Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad
Qatari businessperson
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Education
Al Saad holds a BA in Social Sciences from Qatar University, as well as an MA in Social Policy & Administration from University of Kent, and a PhD in SMEs from Greenwich University, London.[2][3]
Career
He founded in 1993 the Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad & Sons (GSSG) Holding.[4][5]
Al Saad joined the General Assembly of Qatar Charity in 2001.[6] He became a board member in 2001.[7] He was appointed as chairman of the charity on 13 October 2010 and he remains the current chairman.[8]
He was the chairman and managing director of Barwa Real Estate Company (January 2006 – April 2011),[9] a semi-governmental real estate company 45% owned by Qatari Diar and 55% listed on the Doha Stock Exchange.[10][11][12]
From 2008 to 2011, Al Saad was CEO and Board member of Qatari Diar.[13][14] He was chairman of the Qatar Railways Company for 2010–2011.[15] He was a member of the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Committee.[16]
Al Saad joined the General Assembly of Qatar Charity in 2001, and he was its Chairman from 2010 to 2013.[17]
Al Saad ranks number 12 on the CEO Middle East Property Power List.[18] He was featured at number 27 on the Arabian Business Qatar Power List of 2012.[19] Al Saad has also received the title of ‘Datuk’, the Malaysian equivalent of a British peerage, from the King of Malaysia.[20]
Al Saad is Chairman of the energy companies Oryx Group and LAMAT.[21] Al Saad is an anchor investor in Pont Capital.[22]