Khaled Sharbatly is a rising international entrepreneur, investor, and sustainability influencer.
He began his career at an early age with the launch of multiple startups. Sharbatly also took a keen interest in the corporate world through the platform of his family business Al-Nahla Group.
Sharbatly joined Desert Technologies (dt) in 2018 as a managing partner. He leads business development and capital market operations and assists in increasing the company’s value by securing investments, forging partnerships, and launching projects in 24 countries.
It is an independent fully integrated PV (photovoltaic) solar energy platform with a proven track record as a PV developer, EPC, and O&M contractor and PV solar panel and product manufacturer through its 110MW factory.
According to Sharbatly, the company works through its “factory in Jeddah to collect and market solar panels produced in Saudi Arabia for use in exhibitions, schools, mosques, factories, warehouses and soon homes all over the Kingdom to reduce the kilowatt price for companies and individuals.”
He is a sustainability and renewable energy influencer. Sharbatly attended over 15 international conferences, including B20 under G20, WFES, Intersolar, and others as a speaker.
He obtained a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Miami, the US. Sharbatly did his master’s at the same university in 2016.
After completing his higher education, he gained significant experience through an International Monetary Fund fellowship and several courses at the UN, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School. Sharbatly believes learning is a lifelong journey.
Who’s Who: Khaled Sharbatly, Saudi entrepreneur
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Who’s Who: Khaled Sharbatly, Saudi entrepreneur
Saudi Arabia launches initiative to reroute Gulf cargo to Red Sea ports
- The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region
- Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched an initiative to redirect shipping from ports in the Arabian Gulf to its Red Sea ports amid the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war.
Transport Minister Saleh Al-Jasser, who also chairs the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), launched the Logistics Corridors Initiative alongside Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority Governor Suhail Abanmi, Mawani President Suliman Al-Mazroua, and other officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The initiative will establish dedicated operational corridors to receive containers and cargo redirected from ports in the Kingdom's Eastern Region and other Gulf Cooperation Council states to Jeddah Islamic Port and other Red Sea coast ports.
Al-Jasser said the Kingdom was committed to ensuring supply-chain stability and the smooth flow of goods through global trade routes. Jeddah Islamic Port and other west coast ports, he added, were already playing a key role in accommodating shipments redirected from the east, while also linking Gulf cargo to regional and international markets.
The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region. Iran has long threatened to close the strait — the world's most critical oil and gas chokepoint, through which roughly a fifth of global oil supplies pass — in the event of a war.
Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway, sending freight rates soaring and forcing shipping companies to seek alternative routes.
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports offer a viable bypass, connecting Gulf cargo to global markets without passing through the strait.
