Dr. Motaz Abdulrahman Alsolaim was recently appointed general manager of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Saudi Ministry of Education. He has also been an assistant professor of finance management and entrepreneurship at Majmaah University since 2019.
Alsolaim graduated with a bachelor’s degree in financial management and marketing from Western Kentucky University in the US, and studied for a Master of Business Administration at Swansea University in the UK. He obtained a doctorate in entrepreneurship and startups from the University of Brighton, also in the UK. During his studies he launched several startups in the US, the UK and Saudi Arabia.
After receiving his doctorate, Alsolaim worked for parts of last year and this year as a senior consultant for innovation and entrepreneurship at Masarat Consulting, and with Palladium in Riyadh as a project lead adviser.
He is a member of a number of international professional organizations, including the British Academy of Management, the UK-based Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and the Financial Management Association in the US. He is a key member and representative of the Saudi Ministry of Education as part of its Global Entrepreneurship Monitor team.
Alsolaim founded educational services company Aim Big in 2017, and served as financial manager for security services company Seyaj in 2011 and 2012. Prior to this he provided finance and marketing analysis at US-based Keller Williams Realty.
He received the Best Scientific Research Award at the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Madrid, and the Award of Scientific Excellence from the Saudi ambassador in the UK.
Who’s Who: Dr. Motaz Abdulrahman Alsolaim, general manager of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Saudi Ministry of Education
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Who’s Who: Dr. Motaz Abdulrahman Alsolaim, general manager of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Saudi Ministry of Education
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.
