06.07.2014

Saudi HealthCare Executive Goes Back To Her Roots

For Ms Nasief, working in Saudi meant a return to her roots; she’d grown up in Saudi Bedouin communities with her Saudi father, who built oil refineries, and her American mother. “All my education was in Arabic because my father insisted my upbringing be 100 per cent Saudi. So when at 15 my parents divorced and I moved to the US, I couldn’t read or write English."

19.11.2014

Connectivity Can Empower Women

"This means that women can use seemingly simple skills, such as a knack for fashion or baking, to start their own businesses. And because women can work from home, employers also have a bigger pool of talent to choose from,” said Summer Nasief, a HealthCare and LifeSciences Executive based at IBM, Saudi Arabia"

15.03.2015

Named 47th most powerful Arab Female by Business Arabia 

"Summer was performing in IBM America’s top 10 percent when she made public her plans, and upon taking the reins in the Kingdom as healthcare and life-sciences industry executive, she became the first woman to run an industry in Saudi Arabia for a blue-chip company"

12.04.2015

First Saudi IBM healthcare exec talks female employment

"Dubai-based Summer Nasief tells Al Arabiya News of how she became head of the healthcare and life-sciences industry for the blue-chip company, where she worked for 14 years"