Mr. Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Food Company (Americana) KSCC (the “Company) and the Chairman of its Nomination & Remuneration Committee since June 2017 and has been the Chairman of the Company’s affiliate, Americana Restaurants International PLC, since 25 August 2022.

In addition to his current roles in the Company and the Company’s affiliate, Mr. Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar is the Founder & Managing Director of Emaar Properties PJSC, the Founder & Vice Chairman of Noon Investments LLC (Noon.com), the Chairman of Symphony Investment LLC, and the General Manager of Eagle Hills Properties LLC as well as the Chairman of some of its subsidiaries.

Mr. Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar has driven the growth of Noon.com, a leading e-commerce platform in the region. He is also a shareholder and a Board member in Artstreet Limited, which owns interests in the real estate business, and he is the Chairman of Zand Bank PJSC (formerly Dubai Bank PJSC), one of the world’s first combined digital corporate and retail banks to launch from the UAE.

He is a graduate of Finance and Business Administration from Seattle University in the USA. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate from Seattle University, an Honorary Doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an Honorary Doctorate from Sun Moon University in South Korea.