BA in Marketing, Kuwait University; MBA, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. 1990, appointed Chief Executive Officer and 2007, Executive Chairman, Alshaya group of companies, a family trading business founded in 1890 in Kuwait. Has played an integral part in the development of the company, driving its rapid growth and expansion across the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe. Chairman, Mabanee Company SAK, the development company behind Kuwait's leading mall development, The Avenues, the largest real estate project in Kuwait. Member: Supreme Council of Planning and Development; Supreme Council of Education for the State of Kuwait; International Business Advisory Council for London; Board of Trustees, Arab Thought Foundation; Foreign Direct Investment Council of Turkey; Leadership Council, Harvard Kennedy School; International Leadership Board, Cleveland Clinic; Wharton Board of Overseers. Honorary Commander, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), in recognition of services in developing British-Arab business.