YOUSUF A. ALIREZA
Director of Xenel Industries Ltd. based in Saudi Arabia where he has been working for 17 years. He is currently responsible for the Corporate Services of the Xenel Group which includes IT and HR. (He also chairs and is member of the board of some of its subsidiaries.). Xenel is a family owned conglomerate with subsidiaries engaged in the manufacture of power cables and fibre optics, steel products and petrochemicals, infrastructure, systems, telecommunications, power generation and water desalination, construction and operation and management, healthcare, trade and transport, oil and gas to real estate and port operations. Mr. Alireza briefly worked for Mobil Oil, New York, and Morgan-Grenfell Investment Bank in London. He attended the University of San Francisco and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences in Business. He obtained his Master's Degree in Business Adminstration from Pepperdine University, California.
He is member of:
- Young Presidents’ Organization (2003-2004 Saudi Chapter Chair)
- Business Consultative Committee, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Family Business Center, Council of Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh
- WEF’s Arab Business Council.
and have annually attended the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos.
He is married with 4 children. He is bilingual, Arabic and English.. He is into all kinds of water sports and tennis.