SAUDI ENTREPRENEURS Abdulla Elyas
OMAN CEOs
Hind Bahwan Hind Bahwan is the founder and chairman of Bahwan CyberTek (BCT), a leading provider for digital transformation solutions. She is a successful business woman with a long trail of other achievements. Ali Abulhasan Ali Abulhasan founded Tap Payments in 2013 to help enable startups and SMEs to accept online payments easily throughout the Mena region. Prior to establishing Tap Payments, Abulhasan worked in the oil, banking, and telecom sectors.
Saudi entrepreneur Abdulla Elyas is a co-founder of Careem, a transport network company valued at over $1 billion. He has vast experience working with various software projects in managing and consulting roles. Ahmad Alzaini Ahmad Alzaini co-founded Foodics in 2013 with a friend from his college days. He believes in having a solid team behind him to help solve the complex problems that often emerge with a startup. Ahmed Al Bader Ahmed Al Bader created the healthcare tech startup Sihatech. His company won the Startup Challenge at ArabNet Riyadh and has big plans for the future. Ahmed would like to incorporate capabilities for patient procedure financing, laboratory test delivery, and drug delivery. Abdulaziz Al Jouf Abdulaziz Al Jouf is the CEO and founder of PayTabs. He graduated from Riyadh’s Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in 1999, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Islamic business. He also received a bachelor’s degree in information technology from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Ammar Waganah CEO and founder of Dokkan Afkar, an online shopping website, Ammar Waganah, has significant experience in the e-commerce industry. Armed with the knowledge in social media, branding strategy, and product development, he created the Saudi entrepreneurship business to offer a wide variety of unique products.
KUWAIT CEOs
Asma Ahmad Asma Ahmad utilised her life experiences to form a synergy called Zaha Experience, a social impact firm that brings together people from different cultures, nations and ethnicities to meet, interact, bond and reshape the way one relates to each other’s culture. Khalid Alotaibi Khalid Alotaibi is a cofounder of the food ordering company talabat, and the cofounder of Floward and the Alhisba Real Estate Company. He was also a board member for the Al Waseet classified newspaper and is currently a board member at TopCar for electronic trading. Abdulrahman Alrashidi Abdulrahman Alrashidi is the founder of TRIBE Labs and the founder and CEO of TRIBE Coworking Space. He also founded the Saad Club, a summer programme for children in Kuwait. He was previously the managing partner of Injaz Consulting & Training and the CEO of Madar Real Estate. Talal Al Awadhi Talal Al Awadhi is a technology entrepreneur and the CEO of KUWAITNET. He created Fintech SaaS company Ottu in 2019. The company launched a regional office in Saudi Arabia in early 2023. AlAwadhi is also the vice chairman of Viacomms Telecom.
QATAR CEOs Dr Buthaina Al Ansari
Dr Buthaina Al Ansari is the Chairperson of Qatariat T&D Holding Company which helps Qatari women develop business skills in order to advance in the workplace. Al Ansari is a member of the Mena Business Women’s Networks, an ambassador for Women Leading Change Qatar, a board member of Qatar Business Women’s Association, and a Mentor at the Qatar Professional Women’s Network Circle. Aysha Al Mudahka Aysha Al Mudahka has specialised in reinventing business in emerging markets. She is chief executive of the Qatar Business Incubation Centre which is the largest mixed-use business incubator in the Middle East, and also the founding member of the Roudha Centre, which promotes women’s entrepreneurship and innovation
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