Board of Directors

A business administration graduate of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, is Chairman of Projects and Technical Contracting Company and Ashbal Al Arab Corporation. He is also a member of the board of the Faraby Al Khaleej Petrochemical Company, Zain Company, Kuwaiti-Sudanese Company, Kuwaiti-Chinese Company, Integrated Transport Company and Jassour Company.

Holds a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, Master’s degree in Business Administration from St. Edward University, USA in 1994 and Diploma in science and technical bread from Pittsburgh Institute, USA. Board member of The Savola Group, United Sugar Company, Banque Saudi Fransi, Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Jeddah and Jeddah Company for Development. Active member of the Young Managers, Member of the Board of the General Investment Authority and a member of the Makkah region.

PHD in Civil Engineering – University of Arizona – USA. Member of the Boards of Directors of the Red Sea Housing Services Company, Herfy Company, Fitaihi Company and Al Obeikan Investment Group.

Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Al Muhaideb Group, Savola Group, Amwal Al Khaleej for commercial Investments Co, Joussour Swicorp Co. and Aloula for Real estate Development Co. Member of the Boards of Directors of Saudi British Bank (SABB), National Industrialization Co., Arabian Pipes Co., Yamama Steel Industries and Arabian Company for Water & Energy Development. Further, he has been appointed by the Government as a Board Member of Social Responsibility Board and Centennial Fund.

Joined Almarai in 1979 and was appointed Managing Director in 1997. He is a board Member of Arcapita Bank (Bahrain), ARASCO and the Al-Jazirah Press, Printing & Publishing. He is also a member of the National Committee for Biodiversity. Mr. Al Muhanna is an Agriculture Agricultural Economics graduate of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.

Abdulrahman bin Sulaiman Al Turaigi, Ph. D. is the Chairman of Board of Directors of Gulf Industrial Development Co. He has an excellent professional background in many of the activities of government and private economic sectors. He holds a doctoral degree in engineering management from the University of Missouri in the United States of America.

Mr. Bader is the CEO of Amias Holding Company, a member of the Board of Directors in the Savola Group, Banque Saudi Fransi, Dur Hospitality Company, and Knowledge Economic City. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Rice University in the United States.

Eng. Anees is currently SAVOLA’s CEO and has over 25 years of experience in the private sector and the financial services industry. He was previously the CEO of SEDCO Holding Group. He has also worked with the Samba Financial Group where he advanced to roles including General Manager and Senior Credit Officer. Additionally, he also worked with Proctor & Gamble Co. He is serving on a number of boards including: Vice Chairman of Savola Food Company, Vice Chairman of Panda Retail Company, Vice Chairman of Herfy, Knowledge Economic City Company (KEC), and The National Commercial Bank (NCB). In addition, he also serves as a board member on other charity, and community organizations.

He holds a Master of Science in Engineering Administration with honors and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with honors, both from George Washington University in the USA.