Al-Moneef will be responsible for leading the business development of GE Healthcare, the health care operations of the company in the region, and providing strategic and technical consultancy for launching new applications and products in key emerging markets before taking them globally.

Ali Saleh, GE Healthcare's GM for market development, eastern and Africa growth markets, said: "The Middle East region is focusing on innovation and original thinking to meet the pressing health care challenges, including a growing incidence of lifestyle diseases and rising health care bills.

Al-Moneef has proven competencies in the health care sector of the region, and she will drive our health care business growth with a focus on healthymagination, GE's commitment to deliver better quality care to more people at lower costs." Al-Moneef said: "The health care requirements of the region are unique and call for ingenious solutions in addressing local challenges.

GE's emphasis on innovation and imagination enable our professionals to think beyond conventional boundaries, and create breakthrough innovations that will help improve the state of medical care." Regarded as an enterprising visionary who combines outstanding life science and business development talents, Al-Moneef was the director general of health care and life sciences at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), previously.