Omar is a seasoned executive and investment banker with a career spanning over 20 years. Most recently, Omar was the CEO of Fawaz Alhokair Group, Cenomi, the largest mall operator and retailer in Saudi Arabia. He also served as CEO of Saudi listed Batic Logistics. Prior to his executive tenures, Omar was an investment banker and held the title of CEO Goldman Sachs Saudi Arabia, where he led the firm’s investment banking practice and prior to that he headed KSA Investment Banking at Barclays Capital. Mr. Almohammady began his career at Saudi Aramco in 2002, working in Corporate Planning’s Oil & Energy Outlook. Team. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering with a major in Economics and a minor in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University in the U.S.
Adam Jones is the Executive Vice President and Division President for West Arabia at Mastercard, leading the company’s efforts to advance digital transformation, build a robust payments ecosystem and boost financial inclusion in the region.
As a member of the EEMEA executive leadership team, Adam was instrumental in securing a strategic partnership with Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) to promote Saudi Arabia’s billion-dollar gaming industry by bringing innovative financial solutions to the Kingdom’s gamers.
Under Jones’s leadership, Mastercard’s former MENA Central cluster has made great strides in advancing digital transformation and building a robust payments ecosystem. Mastercard played an instrumental role in the partnership with the Egyptian Banks Company (EBC) and Central Bank of Egypt, aimed at supporting the implementation of tokenization by providing the required infrastructure to issuing banks across the country.
He also led the collaboration with Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) to develop a payment ecosystem digitization blueprint for the country. Adam Jones’ achievements also include spearheading initiatives in Saudi Arabia together with leading banks such as The Saudi National Bank launching Mastercard Touch Card and SNB Flexi Card powered by Mastercard Installments, both the first of their kind in the Kingdom.
Previously, Adam served as the Senior Vice President, Travel & Expense (T&E), where he oversaw the company’s strategy and platforms in the commercial T&E space, and as Country Manager, East Africa.
Adam joined Mastercard as the Vice President and Head of Commercial Products for the Middle East and Africa, responsible for products and sales.
Earlier, Adam was the Head of Commercial Business at American Express Middle East and North Africa, based in Dubai. He started with American Express in London as a Global Account Manager and then went on to manage the commercial arms of their joint ventures in Belgium and Switzerland.
Adam holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Solent University in Southampton, UK.
Dr. Hassounah has over 43 years of experience in engineering, planning, corporate advisory, banking, investment banking, and asset management services in various academic and non-academic positions in Saudi Arabia, Canada, and the UK.
Along with his current position as the Managing Partner of Mawakher Development Company (since 2009), he previously served as:
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Managing Director of Alyusr for Leasing & Finance (2021–2023)
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Managing Director of Alissa Group of Companies (2019–2021)
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CEO & Managing Director of Rana Investment Company (2000–2008)
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Deputy CEO (1995–2000)
Earlier, he worked (1982–1995) as:
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Civil Engineer at Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) and W.S. Atkins (UK)
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Research Associate at University of Toronto (Canada)
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Assistant Professor at University of Southampton (UK)
Current Board Memberships:
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Member, Board of Directors, HyperPay Inc.
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Chairman, SHUAA Capital KSA
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Member, Board of Alyusr for Leasing & Finance
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Member, Board of Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC)
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Member, Audit Committee of Red Sea International
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Chairman, Audit Committees of APIC and Al Suwaidi Group
Previous Board Memberships:
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Best Trading Company
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Abdulatif Alissa Group Holding Company
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AXA Cooperative Insurance (Chairman of Audit and Compliance Committees)
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Almanara Communication & Information Technology
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Ettihad Etisalat (Mobily)
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Investment Committee Member, Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Education:
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B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (1982)
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M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) in Planning from University of Toronto, Canada
Imad is a Founding Partner and Fund Manager of Amwal Capital Partners – a MENA focused asset manager focusing on the MENA region with investments across asset classes including public equities, fixed income and private credit.
Prior to launching Amwal Capital Partners, Imad was a project manager with McKinsey & Company based out of their Dubai office from 2008 onwards where he led projects across multiple sectors including retail, mining, pharmaceutical, banking, family businesses, infrastructure and others. His work spanned across the MENA region with a special focus on Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Kuwait. He worked on topics ranging from strategy to operations and corporate finance. Imad has also previously worked in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
Imad holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Finance and Entrepreneurship Management. He also holds a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut where he graduated with Distinction.
Muhannad Ebwini is the founder & CEO of HyperPay and headquartered in Saudi Arabia. Muhannad has led the business to its current position as a one of the Middle east’s fastest growing and successful online payment businesses. It is regarded as highly innovative and is seen as one of the new generation payment service providers.
HyperPay is the second certified online payment solution provider in Saudi Arabia as eMSP – Payment gateway (PG) by Saudi Payments. In 2017, Muhannad was appointed as board member of GatetoPay, a leading card issuing company to issue prepaid MasterCard, Visa and UnionPay card and cards solution in Middle East region.
Muhannad has over 25 years of experience in the FinTech, eCommerce, gaming, and payment industries, having successfully grown the business of OneCard, a leading regional alternative payment mechanism between 2004 and Feb 2010. During his tenure at OneCard, Muhannad has spearheaded the development of the online payment and eCommerce industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), working successfully with international and regional players, provide alternative payment solutions for them, assist, and provide support in localizing them and adapting them to the MENA culture, as well as providing them with a suite of value-added services such as support centers and marketing. Prior to joining OneCard, Muhannad worked at Maktoob, the leading regional portal recently acquired by Yahoo as the Business Development Manager of Souq.com, an online auction service that later morphed into Souq.com, and remains the leading online auction service in the MENA region. Prior to Maktoob, he held sales and marketing management positions at eSolution, a local web development company in Amman, Jordan.
Muhannad is a certified eCommerce Consultant “CEC” and Project Manager eBusiness (PME) and holds an MBA in Management and International Business from NYIT and a BSc in Computer Software Engineering from Princess Sumayya University in Amman, Jordan.
With more than 10 years of experience in the technology sector, Abdullah manages several technology investments across asset classes. He is the Founding Partner and CEO of Merak Capital, a licensed asset management firm by the CMA of Saudi Arabia, focused on technology investments across asset classes. Abdullah is also the founder of iNet Fund, a regional VC fund for technology and FinTech ventures, and the Chairman of HyperPay (Riyadh, KSA) the largest online payment gateway in KSA and the GCC. He is also a board member of several technology ventures across the MENA region.
Previous to current responsibilities, Abdullah worked with Merrill Lynch (USA), Cisco Capital (USA), and Jadwa Investment (KSA). He is a graduate of the University of Miami (Florida, USA) with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics and a Masters’ degree in Management of Technology.