Mr. Raid Abdullah Ismail

Board Member

Mr. Raid Abdullah Ismail is a member of the Board of Kuwait Food Company (Americana) KSCC (the “Company) and has been a member of its Nomination & Remuneration Committee since September 2020. Also, he has been a member of the Board of the Company’s affiliate, Americana Restaurants International PLC, and a member of its Nomination & Remuneration Committee since 25 August 2022.

He is currently a Senior Director, Co-Head MENA Direct Investments & Head of Operational Value Creation Group at the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF).

In addition, he is the Chairman of the Board of GDC Middle East, Tahakom Investments Company, and the Helicopter Company (THC). He is the Vice Chairman of the Board and a member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee of Elm Company, the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), and a Board member and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Al Nasser Company Club.

Also, he is in multiple Board and committees memberships of other companies such as the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the Red Sea Cruise Company, the National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO), the Aviation Services Company (Riyadh Air), Noon Investment Company, Water Solutions Company, the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE), the Saudi Electronic Gaming Holding Company (Savvy Games Group), Kayanee Company, Lean Business Services Co. Ltd, SPL, and the National Security Services Company SAFE.

Prior to his current roles, Mr. Raid Abdullah Ismail was a Board member at ACWA Power, the General Manager of Mawarid Food Company, the Founder & Managing Partner of House of Retail LLC, the CEO of Saudi Tadawi Health Care Group, General Manager & Director of Finance and Strategy of Olayan Food Services Company, a Secondee of the Corporate Finance Department at the Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA), and a Senior Manager at the Global Investment Banking Advisory of HSBC. Also, he was a member of the Investment Committee at Elm Company.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from London Business School in the UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance Management from George Mason University in the USA.