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Hamza Al-Kholi

Dr. Hamza B. Al-Kholi is a prominent Saudi Arabian citizen, married with four children. A doctor in Pharmacy, he has worldwide professional interests and his entrepreneurial abilities have placed him in the forefront of the rapidly changing global business scene. The owner and CEO of the Al Kholi Group of Companies in Saudi Arabia, he has established and successfully directed his four Class A Companies to a leading role in the continuing success of the Kingdom’s growth. These Companies are:

  • Saudi Building Technic Maintenance Co., Ltd.
  • Arabian Maintenance Operations Services Co., Ltd.
  • United Projects Maintenance & Operations Co., Ltd.
  • Hamza Al Kholi Trading Establishment

These companies hold subsidiaries in the Middle East, Europe and the United States in fields and industries such as hotels and resorts, real estate development, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and supplies, fertilizers, food, cosmetics, banking, construction, maintenance and operations, information services & technology, aviation and telecommunications. The Group’s workforce is comprised of over 4,000 personnel of different nationalities.

Dr. Al Kholi’s activities and International interests are most evident by his credentials in active participation as:

  • Member of International Board of Council on Foreign Relations (U.S./Middle East; Active in the Middle East Peace Process ) in USA
  • Member of State of the World Forum in USA
  • Leadership Associate Member of Foreign Policy Association (FPA) in USA
  • Member of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
  • Member of British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) in Egypt
  • Member of American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
  • Member of Egypt International Economic Forum in Egypt
  • Chairman & CEO of First Arabian Development & Investment Company in Egypt.
  • Chairman & CEO of First Arabian Hotels and Resorts in Egypt
  • Chairman & CEO of First Arabian Real Estate Investment & Tourism in Egypt
  • Chairman of the Information and Technology Services Company (ITSC) in Egypt
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Misr Exterior for Financial Investment in Egypt
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Egyptian British Bank in Egypt


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If the purpose of President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel was to dispel the view held by most Israelis, and by rightwing American Jewish supporters of AIPAC and the Likud’s annexationist policies, that he is hostile to Israel and to the Zionist enterprise, it must be judged a brilliant success. Not everyone was converted, but his words and personal charm seemed to have worked wonders on most Israelis.
While his visit was not expected to revive prospects for a two-state solution, he spoke far more directly and energetically about the need for an end to Israel’s occupation and about his own continuing efforts to help the parties achieve an agreement than his recent disengagement from the peace process prepared anyone for. But nothing he said in Jerusalem or Ramallah–and, more importantly, that he failed to say–justifies an expectation that his reengagement will be of a kind that has any chance of preventing Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government from finally nailing down the coffin in which they are burying a viable two-state outcome.

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