Hatem Samman

As Senior Adviser to the Governor on economic and investment affairs, I provide intellectual leadership and direction to SAGIA's investment climate strategy for developing national competitiveness agendas. Over the past 2 years I led the Investment Affairs team in conceptualizing and planning business transformation strategies for Saudi Arabia. These strategies are currently being implemented by stakeholders and monitored by the Royal Court as part of the on-going National Transformation Program

• Providing critical input to policy, law, procedure and incentive programs for investments

• Leading the implementation of strategies for improving the ways of doing business and enhancing the investment climate

• Leading the work of developing competitiveness agendas with domestic and global federations like the GFCC

• Supervising and presenting economic reports for SAGIA Governor as well as Saudi and foreign dignitaries to provide analysis on which decisions are made to take advantage of economic opportunities with countries of interest

• Board member/Advisor to foreign corporations in establishing joint ventures and gaining a foothold in the Saudi market