Abdullah Alaayed

Abdullah Alaayed serves as the CMO and Director of Business Development at SAMI Thales since October 2021 and has held various leadership roles at Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) since January 2019, including Director of DE Industrial Partnerships and Senior Manager of BD & Partnerships. Prior to this, Abdullah worked at Advanced Electronics Company from December 2012 to December 2018, where roles included Senior Project Manager and Project Manager, overseeing critical military projects for various customers. Abdullah holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from King Saud University and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at HEC Paris, along with numerous executive programs from prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School and INSEAD.