replicate nowadays.