CEO. Board member. Strategic advisor.
Boardroom judgment paired with operating execution — across Saudi industry, Africa, and global markets.
Farraj Al-Shahrani is a Saudi CEO, board member, and strategic advisor with more than 20 years of experience across industrial development, mining, petrochemicals, logistics, and transformation. He currently serves as CEO of Arise Saudi Arabia, a Vision Invest portfolio company focused on strengthening industrial and logistics connectivity between Saudi Arabia and Africa.
Across his career he has worked on more than $10 billion in projects and strategic initiatives, combining board-level perspective with hands-on execution. His international experience spans Canada, the United States, South Korea, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
His governance, engineering, and project-leadership credentials include IoD training, Consultant Engineer status with the Saudi Council of Engineers, and PMP certification held since 2007.
Two decades of leadership.
Arise Saudi Arabia
Chief Executive Officer — building Saudi–Africa industrial and logistics connectivity (Vision Invest portfolio).
Dussur
Head of Investments — the Kingdom's industrial investment company, across cleantech, chemicals, and advanced manufacturing JVs.
NIDLP
Strategy Vice President — the National Industrial Development & Logistics Program, a $10B Vision 2030 master plan.
InoChem
Director — industrial diversification beyond hydrocarbons at Ras Al-Khair.
Ma'aden
Project Manager — phosphate and aluminium mega-JVs with Mosaic, SABIC, and Alcoa.
Sipchem
Project Manager — methanol, acetyls, and specialty-chemicals complexes in Jubail.