OMAR TALAL HARIRI

Omar is a transportation veteran with expertise in Courier and Logistics industries including aviation, within blue chip companies across Saudi Arabia and the region. He is highly skilled and experienced in driving sustainable business growth through transformational and change management, focussing on enhancing operations through a performance driven culture. This includes setting up successful and profitable new legal entities with a clear futuristic road map along with managing highly capital intensive projects in line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.

Omar’s professional experience is coupled with managing companies by sitting on the Board to strategically guide them through their aspirational journey including, chairing the SkyTeam Cargo Alliance, the largest cargo alliance in the world.

Omar holds a Master of Science in Procurement, Logistics & Supply Chain from the University of Salford UK

SALEH AL DAINI

Saleh is known for his energetic business leadership skills, driving growth by turning thoughts into actions through a strongly motivated team. He brings with him a wealth of management experience in handling multicultural workforce in different industries for more than two decades, including as Director of Human Resources at Abdul Latif Jameel, a Saudi multinational diversified company with presence in over 30 countries across six continents.

Saleh is a Business Management graduate of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University with MBA from the UK’s Manchester Business School.

GARY HOYLE

Gary is a finance and auditing expert with more than 21 years of experience mainly in the aviation and air cargo industries.

A member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and he served for more than eight years as Chief Financial Officer of the South African Airways Cargo.

His expertise led him to assume leadership roles in some major freight and air cargo airlines in Africa, including taking part in international initiatives like IATA’s e-Airway Bill project.

Gary holds a Commerce Degree from the University of Port Elizabeth and separately, an Honors Degree in Commerce from the University of South Africa.

AMER ABU OBEID

Amer is an optimistic, enterprising, hardworking and visionary business executive who switched career from banking to air cargo industry.

Mainly tasked to drive commercial growth and profitability at SAL, he is well known for developing innovative market strategies, keeping good relations with customers and nurturing enterprise-wide business development opportunities.

His business career began more than 26 years ago in the banking industry. In 2009, he moved to Saudia Cargo as sales director. Spurring sales growth, he rapidly rose to top positions, including as Regional Director for Europe and Global Executive Director, Commercial. Amer is an economics graduate at Yarmouk University in Jordan.

HESHAM ALHUSSAYEN

Hesham is a highly motivated and experienced business leader. He served in various management positions in the manufacturing, automotive and energy industries prior to joining SAL.

An Electrical Engineering/Electronics & Communications graduate at the King Abdulaziz University, Hesham also studied in the United States, taking up his MBA in Executive Leadership from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

He is also a graduate of INSEAD, the Business School for the World.

LEE LAWRENCE

Lee is a globe-trotting financial expert whose previous posts include London, Ontario, Barbados, Abu Dhabi, among others.

A highly-skilled financial strategist, he worked for nearly 20 years at Barclays Bank. He held senior executive roles in financial services, investment management and in the direct leadership of critical infrastructure development projects.

Lee is a graduate of the London Institute of Financial Services and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.