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Fink and Dimon abandon crisis-hit Saudi summit

Some banks and corporate chiefs are still planning on attending, but most will not say, as conference organisers scrub names from site

By

Pierre Briançon

and

Emily Horton

Demonstrators protest outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, on October 8, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Demonstrators protest outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, on October 8, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi Photo: Getty Images

Saudi Arabia’s flagship investment summit has been plunged into crisis over recent days, after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock chief Larry Fink pulled out in the wake of the disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Adding to doubts over the event’s future, the conference organisers scrubbed the names of individual participants — including Dimon, Fink, and HSBC chief executive John Flint — from its online conference programme.

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