Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad (Arabic: غانم بن سعد ال سعد born 23 August 1964 in Doha, Qatar) is a Qatari businessperson. He is chairman of GSSG Holding, a private family holding company diversified across dozens of sectors and companies in Qatar and around the world.[citation needed]
Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad | |
|---|---|
| غانم بن سعد ال سعد | |
| Born | 23 August 1964 |
| Nationality | Qatari |
| Occupation | Chairman of GSSG Holding |
Education
editAl Saad holds a BA in Social Sciences from Qatar University, as well as an MA in Social Policy & Administration from University of Kent, and a PhD in SMEs from Greenwich University, London.[1]
Career
editAl Saad has worked in both the public and private sectors.[citation needed] Since 2014, all Al Saad’s activity has been conducted exclusively in the private business sector.[citation needed]
He founded in 1993 the Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons (GSSG) Holding.[citation needed] GSSG encompasses more than 40 companies in Qatar and worldwide in diverse sectors, such as maritime, engineering, education, and hotel & hospitality.[citation needed]
One of GSSG's subsidiaries is Rizon Jet, the first private jet operator in the Middle East, which has its own terminal in Qatar, with its VIP Terminal in Doha inaugurated on 10 March 2012[2]. The company offers a wide range of services to the business and private aviation industry, including aircraft charter, aircraft management, and handling facilities.
Al Saad joined the General Assembly of Qatar Charity in 2001.[citation needed] He became a board member in 2001.[citation needed] He was appointed as chairman of the charity on 13 October 2010 and he remains the current chairman.[3]
He held the position of chairman and managing director of Barwa Real Estate Company (January 2006 – April 2011).[citation needed] Barwa Real estate is a semi-governmental real estate company 45% owned by Qatari Diar and 55% listed on the Doha Stock Exchange.[4]
From 2008 to 2011, Al Saad was CEO and Board member of Qatari Diar[5]. Qatari Diar is the wholly owned real estate investment arm of the Qatar Investment Authority and the Government of Qatar.
He was chairman of the Qatar Railways Company for 2010–2011.[6]
Al Saad was a member of the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Committee.[7]
Al Saad was a featured speaker at the "Renewing the Arab World" conference at the Arab Institute in Paris, January 2015 along with President of France François Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Jacques Lang, President of the Arab World Institute and many other international leaders dedicated to building stronger relationships among all religions.[8]
Al Saad joined the General Assembly of Qatar Charity in 2001, and he was its Chairman from 2010 to 2013[9]. Qatar Charity[10] is a non-Governmental organization, working for the Qatari Society and other communities in need.
Al Saad ranks number 12 on the CEO Middle East Property Power List.[11] He was featured at number 27 on the Arabian Business Qatar Power List of 2012.[12] Al Saad has also received the title of ‘Datuk’, the Malaysian equivalent of a British peerage, from the King of Malaysia.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad - Qatar". Takreem. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ https://www.gulf-times.com/story/33257/private-jet-operator-opens-own-vip-terminal-in-doha
- ^ "The Government of Qatar Through The Qatar Charity Contribute US $10 Million to UNRWA". United Nations. 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Industrials Sector, Marine Industry". Bloomberg Business. 30 April 2015.
- ^ https://www.qataridiar.com/index.php/about-us
- ^ "Qatari Diar Appoints Board of Directors for Qatar Railways Company". EuroMoney. 6 March 2011.
- ^ "Qatar eyes 2022 for key links in $23 bln rail deal". Reuters. 22 November 2009.
- ^ "Renouveaux du monde arabe—Paris 15, 16 Janvier 2015—Program" [Renewals of the Arab World—Paris 15, 16 January 2015—Program] (PDF). fr:Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS). Paris, France: Institut du Monde Arabe. 7 January 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ https://www.qcharity.org/en/qa/qatar-charity-offices/board-of-directors
- ^ https://www.qcharity.org/ar/qa
- ^ "CEO Middle East Property Power List". Arabian Business. 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Arabian Business Qatar Power List 2012". Arabian Business. 1 January 2012.
- ^ "His Majesty the King of Malaysia Honours Two Distinguished Qatari Citizens". Official Website of the Embassy of Malaysia, Doha. Retrieved 4 May 2015.