Eng. Abdullah Fahad Al Faris is Deputy Minister for Strategy and Development at the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources. He has extensive experience in government and private sectors in the fields of strategy, transformation, governance, change management and managing and implementing initiatives and projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee at Marble Design Company, and a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee at Flynas. He held several leadership positions throughout his career, including Chief Strategy Officer at one of the Public Investment Fund’s subsidiaries, Vice Governor for Strategy at the Small and Medium Enterprise General Authority (Monsha’at) and Head of Vision Realization Office at the Ministry of Municipality, Rural Affairs and Housing. Eng. Abdullah Al Faris holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Prince Sultan University and a Bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Electrical Engineering from King Saud University.