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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.
“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.
Gary M. Lewin, CEO of AXA Cooperative Insurance Company
The big differential here in Saudi Arabia is the demographics: it is a very young population and it is the largest population in the Middle East and among all the states in the Gulf. From an AXA Group perspective, this is where we see huge growth potential.
“The last three years in particular have witnessed lots of changes and trends. Not only in the food and beverage market but also in the fast moving consumer goods market. We are starting to see trends that are very much cued towards value,” says Omar Mandour, GM of Coca-Cola Egypt, Yemen, Libya and South Sudan.
“EFSA is the result of unifying all the financial regulators. Our Constitution mentions EFSA, or the non-banking finance regulator as an independent body. We regulate 6 activities, capital markets, insurance, private pensions, mortgage, leasing and factoring. And as a recent development, for the first time in Egypt, microfinance. It is challenging.”
“The Egyptian telecoms market is very large and very young. It is a growing market,” says Mohammed Elnawawy, Managing Director, CEO and Head of Customer Care of Telecom Egypt.
The Egyptian market is starting to witness intense competition between the investment companies related to huge tenders and contracts for the implementation of a range of real estate projects. This will create a healthy competitive environment that will have a positive impact on the Egyptian economy. It is expected that the prices of Egypt’s property units will increase by up to 15 percent by end of 2014.
