Top 100 CEOs In The
Middle East 2022

63. Omar Hariri

Designation: President
Company: Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani)
Country: Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi
Sector: Logistics

Mawani supervises Saudi Arabia’s nine ports—six commercial and three industrial ports across the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Arabian Gulf. In Q1 2022 the capacity of Saudi Ports increased by 7.18% to 74 million tonnes, the number of transhipment containers increased by 5.9% to 1.3 million, and passenger numbers increased by 61.7%, with a total of 258,076 passengers traveling through Saudi Ports. Hariri has previously worked with global companies like FedEx and DHL Express. Before his current role he was the CEO of Saudi Arabian Logistics Services.