Imad Hashem has been the secretary-general at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) since October 2019.
He received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1995 from King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, and enrolled in the international executive program at the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires in France in 2010.
Hashem started his career in 1996 as an assistant brand manager at Savola Group, before moving in 1998 to Al-Haramain Industrial Group to serve as head of sales and marketing.
In 1999 he switched to Unilever until 2004, serving as a global project leader for the Lipton brand’s development, before moving to Fitaihi Holding Group in 2004 as a board member and commercial director.
He then moved to Emaar in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in 2008 as an executive director, where he helmed many projects in communications and corporate affairs, real estate commercial affairs, and regulations affairs.
Hashem is also a board member of BRC Industrial (Saudia) Ltd. since 2014, and a mentor in the Qimam fellowship program since 2018.
Recently, JCCI signed a membership agreement with the Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH) to improve credit transactions for all its members, assess their financial solvency and develop a comprehensive report focusing on detailed and updated information.
The agreement was signed by Hashem and SIMAH CEO Khaled Al-Sharif.
Hashem said that joining SIMAH’s membership was one of the chamber’s goals to determine its employees’ credit behavior in line with credit information and its regulations, increase transparency, and achieve better credit risk management in the future with SIMAH, which is a pioneer in the industry of credit information in Saudi Arabia’s business sector.
