18 May 1976

Kuwaiti

Three children

• 2005 – To date Founding Chairman of Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (KSC)

• 2003 – To date Group Vice-Chairman, Action Group Holdings Co (KSCC), Kuwait, (a large diversified group) spearheading activities in Real-Estate, Investments, Hospitality sectors in Kuwait, GCC and internationally.

• 1998 - 2005 Kuwait National Guard and served till the rank of Captain.

• 1994 – 7/1998 Graduated as commissioned officer The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in 1995. Joined as a 2nd Lt. in the Kuwait Armed Forces, and served at the 151 Armoured Battalion 15th Mubarak Armoured Brigade.

Attended a number of Specialist Military Courses in U.K. and Kuwait; trained at the Royal Armoured Corps in the U.K. and became an Armoured Officer.

• 10/2000 - 07/2001 M. Phil Degree in International Relations, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, Pembroke College, United Kingdom.

• 07/1998 – 06/2000 Bachelor Degree of Arts Politics with Economics (Hons) University of Buckingham, United Kingdom

• 1/1995 - 12/1995 Graduate of Commissioning Course 951 The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom

• 1994 – Secondary Education International General Certificate of Secondary Education University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate International Examinations New English School, Kuwait

• Primary Education, College du Leman, Geneva, Switzerland

• 1995 “Kuwait is Dependent on External Powers to Guarantee both its External and Internal Security” to What Extent is this True? Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the Certificate of Commissioning at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

• 2000 “Foreign Aid As An Instrument Of Foreign Policy: The Case of Kuwait 1960 – 1999”

1. Vice-Chairman of Action Group Holdings (K.S.C.C), since 2003, www.actionkuwait.com.

2. Founding Chairman of Al Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (K.S.C.), since 2005, www.qpic-kw.com.

3. Founder and Chairman of Action Real Estate Company (K.S.C.C.) (AREC), since 2004, www.actionrealestateco.com

4. Founder & Chairman of Action Hotels since 2005, www.actionhotels.com (listed on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange 2013 to 2018)

5. Board Member of Egypt Kuwait Holding Company since March 2009, www.ekholding.com

6. Board Member of Equate Petrochemical Company (K.S.C.) since May 2009, www.equate.com.

7. Honoured as Young Global Leaders (YGL) 2009, by the World Economic Forum, www.younggloballeaders.org.

8. Most recently in January 2017, was conferred the highest French civilian distinction, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour)

9. Led the winners and was guest of honour at the Arabian Business Kuwait Awards 2019. Awarded Businessman of The Year, as founder of Action Hotels, was honoured for pioneering development of the midscale hotel and hospitality section in the GCC Gulf and MENA regions.

10. Chairman of Kuwait-Austria Business and Friendship Association (KABFA)

11. Vice-Chairman of Board of Trustees of The Abdullah Mubarak Foundation.

12. Member of the Judges Committee for The Al Mubarak Annual Book Prize, in collaboration with British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), website is www.brismes.ac.uk

13. Member of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)

14. Member of Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)

15. Member of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

16. Member of the Kuwait Economic Society

17. Member of the Young President Organisation YPO–WPO since 2010-2011

18. Arranged and participated in a number of Forums/Conferences/ Seminars on Gulf/Middle East/Oil Related Topics.

Fluent in Arabic, English and spoken French

Reading, fishing, travel and chess

Action Group Holdings Rakan Tower 28th Floor – Fahad Al Salem Street P.O. Box 3866 Safat 13039 Kuwait Tel: +965 22247500 Fax: +965 22442774 Email:mas@actionkuwait.com