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2020 has put the adage that organizations are implementing digital transformation to the test and separated those that are truly resilient from those that aren’t. Now as organizations embark on the road to recovery, digital transformation is their top priority.

As the situation continues to evolve, more and more enterprises will look to rethink their business continuity strategies, with an eye on stabilizing their critical infrastructure and improving their response to unforeseen events. Agility is key, and leaders must now look to adjust to the new—and constantly evolving—requirements of an increasingly remote workforce.

Join this conversation, hosted in partnership with Oracle, where visionary executive leaders discuss the role of digital transformation in business resilience, how to withstand the disruptions and to re-balance business with the NOW and the NEXT. The conversation will deep dive into the biggest trends, challenges, and predictions for the future.

Key Discussions

What are the various innovative technology plays that will continue to stay relevant in the post COVID age and which are the new plays that will emerge?

How should leaders prioritize long term technology investments during current times?

With technology modernization featuring among the top priorities of global and local enterprises, what are the key challenges that leaders will face in the journey and how can they overcome these?

Who Should Attend?

This is a cross-industry discussion relevant to executives working across the following functions:

Human Resources

Supply Chain

Finance

Procurement

Information Technology

Speakers

Ahmad oversees the strategic direction of the Saudi based retail company, BinDawood Holding’s Danube and BinDawood stores. BinDawood and Danube have a nationwide grocery retail chain footprint of 71 stores in 15 cities across Saudi Arabia.

With a heritage spanning over 50 years, 35 of which are in grocery retail, BinDawood Holding has become of the MENA region’s largest retail operators with extensive operations including supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores and imports providing the Kingdom the widest international offering of food and grocery items. BinDawood Holding employs more than 10,000 employees across Saudi Arabia.

Ahmad has led Danube and BinDawood through a period of revitalization and growth, continually sustaining double-digit growth for the company. Under his tenure, Danube has grown from 9 branches to 44 branches, and BinDawood to 27 branches by March 2020, with ambitious expansion plans to open more stores across the Kingdom and regional markets in the coming years. Ahmad is spearheading digitizing BinDawood Holding’s retail business, embracing the latest retail innovations such as blockchain technologies to foster transparency in the supply chain and implementing AI. He is the driving force behind the award-winning, highly innovative e-commerce platform Danube Online and the Danube App, the Middle East’s largest e-commerce grocery platform. Ahmad led the group to win ‘Retail Technology of the Year’ award at the 2018, Seamless Awards, ‘Most Admired Food & Grocery retailer in KSA’ at the 2018, Retail Middle East Awards and ‘Most Admired Online Retailer’ for Danube Online at the 2018, Retail Middle East, Saudi Arabia awards. In June 2019, Ahmad’s leadership story was featured on the cover of Forbes Middle East, where the family business, the BinDawood Group was ranked 25 in the top private Arab companies in the world. In 2019, Ahmad was awarded ‘CEO Masterclass of the Year’ at the Saudi Top Achiever Awards’ in collaboration with the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce.

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