Abdallah Dabbagh

Chair

Dr. Abdallah E. Dabbagh is a leader in the Saudi Arabian business community. He has served on the boards of directors in many companies including Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil and gas company in the world and the Riyadh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

He has been the founding President and CEO of MAADEN, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company since its inception in 1997. Between 1997 and 2011, he built a first-class mining company and transformed it into becoming the third pillar of the Saudi Industry after Saudi Aramco and SABIC.

During his previous work at King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, he established an applied contract research institute serving the Industry and received many national awards, including the King Faisal Medal. Dr Dabbagh has a PhD in Geology.

Dr. Dabbagh is presently a Director at ABM and MMC.