11-13 May 2025
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh
Profile
Mohammed Saad
President
Diriyah Development Company (DevCo)
As the President of DevCo at Diriyah Company, Mohamed oversees the development of the Diriyah masterplan, from ultra-luxury hotels to the largest retail district in the Kingdom, Diriyah Square, as part of the initial phase of the project. Mohamed has 20 years’ experience running major retail-focused infrastructure projects across the Middle East. Over the course of his two-decade career, he has been responsible for some of the region’s most innovative retail, residential and interiors companies. In 2019, Mohamed held positions as Development Director of the Mall of Oman and Development Director of the City Center Almaza, Egypt, for Majid Al Futtaim Properties. Prior to that he was General Manager for Living in Interiors, based in Cairo, where he led the transformation of a family-owned business into a corporate enterprise. Mohamed also has professional experience working as a structural design engineer and head of business development for a portfolio of Dubai and Egypt based companies. Mohamed holds a BSc in Civil & Structural Engineering from Cairo University and a PMP certification. He is fluent in both Arabic and English.
See Mohammed Saad speak in the following sessions:
Monday 12 May: 16:30 - 16:50
From London to Riyadh - Perspectives from a Pioneering Developer on the Future of Branded Living