CAFS members speak at PIF Private Sector Forum

15 March 2023 – Eng. Ziyad Alshiha, CEO of the Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), and Eng. Walid Abukhaled, CEO of the Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), eminent members of Executive Committee of the Saudi French Business Council (CAFS), participate today in the panel discussion on the “Role of the private sector in developing emerging sectors”.

Mr. Soufyan Alkabbani, CEO of Saudico Electronic Systems and Vice-President of the CAFS, also attended the event, to participate as official representative of the Saudi French Business Council.

This panel discussion took place during the Private Sector Forum organised by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) in Riyadh, on 14 and 15 March 2023 at the Four Season Hotel. The two-day event, the first of its kind, focuses on PIF’s efforts to support and enable the private sector to unlock opportunities and further diversify the economy by investing in new sectors, enhancing competitiveness, increasing local content, and creating new jobs, in line with Saudi Vision 2030. Officials, representatives of 50 PIF portfolio companies, and more than 4,000 private sector participants from all sectors are expected to participated in the forum.