Sustainability Middle East (SME) is set to make major waves with the publication of its inaugural edition that focuses on leading voices in sustainability around the world, with a special focus on the Middle East.
The edition features each of the leaders offering their insights into sustainability, climate change, social and political change, and grassroots-level initiatives.
Read the Magazine here: SME Magazine Online Edition
Below is a list of several of the names featured in the publication:
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai & Vice President of the UAE
His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi & President of the UAE
His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mariam Al Mheiri - Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, UAE
Sir Ronald Cohen – Thought-leader
Radia Sedaoui - Chief of Energy Section, Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster, United Nations, ESCWA
Mayssam Tamim, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP
Majd Fayyad - DSM Strategy & Policy Lead, Supreme Council of Energy
H.E. Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan, Chairman, Saudi Aramco
Elon Musk - CEO, Tesla
Hatem Dowidar - CEO, e& (Etisalat)
Abdulnasser Bin Kalban - CEO, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
Sherif Tawfik, Chief Sustainability Officer – Middle East & Africa, Microsoft
Saad Toma - General Manager MEA, IBM
Omar Hariri, President Saudi Ports Authority
Maha Alnuhait - Sustainability General Manager, stc (Saudi Telecommunications Company)
Khalil Yassine, Head of Unilever Arabia
Yasmin Fansa - Sustainability Lead, PepsiCo MENA
Eiman Al Khalaqi, VP - Innovation – SG, AD Ports Group
Jasim Husain, Group Chief Executive Officer, TAQA
Cezanne Maherali, Head of Policy Middle East and Africa – Uber
Rohan Chopra, Regional Director, Sustainable Infrastructure - Johnson Controls
Raji Hattar, Chief Sustainability Officer – Aramex
Kathrin Brost, VP, Global Head of GoGreen Program, DHL</li>
Kivanc Karayol - Market Director & Electromobility Champion, Volvo Group
Diana Wilde - Co-founder, Aurora50
Dr Stephen Wilkinson - Head of the Smart and Sustainable Cities Research Cluster - University of Wollongong
Aliyu Mohammed Ali - CEO, EHFAAZ
Dr.-Ing. Ouda Salem, Head of Group Power to Liquids, Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Leena Al Olaimy, Founder & CEO Symbaiosys
SME CEO Sam Khan said: “We are delighted to bring SME to the region with a huge project to kick things off.
"The leaders each offer a powerful, unique insight into sustainability and aid us in our mission of becoming the platform within which the key conversations in sustainability can be fostered."
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