مهندس صناعي خريج مدينة بتسبرغ- أمريكا. جهه العمل الحالية الهيئة السعودية للمهندسين. مهتم في الريادة والمسؤولية الاجتماعية. مؤسس لعدد من المنظمات الغير ربحية. المدير التنفيذي ل MVRMEDIA، مؤسس ونائب رئيس Saudi Elite Group مجموعة النخبة، وعضو المجلس الاستشاري لمشروع سلام لأعداد القيادات الشابة بمركز الملك عبدالعزيز للحوار الوطني. حاصل على جائزة Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges.
Founder and managing director of QBest for Youth Consulting which cares about youth and empowering them by enriching the values and gaining the 21st century skills
Thunayan has a solid experience in leading development projects, designing Youth Empowerment initiatives, Youth Empowerment, Project designing, Capacity Building, Social Entrepreneurship; He is the 1st Saudi trainer accredited in the United Nations (UNCTAD) and he is a certified coach from ICF. He worked in private, public, semi-government, and NPOs sectors and has a mission of empowering youth to maximize their socioeconomic impact to contribute in improving KSA development toward Saudi vision 2030.
A full professor in computer science with over 50 publications and 20 years of combined professional practical leadership and consulting experiences.Currently an advisor to the Governor of Small and Medium Enterprises Authority, an editorial board member of Big Data and Cloud Innovation, and board member of Riyadah Entrepreneurship program and women employment executivecommittee. Specialized in e-commerce, data science and AI.
Ms. Al Besher conceived of FinTech Saudi while following an impressive career path has led her to such roles as leader of a Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) program to develop Saudi expertise in information security, Human Resources and Administration Director of SADAD Payment Systems and, finally, member of the FinTech Committee at SAMA.
She has shepherded FinTech Saudi from initial conception to full reality, managing the approvals process, designing the event with a well-defined and focused scope of activity and building a team to bring the event to full fruition.
Ms. Al Besher holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, a Master’s Degree in Management from The Catholic University of America and she was a participant in the Executive Program in Management & Leadership at London Business School.
An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builder. A startups' consultant and an entrepreneurship specialist with vast experience in Finance and Accounting. He has provided entrepreneurial and financial coaching to multiple SME’s from different industries, such as manufacturing, High Tech Innovations, Information Technology, Platforms & Applications, and Information Security. In addition, he provided professional consultancy to multiple technology & manufacturing focused startups and new businesses concentrating on market research, new businesses development, financial analysis, strategic business planning, and other objectives.
Currently managing the Entrepreneurship Portfolio at King Salman Youth Center where he is developing and implementing various programs and initiatives promoting the Entrepreneurial Mindset among the youth of Saudi Arabia. During his latest period working as the Managing Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Network in Saudi Arabia, he was involved in building the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Saudi Arabia in daily basis, Marwan Jamal has held the position of a Business Development Manager, at Qotuf AlRiyadah in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as well, where he was serving the cause of promoting and improving the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem for the startups in Saudi Arabia. In addition, he worked as the Accelerators Manager at Qotuf where he was responsible of managing Flat6Labs Jeddah accelerator. In this program, startups get to fast-track their growth and development through obtaining financial & professional support throughout the acceleration program
Marwan was involved in various consulting projects, throughout his experience, where he has contributed to numerous merger and acquisition operations and has helped in formulating many governmental infrastructure projects with the Saudi Ministry of Labor. Furthermore, he has audited the financials of multiple Saudi and international corporations in different industries during his time in one of the “Big Four”
Along with building healthy Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Marwan’s passion is to guide entrepreneurs, startups, and other SME’s in overcoming their challenges and achieving their objectives
Mazin Al Zaidi is part of the investment attraction and development team at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), specializing in digital technologies & industries. Key focus of his work is the continuous attraction of direct foreign investments in the Digital sector and the development digital ecosystem in Saudi.
Before joining SAGIA Mazin spent 8 years in the startup tech and innovation ecosystem of London. He launched his own business in 2012 during his postgraduate study at the University of Warwick in the UK. He started his business in the university's library where he used to conduct most of his work. Since then his business has transformed more than once, and today that business has been crafted into Innorrupt.
A background in technology, business and engineering, Mazin helps established organisations to make growth through strategic innovation, new business models and corporate entrepreneurship. He supports digital business transformation through the adoption and deployment of digital technologies and disruptive business models to improve organisational performance. Mazin combines security thinking analysis with innovation processes to enable organisations to avoid creative destruction. Mazin has managed different projects in London, Tokyo and San Francisco.
Mazin is a Ph.D. researcher at the Cyber Security Center in the International Digital Lab (IDL) at the University of Warwick. Mazin’s current research in cyber security focuses on the protection of intellectual assets within an agile dynamic business environment (e.g. incubators, accelerators & innovation labs).
In 2016, Mazin was a guest lecturer at the University of Warwick on the subject of corporate innovation. He has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and events on innovation and entrepreneurship, including the Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference in UAE and the Entrepreneurial Knowledge Symposium at Souq Okaz in Saudi Arabia.
A career that has spanned many links up,down, and across the hi-tech food chain. I equally enjoy both the business and technical aspects of the work I do but the thing I enjoy most is unleashing the potential of people around me and seeing their success multiply. Specialties: VC, E-gov services, Corporate Strategy, Embedded and real-time software, DSP software, GSM, Networking, RTOS, and the Mobile Communications Market in general
