Ahmed is the Chief Legal Advisor of KGL Holding.

With twenty years of experience at KGL, he first joined as Attorney at Law and became the Head of Legal Department. During his career, Ahmed Managed the Insurance activities for KGL and later for KGL Companies until he was requested to establish the GUIS Company.

Ahmed Sadek
Strategic Advisor - Damietta Ports International Co. (DIPCO)

Ahmed was the KGL GSC Vice chairman and Managing Director and also held the position as the Vice Chairman & General Manager of KGL Agriculture since July 2007. He was the Operations Manager for Dashti Co.  from 1979 till 1982. Later he was promoted to the Asst. General Manager position at KGL till 1999, still in vision of Kuwait, directing operations, finance and administration as part of his duties.

After Liberation he continued his functions till 2002 where he was promoted to the General Advisor, directing preparation and overseeing all Tenders and Contracts. His contribution to KGL business has been the most significant. In addition, He has participated in the establishment of Gulf Stevedoring Co. in Saudi Arabia in 1986 and contributed to successful management of the following projects: Jubail, Yanbu & Jeddah port. Other than the above he has undertaken the following positions in KGL as General Manager of KGL Stevedoring from 2005 to July 2007, Vice Chairman of Logistics from 2006 to 2007.

Before joining KGL, he worked with League of Arab States as Office Manager Representative of Arab Maritime Academy in Cairo from 1975 to 1979. Ahmed has received a Master degree in Information from Moscow University 1975.

Aladdin Al-Khatib is the Chief Internal Auditor at KGL Holding.

Aladdin’s experience encompasses more than 15 years with reputable multinational and regional organizations in the field of Audit and Financial Consultancy such as Deloitte & Touche, K.P.M.G, Arthur Andersen, Shanfari Group, and finally Al Rajhi Group of Saudi Arabia until he joined KGL Holding in January 2008. Mr. Al-Khatib has conducted various Audits for a number of the region’s well-known banks, Investment companies and governmental units. The internal Audit function is an objective assurance and consultancy service designed to add value and improve the overall operations across KGL Holding Subsidiaries and Affiliates; it helps the organization to accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to assess and improve Risk Management, Controls and Corporate governance.

Aladdin holds a B.Sc. from the University of Jordan, and is a CPA form the United States of America.

Alawi holds the position of Chairman at IMC.

Being employed in Kuwait National Petroleum Company and Kuwait Gulf Oil Co. in Joint Operation in Khafji (Saudi Arabia) since 1985, Alawi underwent extensive experience in all activities of the commercial department of Kuwait National Petroleum Company. Alawi has a total of 23 years of experience in the various divisions including Purchasing, Expediting & Contracts of Commercial department.  Apart from normal functions of the Commercial department, Alawi had been an active member of Material Supply Committee, for the formulation of Long Term supply Agreements for KNPC and had been instrumental in the implementation of 31 Agreements to the value of KD 51 million through Supply Chain Management.

Allan is the Chief Executive Officer at KGL Shipping.

Allan brings 35 years of shipping experience from Maersk. For the past 23 years he has been Country Manager in various places or involved with corporate management on regional level, apart from a short spell of time in 2003 where he was seconded to the US lead coalition forces in Iraq, working as Chief of Staff for southern Iraq, based in Basra.

Eissa Al-Kandari joined in May of 2006 as Chairman & Managing Director of KGL General Services Co.
He has held several important positions at Kuwait Municipality such as:

1. Director of Cleaning Department
2. Deputy Director General for the Sanitation Affairs - Assistant Under Secretary
3. Deputy Director General for Finance & Admin. – Assistant Under Secretary

Eissa Mr. Al-Kandari holds Master of Science in Management & Organization Development from U.S.A. He was also a member in various Committees and attended many official Conferences.

Esmail is the General Manger of the KGL General Services Co.

He joined KGL in 1984 and worked as Director of KGL Waste Management Projects and was also a member of the KGL Executive Committee. As a Director he has come across many achievements and has given his major contribution in the development and success of what KGL Waste Management Company is today. In 2004 he joined the Gulf Coast Shipping Co as a General Manger to establish and organize the company.  As an experienced person with KGL, today he has the entire responsibility of driving KGL General Services Company as a General Manger to a more profitable centre.

Esmail holds a Diploma in Business from Manchester and Business Administration from Iran.

Fadhel is the Vice Chairman & COO of KGL PI. Fadhel is a specialized senior officer in ports and joined KGL in 2000 till the present date.

His experience encompasses several areas in Ports Management and Operations (Kuwait Ports Authority from 1982–1996) in which he held several positions as Director of Shuaiba Port Container Terminal & Director of Shuwaikh Port Container Terminal.

Fadhel holds a BS in General Business Management/ Marine & Coastal Zone Management, a B.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Miami School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (1978 – 1981) & Drake University Des Moines- Iowa (1976 – 1978), a Diploma on Port Operations, Planning & Development & Port Management (1984) from Port of Felixtow Institute- Felixtow – England, and a Diploma in Port Management, Singapore (1983-Institute of Singapore for Ports Management). Fadhel is also a member of the US Naval Academy (Maryland, U.S.A.), International Oceanography Foundation (Miami, U.S.A.) & Port & Harbors Association of West Asia (Singapore).

Ghassan is the Chief Technology Officer responsible for the overall direction and planning for the Information Technology function at KGL Holding and its group of companies.

Ghassan brings to KGL Holding over 27 years of Technical & Management experience within Logistics, Financial, Automotive, Technology, and Petroleum industries in USA, Middle East & the Gulf region, with leading regional and international organizations, such as World Trade Center Dubai, Agility, Fidelity Investments, IBM, and Halliburton. During his career, Ghassan was awarded for his achievement in strategic usage of IT, such as the Outstanding Achievement in the use of IT in Logistics, by the Arab Technology Awards in 2005.

Ghassan earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from California State University, Los  Angeles in 1981.

Dr. Jafar Ali is the Chairman of KGL Logistics and is a Professor of Management Information Systems at Kuwait University. He is also a faculty member in the department of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, College of Business, Kuwait University since 1996.

Dr. Jafar holds a Ph.D in Information System from Illinois Institute of Technology, M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Science from Bradley University, Illinois.   His research has been published in several local and international journals and presented at various regional and national conferences.

Jameel is the CEO of Dipco as well as the Managing Director of United International Trading Co. (UITC).

Khaled is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of KGLPTS.

Khaled’s career spans over 12 years of extensive work experience within the transportation, operational and technical fields. Prior to joining KGL, he has held key positions in The Transport and Warehousing Group (TWG), notably in the establishment of the first private Public Transport company, City Bus, and in Kuwait Public Transport Company (KPTC). He has been instrumental in the Spin-off of KGL Passenger Transport Services, overseeing the operations setup from asset acquisitions to directing manpower recruitment and by launching, monitoring the operation and performance of PTS. Khaled played a key role in developing the KGL PTS core business in Kuwait with reach throughout the MENA region and successfully expanding the company’s operations in the UAE. 

Khaled holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Seattle University, Washington, U.S.A and is a member of the following professional bodies: UITP (International Association of Public Transport), Kuwait Engineering Society, TLPA – USA (Taxicab, Limousine & Para transit Association), Arab Union of Land Transport and Kuwait Overland Transport Union, of which he is a Board Member.

Krishnan Mahesh is the Corporate Chief Finance Officer of KGL Holding.

Mahesh joined in the year 2002, as Finance controller in Kuwait & Gulf Link Transportation Company. A Key member in the Strategic Restructuring and Turnaround of the Finance Department. Mahesh actively participated and contributed in the spin off process of the KGL Companies. He was responsible for the design and implementation of the present legacy system, which is running successfully in all the KGL Group Companies.

Mahesh has a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Madras University, and is a Chartered Accountant from India, and a CPA from USA. He is also an AMP Graduate from Wharton School Of Business.

Mansour is the Chairman and Managing Director of KGL TC since 2006.

Mansour comes from a solid background in transportation being the acting Managing Director of Kuwait Public Transport Company. Mansour also served the position of Technical Manager, which in turn, provided him a broad experience in the business he is managing in terms of asset utilization, and trucks operations.

Michel joined KGL Holding in September 2007 and is in charge of the Business Development function.

Prior to joining KGL Holding, Michel was a Senior Vice President with Al Mal Investment Company where he was overseeing investments, deal valuation and structuring. Michel also has a solid track record in the Logistics business with Agility where he spent 4 years. He started Agility operations in Qatar and headed the operations for Kuwait and Iraq. Michel has extensive experience in business development and project management in Europe. He spent over 12 years in Paris working with telecom blue-chip companies: Nortel, Cegetel and Sagem. He served in various management and analyst positions including operations management, business development, strategy and Finance. He has on his records the implementation of many major pan-European telecom networks and the startup of several new activities.

Dr. Mohammad Al Sarawi
Chairman -Wataniya Environmental Services

Dr. Mohammad Al Sarawi is Chairman of Wataniya Environmental Services Co (WES) since 2004. 

Dr. Al- Sarawi has more than 25 years of experience in the environmental field. Among his previous positions, Dr. Al- Sarawi served as a Chairman & Director General of the Kuwait Environment Public Authority (from 1996 to 2004) and Chairman of the Environment Protection Society in Kuwait. He created EPA standards including environmental laws.

Throughout his experience, Dr. Al-Sarawi has worked extensively throughout Kuwait, the United States and England. Organizations in Kuwait include Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR), and Kuwait Environmental Public Authority (KEPA).  He served as a visiting professor at Royal Holloway University, London (U.K) in 2001 and Brighton University, U.K (1991). In 1994 -1996, he spent his sabbatical leave at the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, U.S.A. as a Researcher for a collaborative Research.

Monzer is the General Manager of Majestic Travel & Tourism Company since 2007.

Before joining Majestic, he worked for a well reputed travel agency in Kuwait. Past experience includes Yield Management in Austrian Airlines responsible for Middle East in Vienna at the head quarter, and the Austrian Embassy commercial section, Kuwait responsible for Marketing. Major achievements include the signing of a GSA contract with South African Airways, and lately Malaysia Airlines in Kuwait.

Nasser is the Chairman of KGL Shipping, a newly formed company of KGL Holding.

Nasser has extensive experience in the marine transportation as throughout his career, he has held a number of key positions between 1984 and 2001 as General Manager and MD in different local companies, and later named the Chairman and MD for Combined Shipping Company in March 2001.

Osama is the Chairman of KGL Real Estate Company, a KGL Holding subsidiary that was established in January 2007.

Osama has over 12 years of extensive experience in the field of Real Estate in Kuwait. His experience before joining KGL encompassed key positions in reputable Real Estate organizations in Kuwait.

Philip is the Vice Chairman and COO for KGL TC.

Philip is a broadly experienced Logistics Management professional with more than 25 years of highly successful experience encompassing the profitable management of multi-million dollar warehousing, transportation, terminal and stevedoring operations. During his tenure at KGL TC, the company has experienced exponential growth. He has been an integral part of the team that has successfully led to the development of the company as an independent transportation company.

Dr. Qutaiba Razouqi is the Chairman of Axis Solutions.

Dr. Qutiaba has over 15 years of experience in High speed network design, implementation, and management. He has worked as a System administrator of the Networking & Distributed Algorithms Lab at the Computer Science & Engineering Department at ASU from 1995-1999. He has also performed consultations for Motrolla-USA, ETRI-Korea, and the Central Agency for Information Technology in Kuwait. Dr. Qutaiba was an advisor for Kuwait University Secretary General on Communication Networks and Information Technology. Dr. Qutaiba has extensive research experience in Multimedia Networking Systems, Computer Communication Networks, IP Switch architecture and traffic modeling, as well as Wireless communication Networks & Network Security systems.

Samir is the Chief Communication Officer for the Communication & PR Function at KGL Holding. 

Samir encompasses 14 years of management experience with reputable multi national organizations across the GCC including Coca-Cola, Memac Ogilvy Communication Group, Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Leo Burnett Advertising, Publicis Advertising Group, and ARA Research & Consultancy until he joined KGL Holding.  Samir managed the initiation, planning and implementation process of marketing activity calendars for regional clients like Philip Morris, General Motors, Wataniya Telecom, Al Sayer Group of Companies. Samir implemented ATL & BTL campaigns for newly launched brands such as Al Jazeera Children Network in addition to developing corporate identity & branding exercises for Nasser Bin Khaled Corporation, ID Design in Qatar and finally, and the full planning and implementation process for Kuwait Oil Company 2020 Strategy Internal and external Communication projects.

Samir is an MBA holder from the University of Texas – Arlington, USA 1993, and a BA Business Administration from the University of Kansas City- Missouri, USA 1990.

Shahad S. Dashti
Deputy Chairman & Managing Director - Wataniya Environmental Services (WES)

Shahad is the Deputy Chairman & Managing Director of Wataniya Environmental Services (WES) moving from her previous position as the Business Development Manager of WES.

Shahad has experience in environmental and waste management fields and attended training courses on leadership, quality and environmental management systems.

Dr. Waleed Abdullah is the Deputy Chairman of Kuwait United Development and is a Faculty Member at the College of Petroleum and Engineering, Kuwait University.

Dr. Waleed has over 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He began his career at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), and then moved to Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR). In the year 2000, he joined Kuwait University, College of Petroleum and Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, as and assistant Professor in Geotechnical Engineering. His involvement with the private sector started by joining Kuwait United Construction Management (KUCM) in the 1980’s and later moved to Kuwait United Development Co. in the position of Deputy Chairman. Throughout his career, Dr. Waleed has accumulated extensive experience in Geotechnical, Structural engineering and Project Management.

Dr. Waleed holds a PhD in Engineering, Geotechnical / Structural & Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA. 

Waleed is the Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Africa Holding.

Before joining Gulf Africa Holding in 2008, Waleed was the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Wataniya Environmental Services (since 2004). Waleed also worked at the Kuwait Municipality for nearly twenty years, and left in 2004 as the Director of Environmental Affairs Department. . Waleed Trained at SSH, Kuwait, in cooperation with Shackland Cox, UK, designing the new city of Kheeran and also served as a Res. Lt. in the Army Corp of Engineers in 1989.

Waleed is a U.S. graduate and holds a B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering, (Cum Loude, 1984). Waleed is a Certified environmental impact assessor, and is also a member of the Kuwaiti Engineers Society (since 1984), and a member in the Kuwaiti Delegation to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (The Hague, 2000 and Kuala Lumpur, 2004).

Yousif is the General Manager of KGL STV, a subsidiary of KGL Logistics in December 2007.  The primary business of KGLSTV is to handle the unloading and loading of Cargo  from vessels, and storage of goods in Shuwaikh Port.

Yousif has contributed to maintaining a reputation of a leading Stevedorer in the market. Prior to joining KGL STV, Yousif held the position of Deputy Marketing & Sales Director for Kuwait Airways, leading all Marketing and Sales of the Cargo business locally and abroad. Through his 25 years career experience within such an industry, Yousif lead the re-structuring of Cargo Marketing & Sales.  In addition, he was responsible for the Cargo Handling Services within Kuwait Airways network in the state of Kuwait and overseas, building up the Cargo business plan and future expansion for Kuwait Airways.