At a time when the Kingdom continues to move steadily toward reinforcing the role of women as active partners in economic development, indicators of women’s presence in leadership and decision-making positions continue to rise. This reflects a qualitative transformation in the structure of the labor market and supports sustainable growth pathways.
Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance has recorded notable progress in women’s empowerment indicators within its workplace, with women representing 43% of the total workforce, while more than 50 women hold leadership roles within the company. This reflects the growing presence of female talent in leadership and decision-making roles.
Additionally, six women serve on the Board, contributing to shaping the company’s strategic direction. At the same time, female promotions accounted for 41% of total promotions, marking the highest rate recorded by the company in its history.
Female Leadership
These indicators come as part of a comprehensive institutional strategy for diversity, equity, and inclusion, built on three main pillars: strengthening inclusive leadership, developing Diverse Practices , and fostering an inclusive culture. This approach supports women’s participation across different leadership levels and aligns with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 to increase women’s economic participation.
Leadership Development
As part of preparing future leaders, Bupa Arabia implements a range of development programs aimed at preparing female leaders and enhancing women’s participation in decision-making positions. These include leadership development programs, mentoring and professional guidance initiatives, in addition to integrating female talent within Succession Planning Strategies to ensure the sustainability of institutional leadership.
These initiatives have contributed to expanding the pool of future leaders, with 48% of female employees participating in leadership development programs, while women represent 32% of candidates within Succession Planning Strategies, reflecting the company’s direction to transform women’s empowerment into an operational framework based on measurable policies and programs.
Professional Advancement
At the workplace level, the company has achieved significant progress in women’s professional development indicators. The Female Engagement Score reached 84 points, reflecting a high level of engagement and interaction within the work environment.
Moreover, more than 500 female employees have benefited from the Coaching & Mentoring Programs over the past three years, contributing to strengthening women’s presence in leadership positions and building a broader base of qualified female talent.
Supportive Environment
Regarding institutional practices that support women, Bupa Arabia has implemented a package of empowering policies and benefits designed to provide an integrated work environment that supports female employees throughout different stages of their professional lives.
These include health and wellbeing programs, Inclusive Facilities including Daycare, dedicated Nursing Rooms, and Fitness Centers, all of which contribute to achieving a healthy balance between professional and personal life.
Workplace Equity
The company also continues to promote workplace equity by maintaining a gender pay gap of less than 5%, in line with global best practices.
Women also represent 50% of new hires within the company, while the Female Retention Rate reached 93%, reflecting the stability of female talent and their continued contribution to the company’s institutional growth.
Investing in Female Talent
In this context, Tariq Al-Amoudi, Chief Human Resources Officer at Bupa Arabia, said:
“Investing in female talent represents a fundamental pillar in enhancing innovation and supporting institutional sustainability. Women’s participation in leadership and decision-making roles contributes to building more diverse work environments capable of achieving competitive growth, reflecting their active role in developing communities and driving innovation across various sectors.”
He added:
“At Bupa Arabia, we continue to develop our leadership programs and empowerment initiatives to ensure equal opportunities for professional growth and development, strengthen women’s presence in decision-making positions, and enable them to contribute to shaping the future of the healthcare sector. This aligns with the objectives of Vision 2030 to support women’s economic participation and achieve sustainable economic and social development.”
Inclusive Culture
To further embed a corporate culture based on diversity and inclusion, Bupa Arabia implements a variety of qualitative activities and initiatives involving thousands of employees throughout the year, reinforcing the spirit of participation and inclusion within the workplace.
These efforts also include publishing periodic content on diversity concepts, launching inspirational professional storytelling programs, and introducing the “Global Diversity Champions” program aimed at raising awareness of inclusive workplace culture.
These efforts were recognized with the 2025 CIPD Middle East Awards for the Most Impactful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs.
Sustainable Growth
The expanding participation of women within Bupa Arabia reflects an institutional direction that promotes diversity and inclusion as key drivers of organizational growth, through the development of leadership programs and empowerment initiatives that support attracting and developing female talent.
This approach also highlights the importance of investing in female human capital as a key factor in enhancing innovation, increasing productivity, and building a balanced work environment aligned with the requirements of modern institutions—ultimately contributing to achieving sustainable development goals and improving quality of life within the national economic ecosystem.
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About Bupa Arabia
Bupa Arabia was established in kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1997 as a partnership between Global Bupa and Nazer group to become a contributive corporation in 2008 with the most successful allotment procedure in the insurance sector, and Bupa is considered a Saudi corporation that is part of the Bupa global network, and it provides healthcare services with international standards for individuals and families and for biggest companies and organizations in the kingdom, and its distinguished for providing the biggest international hospitals network including 1.2 million destination in 190 countries around the world.
And Bupa provides more than the regular insurance in which it established Bupa healthcare to provide healthcare services using the latest technological means due to Bupa’s digital clinic and to having Saudi doctors in different majors such as family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and chronic disease care.
Bupa is distinguished with an environment that increases productivity and stimulates creativity, which had it qualified to win several prestigious awards in the field and its considered one of the leading companies in enhancing women status, and having Saudi youth until it succeeded in getting a significant increase in localization percentages to more than 70%. For more information, please visit the link below:
