Nabilah al-Tunisi

Nabilah al-Tunisi (born c.1959), also known as the Iron Lady, is the chief engineer for Saudi Aramco.

The daughter of a Saudi general, Al-Tunisi grew up in Riyadh but at the age of 17 travelled to Portland, Oregon to study electrical engineering at Lewis & Clark College. She then gained a masters in computer engineering from Oregon State University. Her uncle, a friend of the Saudi oil minister, encouraged her to apply to Saudi Aramco, and she joined the company as a computer systems engineer in 1982.

In 2010 Oregon State University honored her with membership of their Academy of Distinguished Engineers. In 2014 Forbes Middle East listed her at # 4 in their list of the 200 Most Powerful Arab Women in Executive Management.