Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz
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Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz | |
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 Mahfouz in October 2013 | |
| Born | 14 December 1969 |
| Alma mater | King Abdulaziz University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz (Arabic: محفوظ مرعي مبارك بن محفوظ) (born 14 December 1969, in Mecca)[1] is a Saudi Arabian businessman.
He was awarded a Grand Cross of Merit of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (GCMLJ) in June 2013. He was made a Foundation Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford in 2012 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).[2][3] Mahfouz was made inaugural Bredon Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge in July 2013.[4] The Mahfouz Building at Pembroke College, Oxford was named after him,[5] as was the HE Dr Mahfouz bin Mahfouz Room in the Chancellor's Centre at Wolfson College, Cambridge.[6] He was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London in December 2013.[7] He was a Vice-President of the British Forces Foundation.[8]
In November 2015, then UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond was criticized for accepting a watch worth £1,950 from Mahfouz.[9] The watch was given as a gift after the unveiling of a statue of the Queen to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta.[10]
