List of all articles filed under “saudi-arabia-interviews” category.
Nedal Yusuf Alobidan, HR Operations Director at Zain Saudi Arabia
We are very keen to develop and maintain a high percentage of saudization. This is the general direction of Saudi Arabia and of Zain. The most important asset that Zain has is its people.
Dr. Bernd van Linder, Managing Director of Saudi Hollandi Bank
The banking sector in Saudi Arabia is, of course, connected to the Saudi economy, and the economy in the kingdom is doing extremely well on the backdrop of huge public sector investments, as well as growth of SMEs and rapidly expanding middle class.
Emad Al-Shamma, CEO of Al Khafrah Group Holding
We are investors and developers. The concepts that we operate in are very simple; we would like to see the proper industrialisation of Saudi Arabia by bringing new technology into the country. We are not using a copy and paste concept; instead, we are being very innovative.
Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, President and CEO of Advanced Electronics Company (AEC)
The issue of a knowledge-based economy is clearly a very critical one for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The beauty of knowledge-based industries lies in their heavy reliance and dependence on human resources. If you look at the composition of the population in the Kingdom, more than 60% of the population is less than 30 years old. We have a very young population, which is one of the most crucial requirements for the development of a knowledge-based econom
Paddy Padmanathan, President and CEO of ACWA Power
The tariff difference between our tender and the next bidder across the board seems to be in the order of about an average of 20%. In practice it means: on one transaction buying 4,000 megawatts for 20 years on a 20-year fixed-price contract in this instance at 24% tariff difference between our tender and the next bidder. That is about $1.2 billion. In effect, that is $1.2 billion of saving to the national economy of Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Alomran, CEO of Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre (RICEC)
According to statistics from SCTA, which is the tourism authority here, the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre´s share of the total MICE visitors is 10%. Therefore 10% of the visitors coming to Saudi Arabia for MICE purposes have visited the Exhibition Centre here in Riyadh.
Hussain A. Al-Nafisi, CEO of Absal Steel
Our previous policy to become self-sufficient in wheat resulted in extremely high consumption of available water resources. Subsequently the Government has taken steps to phase out wheat cultivation by 2016.
Dr Abdulmalik Al Husseini, CEO of ARASCO
Our previous policy to become self-sufficient in wheat resulted in extremely high consumption of available water resources. Subsequently the Government has taken steps to phase out wheat cultivation by 2016.
The real estate sector in Saudi Arabia has been one of the major economic supports for the economy of the country for at least the last two decades. The outlook for the real-estate sector is positive. There will be tremendous growth. Within the last three years, there was almost 300% growth in the real estate market, and in projects and development in general.
Dr. Mohammed H. Al Kathiri, Secretary-General of Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Saudi economy in general has been growing over the last few years and is going to continue growing according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Planning and in view of what’s going on in the region. Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the region and is a member of the G20; it is one of the world’s leading oil producers and exporters and the largest producer of petrochemicals in the Middle East.
