Who’s Who: Abdulrahman Al-Absi, director of the media and corporate communications at the Saudi Falcons Club

Abdulrahman Al-Absi

Abdulrahman Al-Absi has been the director of the media and corporate communications department at the Saudi Falcons Club since 2020.
Al-Absi is also currently the official broadcaster of the King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival where he first started working in 2018.
The club aims to preserve Saudi falconry culture and heritage, creating awareness and reserves for nurturing the falcon population in the Kingdom.
Al-Absi was the head of sports correspondents in 2017 and 2018 at KSA Sports TV, also known as Riyadiya TV.
Before officially joining Riyadiya TV in 2011, he first worked as a program presenter of the “Before the Game” segment on the channel in 2009.  Al-Absi has been covering matches and finals for all sports competitions on the channel since 2011.
He was the official presenter of the Crown Prince Camel Festival in 2018 and 2019, as well as the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in 2019. He covered numerous global sports events such as the opening of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, both held in Brazil.
Al-Absi also covered the 2017 Islamic Games in Azerbaijan and the 2019 AFC Champions League Final in Tokyo.
In 2018, he joined the Saudi national football team delegation to the World Cup in Russia.
Al-Absi earned his bachelor’s degree in public relations and media from King Saud University, Riyadh, in September 2010. He also completed his master’s degree in digital media from KSU’s college of arts in February 2016.
Al-Absi went through professional training during his career to hone his skills. He received training for professional sports TV reporting from the Prince Ahmed bin Salman Applied Media Academy, the Saudi Broadcasting Authority and the Saudi Sports Media Federation. 
He earned a certificate in information technology from Cambridge and is also certified from the e-government program “Yesser,” which enables the Kingdom’s digital transformation.