Governor, SWCC
H.E Engr. Abdullah AlAbdulkarim Governor of Saline Water Coversion Corporation (SWCC), the global largest producer of desalinated water (5.9 million cubic meters per day). SWCC manages 32 desalination plant distributed along the eastern and western coasts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, operated by employees with a high level of qualification, determination and passion. SWCC has made multiple achievements in the development of desalination industry and completed several mega projects ahead of time. It obtained many Guinness World Records, and has been recently recognized for setting a global record as the lowest in energy consumption. SWCC adoptes the concept of sea mining and opening the doors to discuss its innovations in this field with technology holders, manufacturers and investors to realize the potential of this concept. Moreover, H.E chairs the Board of Directors of the Water Transportation and Technologies Company (WTTCO), the company responsible for managing, maintaining, developing, and building water transportation along with the storage systems throughout the Kingdom, with a total pipeline length of more than 11,600 km. He, as well, the current Vice Chairman and the Managing Director of water solutions company. His long experience made him specialized in business and developing a leadership able to drive the rapid innovation in applying institutional transformation and development methodologies for organizations. Through many projects, he managed to explore and realize opportunities in developing business solutions and products by adopting the principles of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability. He has a well record of breaking down structural barriers in order to reach future goals before the competitors do. With His capability, he can be classified as an expert in building development strategies for organizations, business structures and commercial relations with a high ability to harmonize the stability of current services with new trends due to his experience in business and mega- project management, as well as leading the enormous transformation in an organization that is heading speedily to the future. His real passion, after achieving the tangible successes, is to support entrepreneurship and to discover the competencies inherent within the people around him as he believes they can benefit from their distinguished capabilities to fulfil great achievements through the opportunities available for them.