List of all articles filed under “saudi-arabia-topics” category.
Mohammed S. Alkhalil, President of FAD Investment & Development
Real estate is a major issue in Saudi Arabia. It is the second largest sector after oil and gas.
Dr. Ahmed Sindi, General Manager of SATCO
The Saudi Arabian economy has taken significant strides. The government has invested a lot of money in building a huge amount of infrastructure, such as airports, cities, and the like. Our company, SATCO, being a classified contracting company with a first classification, stands to benefit significantly from the extensive opportunities in construction in particular and also in other divisions of our work.
Dr. Boutros Klink, CEO of Standard Chartered
Saudi Arabia, compared to the other nations in the GCC, has the largest population. It also has the largest local population. So the demographics mix is different. In the credit card industry, the way we deal with the customer base is very different because we are able to build long term relationships with the customers and service their needs as their requirements grow throughout their life cycle.
“If you look at the liquidity (petrodollars) which is coming into the country, it’s huge. This liquidity must find some channels to go into. Real estate went up in a very substantial way,” says Abdullah Saud Al-Rashoud, CEO of Blominvest Saudi Arabia.
“I believe that in some areas there is a potential for growth – Mecca, for example, or Medina, because the government is trying to make huge expansions for both Holy Mosques. The thing is that for those people who invest in Mecca, they cannot just go to invest in other places,” says Abdullah Saud Al-Rashoud, CEO of Blominvest Saudi Arabia.
“The penetration rate for credit cards is certainly lower than cash at present, but it is steadily increasing. I can see over the last eight years there has been a visible shift from a cash economy towards an electronic economy,” says Priyan L. Attygalle, CEO of American Express, Saudi Arabia.
“There has been a visible shift from a cash economy towards an electronic economy, in terms of cashless payments such as cards and the growth of internet payments and internet banking. It’s growing at an exponential rate,” says Priyan L. Attygalle, CEO of American Express, Saudi Arabia.
Dr Mohammed A. Al-Ajlan, CEO of Ra-yek Real Estate
In real estate, we have many companies, one of which is Ra-yek Real Estate. We have developed many projects including Sky Towers and Nakheel Towers. We are working on another project, which will be the Riyadh Towers, and is due to begin construction in 2015 or early 2016 and should be concluded by 2017.
“Integrated dairy farm means having all activities in one location which includes the feed production, raw milk production and cattle management, together with processing and factories,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
“Today we have 50,000 cows in one location and we are considered to be the largest integrated dairy farm in the world,” says Ali O. Al-Rakban, CEO of Al Safi.
