I believe that my job is as clear as KHC’s vision – to continually grow our local, regional and international investments portfolio whilst keeping a sharp, entrepreneurial eye on high value development opportunities across the world. We believe in excellence, and the continuous creation of shareholder value is of central importance to consistently delivering success. It is for this very reason that our track record is second to none.

Taher Agueel, is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. He was born in 1959 and holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Texas, USA (having received his master’s degree in 1984).

Sarmad Zok is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC). Mr Zok sits as a Director on the boards of Kingdom Holding Company, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Accor, BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc. Mr Zok has been leading KHI for over two decades during which he took the Company Public in 2006 on the Dubai International Financial Exchange and the London Stock Exchange before a successful take-private in 2010. For over two decades KHI has invested by acquiring, developing, actively asset managing and monetizing 54 hotels globally. More recently Mr Zok led the sale of Fairmont Raffles to Accor and subsequent sale of Movenpick to Accor. Mr Zok holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management from the University of Surrey and a Master of Arts in Property Valuation and Law from City University Business School in London. Mr Zok is fluent in English French and Arabic.

Tamim is a seasoned executive with more than 18 years of investment banking experience, prior to joining KHC, he spent 16 years at Deutsche Bank in Riyadh and London most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Securities Saudi Arabia where he led the development of Deutsche Banks’s investment banking and wealth management business in Saudi Arabia. Tamim has also worked as a Corporate Finance Executive at Capital Trust LTD a leading private equity boutique in the UK. He has held several board memberships including Deutsche Securities and Deutsche Gulf Finance. Tamim has a BA in communication from Emerson Collage and MA in multinational commerce from Boston University.