Diversity matters. We hear it time and again, and nowhere does it ring truer than in the board room. Numerous studies have shown that a diverse board can have a strong, positive impact on an organization’s success and add to its bottom line, and companies with female members and women directors fare much better than their counterparts, according to reports by Harvard Business Review, McKinsey & Company, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and many more. In the region, this gender diversity sentiment is growing, with more and more women now present on boards and in leadership roles. In Saudi Arabia, there has been a wave of trailblazers over the past few years, and here are three who should be on your radar: