Where: Auditorium, Building 20
Description
“From Knowledge to Value: The Role of Technology and Innovation in Maintaining a Competitive Edge” Staying ahead of the competition is key to success in business, and the key to staying ahead is innovation. Companies that fail to innovate, or recognize coming changes in the market, place themselves, their shareholders and employees in peril. Uwaidh Al-Harethi, SABIC EVP for Technology and Innovation, outlines the company’s commitment to turn knowledge into value and how that can benefit the Kingdom and the world.
Registration to this event is mandatory for all students who must complete WEP.
SABIC is a global leader in diversified chemicals headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and the Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity, and high-performance plastics, agri-nutrients, and metals.
The company supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy.
SABIC has more than 40,000 employees worldwide and operates in more than 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, the company has 10,960 global patent filings, and significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South East Asia and North East Asia.
The Saudi Arabian government owns 70 percent of SABIC shares with the remaining 30 percent publicly traded on the Saudi stock exchange.
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Uwaidh K. Al-Harethi
EVP for Technology & Innovation, SABIC
Prior to his present posting, Mr. Al-Harethi was the Executive Vice President of the Chemicals business unit and, before that, the Vice President of Global Procurement Services. He has led sophisticated overseas manufacturing and service organizations with profit and loss responsibility up to $4.6 billion and more than 2500 employees. Al-Harethi is skilled at establishing operational excellence within culturally diverse environments, translating conceptual models into specific growth strategies, and planning/executing multi-faceted global business development campaigns designed to improve market share, gross revenue, and EBITDA. Mr. Al-Harethi is a Chemical Engineer and holds a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
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