EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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Dr. Khalid Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti is currently the General Manager of Katara Cultural Village Foundation. His academic qualifications and extensive experience in the field has led him to hold several leadership and administrative positions in Qatar and abroad in the cultural, educational, banking, and finance sectors. During his current position, Dr. Khalid has played a major role in helping Katara - which supports humanitarian causes that promote charitable aid work; achieve its vision in educating and entertaining the community whilst building cultural bridges through a wide array of activities. During his education path, Dr. Khalid acquired a Bachelor in International business in 1992, followed by an MBA, with focus in Finance in 1994, both from the University of Brigeport in USA. Afterwards, Dr. Khalid acquired his PhD in Marketing from Strathclyde University in Scotland in 1997. After few years, he continued his education path by acquiring associate professor of Marketing form Qatar University in 2004. At the moment, he is aiming to acquire professor level with his hard work and dedication. During his career path, Dr. Khalid started working in 1998 as Director of Information and Market Relations in Qatar Exchange, where he stayed two years. In parallel, he was the Acting Dean in College of Business and Economic in Qatar’s University, where the third year, he became the Dean of Student Affairs as well. In 2001, he took the position of General Manager in the Institute of Administrative Development in Qatar for 5 years. In 2005, he was appointed as the Dean of Academic Affairs in Ahmed Bin Mohamed Military College. In parallel, he worked as a Senior Consultant in Barwa Real Estate Company. In 2007, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in the Steering Committee of Barwa Bank for two years and as Chief Executive Officer for First Finance Company in Qatar for five years. In 2008, Dr. Khalid was the General Manager at the First Investment Company in Qatar. He started his career path with Katara at 2012 when he was appointed as the General Manager of Katara Cultural Village Foundation; in 2014, he was appointed as Manager of Katara Restaurants Company and in 2016, he was appointed as Manager of Katara Hills Company. Dr. Khalid still withholds all these three positions. Dr. Khalid’s education and career path was full with great achievements. He taught five different courses at Qatar University & military college, which are the principles of marketing, marketing management, international business administration, marketing research and operations research. He is currently on three universities, academic & cultural institutions advisory boards, which are Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Stenden University in Qatar and Qatar-America Institute for Culture in USA. He has won the fourth International Conference of Scientific Researches Doha in Qatar. Moreover, Dr. Khalid acts as an editor in-chief and executive editor for several academic journals, including Bait AL-Mashura Journal, Katara International Journal of Novel, Journal of International Cultural Marketing and the Scientific Administrative Development Qatari Journal. Dr. Khalid published nineteen articles, out of which four are on his own. His articles were published in several journals, including but not limited to Journal of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, Journal of International Marketing and Marketing Research, Journal of Management, Accounting and Insurance, Journal of Business and Economics, Journal of International Selling and Sales Management, Journal of Transnational Management and Journal of International Selling and Sales Management and Marketing Intelligence & Planning, where his article related to Country of origin effect was recited around 700 times and considered amongst the top articles in its field, in addition of it being downloaded almost 8000 times in 2005 according to Emerald press. Apart his teaching and research experience and achievements, Dr. Khalid had a strong industry experience. He was the Chairman of three establishment committees: Barwa Bank Steering Committee, First Investment Steering Committee, “Tahseel” (Collection Company) Steering Committee and “Amlak” Steering Committee. He was on the board of directors of fourteen institutions, as a: - Member in six of them, including Al-Meera Consumer Goods Company, Qatar Red Crescent and “Alimtiaz”Investment Company in Kuwait. - Chairman in five of them, including Katara Studios Company, Katara Publishing House and “Madna” Company. - Vice Chairman in two of them, which are First Finance Company in Jordan and “Bait Al-Mashoora” Financial Consulting in Qatar. - President of Global Public Diplomacy Network Furthermore, he took part in local communities, such as Remuneration and Nomination Committee in Al-Meera Consumer Goods Company and the Council of Trustees of the Centre for economic research; and international communities such as Beta Gamma Sigma in the USA. Dr. Khalid acquired extensive leadership skills during his career and educational path. This allowed him to act as a team leader for six different teams, including Team in Charge of Katara’s Strategic plan, setting up the administrative, financial, organizational charter for Qatar Zakat Fund, setting up the administrative, financial, organizational charter for Qatar Zakat Fund and setting up for the staff charter for Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He won the Arab Tourism Oscar Award in 2017 and was chosen Among 500 Strongest Personalities in the Middle East, Arabian Business, 2011.  

• General Manager, Katara Cultural Village Foundation 2012 – up-to-date. 
• Manager, Katara Hills Company, 2016 up-to-date.
• Manager, Katara Restaurants Company, 2014 up-to-date. 
• CEO, First Finance Company, Qatar, November 2007 – 2012 
• General Manager First Investment Company, Qatar, 2008. 
• CEO, Steering Committee of Barwa Bank, 2007-2009.
• Senior Consultant, Barwa Real Estate Company, 2006-up-to-date.
• General Manager, Institute of Administrative Development, Qatar, 2001-2006. 
• Dean of Academic Affairs, Ahmed Bin Mohamed Military College 2005 – 2007.
• Dean of Student Affairs, Qatar University, 2000 - 2001. 
• Acting Dean, College of Business and Economic, Qatar University, 1998, 2001.
• Director of Information and Market Relations, Qatar Exchange, 1998-2000.