[custom_adv] Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1975) is a Saudi Arabian princess and the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, appointed on 23 February 2019 becoming the first female envoy in the country’s history . [custom_adv] Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to Bandar bin Sultan and Haifa bint Faisal, Princess Reema spent many years in the United States, where her father Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud was the ambassador from 1983-2005. [custom_adv] While she was studying toward her degree in museum studies, Princess Reema interned at L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and at the Sackler Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [custom_adv] She also collaborated from a distance with a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago, while her mother's "Haifa Faisal Collection" of art was displayed there. [custom_adv] She returned to Saudi Arabia in 2005. She co-founded Yibreen, a women's day gym and spa. She later assumed the role of CEO at Al Hama LLC, a luxury retail corporation. [custom_adv] She served for several years as the CEO of Alfa International, a leading luxury retail corporation that, among other pursuits, operates the Harvey Nichols store in Riyadh. [custom_adv] As the CEO of Harvey Nichols in Riyadh, Princess Reema led the inclusion of women into the retail sector, working closely with the Ministry of Labor to craft a smooth labor market entry.
