HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud
HRH Prince Alwaleed is the Chairman of our Board, a member of our Executive Committee and the president and a director of Kingdom 5-KR-124 and the president and sole director of Kingdom 5-KR-51, our principal shareholders.
He is the founder and Chairman of the Kingdom Establishment for Commerce and Trade, which was restructured in 1996 into the Kingdom Holding Company, and is a member of the board of directors of several companies in which he holds investments. A citizen of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, HRH Prince Alwaleed was born in 1955 and is fluent in English and Arabic.
Tarek Abdel-Meguid
Mr. Abdel-Meguid joined the Board in 2006. He serves on the Board’s Remuneration Committee and chairs the Audit Committee. He is a founding partner of Perella Weinberg Partners, an independent, privately-owned financial services firm which provides corporate advisory and asset management services to clients around the world.
Prior to co-founding Perella Weinberg Partners in 2006, Mr. Abdel-Meguid had over 25 years of investment banking experience at Morgan Stanley where he headed Worldwide Investment Banking and served on the firm’s 12-member Management Committee from 2000 to 2005. He also founded and managed Prince Gate Investors, a private equity investment vehicle within Morgan Stanley. He currently serves on the Board of Layalina Productions, and is a member of the Middle East Advisory Group of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Mr. Abdel-Meguid holds a B.Sc. degree from McGill University and a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University. He is a United States citizen, fluent in English and Arabic and has a working knowledge of French.
P.J. Shoucair
Mr. Shoucair chairs the Board´s Remuneration Committee. Since 1996 he has been employed by Kingdom Holding Company as the international investment advisor to HRH Prince Alwaleed, and is responsible for direct investments, capital market activities and major investment projects in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Before joining Kingdom Holding Company, he was a senior management consultant in Saudi Arabia for Arthur D. Little. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. Born in 1966, Mr. Shoucair is a citizen of the United States and is fluent in English and Arabic.
Shadi S. Sanbar CPA
Mr. Sanbar is a member of the Board´s Audit Committee. A United States Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Sanbar joined Kingdom Holding Company as Chief Financial Officer in April 2007 and is a member of its Investment Committee. Since June 2005, he had been a special advisor to HRH Prince Alwaleed. In addition, Mr. Sanbar is a Director of NASDAQ Dubai.
Mr. Sanbar began his career in 1973 with Arthur Andersen in Los Angeles and become a Partner in 1984 heading its worldwide entertainment industry practice. In 1994, he transferred to Arthur Andersen’s Riyadh office. In 1996, he was appointed as a Managing Partner for the Assurance and Business Advisory for the Middle East. After Arthur Andersen’s merger with Ernst & Young in 2002, Mr. Sanbar continued to work on large company audits and special examinations.
He holds a BA from the University of California in Los Angeles, and an MBA from the University of Oklahoma. Born in 1948, Mr. Sanbar is a US citizen and is fluent in English and Arabic.
Dr. Walid Arab Hashem
Dr. Hashem is the CEO of Rotana Video & Audio Visual Company. He has been a Member of Majlis Ash Shura in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since April 2005 and is also an Associate Professor in the Economic Department of King Abdul Aziz University. Dr. Hashem also serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors of Okaz Press Corporation.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the American University in Cairo and a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University. Born in 1957, Dr. Hashem is a citizen of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is fluent in English and Arabic.
Ammar A. Alkhudairy
Mr. Alkhudairy joined the Board in March 2007. He is the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and founding shareholder of Amwal AlKhaleej. Prior to founding Amwal, Mr. Alkhudairy held a number of senior management positions at Saudi banking institutions. He was Banque Saudi Fransi’s Head of Strategic Business Development as well as Central Region Head and Country Head at Gulf International Bank. His professional track record spans a number of banking disciplines including M&A, Project Finance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking and Merchant Banking.
Mr. Al-Khudairy is Chairman of Herfy Food Services (Riyadh) and a Director of Savola (Jeddah), Damas (Dubai), Al-Tayyar Travel (Riyadh), Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), Afia (Jeddah), Amwal International (Kuwait), Right Angle Media (Dubai), Dubai Contracting Co (DCC) (Dubai) and Kingdom Holding Company (Riyadh).
Mr. Al Khudairy holds a Master´s degree in Engineering Administration from The George Washington University as well as a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. Born in 1963, Mr. Alkhudairy is a citizen of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is fluent in English and Arabic.
Sarmad N. Zok
Mr. Zok has been KHI´s Chief Executive Officer since 2001. He is a member of KHI´s Executive Committee and also serves on the Board of Directors. He has worked with Kingdom Hotel Partners LLC, a private equity fund and with Kingdom Holding Company, where he was responsible for the Company´s hotel investment and asset management activities in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Prior to joining KHI, Mr. Zok headed Forte plc's development effort in the Middle East, Africa and India and worked at HVS International, a leading hotel consulting and valuation firm in London covering European markets.
Mr. Zok holds a Master of Arts in Property Valuation and Law from City University Business School in London and a BSc in Hotel Management form the University of Surrey. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Ghaith A. Shocair
Mr. Shocair served as KHI Director and Chief Financial Officer until 31 March 2009.
Gordon Drake, ACA AMCT
Mr. Drake has served as Finance Director since 1 January 2009. He was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2009. Mr. Drake joined the Company in July 2007 as Vice President and Group Treasurer. In that role, he has secured financing in excess of US$300 million in six separate transactions.
Previously at Rocco Forte Hotels, Mr. Drake was Group Treasurer and Corporate Finance Manager with responsibility for capital raising, risk management as well as asset disposals. Prior to that, he worked in the Treasury departments of Pearson plc and Hammerson plc with multi-national capital markets and operational responsibilities. Mr. Drake started his career with Ernst & Young in London and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales.
Mr. Drake holds a BSc Hons in Economics and Accounting from University of Bristol and an AMCT professional qualification with the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He is a British citizen.