Ibrahim Al-Omar, director general of Saudia airline

Ibrahim Al-Omar

Ibrahim Al-Omar is the newly appointed director general of Saudia airline, elected recently by the board of directors, headed by Minister of Transport Saleh Al-Jasser.
Al-Omar holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and has a strong background in the information communications technology and logistics sectors.
He also attended the program for leadership development at Harvard Business School.
Al-Omar has been a Saudia board member since June 2020. Prior to that, he was the governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority between April 2017 and February 2020.
He was chief executive officer of the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) between 2014-2017.
He has worked on a variety of major international telecom projects as well, during his 18-year career, including appointments at Saudi Telecom Co. (STC), until he became
vice president of STC’s business unit, chief executive officer of VIVA Bahrain and chief alliance and partnership officer and chief development officer
at Mobily.
Al-Omar is also chairman of Mideast Ship Management Limited and serves on the boards of the Saudi Railways Co., National Chemical Carriers and the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation.