Lessons For Saudi Arabia From Silicon Valley: Mr. Rayan Qutub (Founder of Nama Al Baraka)

Sep 5, 2019, 4:30 – 6:30 PM

Vibes Offices, U-SHAPE CENTER Prince Saud Al Faisal, Al Rawdah, Jeddah, 23431

Rayan Qutub is the founder of Nama Al Baraka Investments and a board member of several companies. In his current capacity at Nama Al Baraka, Rayan is leading a multimillion-dollar investments portfolio in Logistics, Mobility Solutions, ICT, E-commerce Development, Trading and Specialized Advisory Services with focus on Saudi Vision 2030 future growth sectors and Technology.

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About this event

Rayan Qutub is the founder of Nama Al Baraka Investments and a board member of several companies. He has more than 24 years of Investments, Economic Development, Logistics, Real state, Industrial, Education, Healthcare, Regulations Development and FMCG experience gained from reputable companies such as EMAAR, UNILEVER and SAVOLA. In his current capacity at Nama Al Baraka, Rayan is leading a multimillion-dollar investments portfolio in Logistics, Mobility Solutions, ICT, E-commerce Development, Trading and Specialized Advisory Services with focus on Saudi Vision 2030 future growth sectors and Technology.

In his previous assignment as a CEO of King Abdullah Port (KAP) and the Chairman of Specialized Marine Services (SMS), Rayan led the development and operation of the SAR 10B first privately owned port in the GCC region which at full completion will be one of the top 10 ports in the world with an annual capacity of 20 million containers, 1.5 million vehicles and 15 million tons of bulk cargo. In less than two years, he has managed to grow KAP to become the second largest port in Saudi and the second fastest growing port globally based Alphaliner Ranking. This exceptional performance allowed KAP to obtain many international awards and was ultimately recognized by his Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud the Saudi crown prince official inauguration on the 11th February 2018.

Prior joining KAP, Rayan worked with Emaar, King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) for 10 years and successfully led the establishment, development and execution of various sectors including Real estate, Mixed Use, Industrial, Logistics, Healthcare, Primary and Higher Education, in addition to Economic Cities Bylaws.

During his last 4 years with KAEC as a CEO of the Industrial and Logistic Valley (IV), he led the development and operation of a 55 km2 state of the art Industrial, value-added logistics and technology special economic zone and succeeded to attract and establish operations of more than 120 leading companies in the Pharmaceutical, Food, Logistics, Automotive, Construction and Data Center Sectors such as Pfizer, Sanofi, Mars, Ikea, Total, Unilever, Toyota, Volvo, Savola, Johnson Controls, General Electric, Al Marai, NCB, etc.

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Speaker

  • Rayan Qutub

    Nama Al Baraka

    Founder

When

When

Thursday, September 5, 2019
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM UTC

Agenda

Badge Pickup / Eat & Socialize
Break for Prayer
Fireside Chat with Mr. Qutub
Networking & Group Pictures

Organizers

  • Aaron (AQ) Johnson

    Startup Grind Jeddah

    Chapter Director

  • Abdulrazaq Alharbi

    Co-Director

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Jeddah Software Developers

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