Who’s Who: Ali Saleh Al-Sagri, CCO of Safari Co.

Ali Saleh Al-Sagri
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Updated 29 September 2022
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Who’s Who: Ali Saleh Al-Sagri, CCO of Safari Co.

Ali Saleh Al-Sagri has been chief commercial officer of Safari Co. since 2008.

Safari Group is a leader in the field of facility management, construction, trading and investment, and has been running since 1984. The group owns more than 10 businesses with over 10,000 people working under its wing.

Al-Sagri received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Marymount University in Virginia, US.

He is also CEO of Dar Al-Jadawel Publishing and Distribution Co., Elyzee Medical Center and UHC Co. Between 2002 and 2004, he was the customer relations manager at SABB. Then in 2004, Al-Sagri joined Safari Motors Co. as a deputy general manager, a position where he stayed for a year before moving to the position of general manager.

In 2008, he became CCO of Safari Co. and has remained in the position since.

Apart from his degree, Al-Sagri has also completed courses around the world, including J.P. Morgan’s Wealth Management Workshop in 2018, which he attended in London; the Course of Innovation Leadership Certificate Program from Boston College University in Dubai in 2015; a course on effective business communications and supervisory skills from The Institute of Banking; and a course on management leading from Citibank.

Al-Sagri is also a board member of various associations and companies, including the Down Syndrome Charitable Association, The National Committee for Automobiles Agencies, Tabuk Fisheries, Kingdom Investment and Development Co., and Alpha Capital.

On his website, Al-Sagri said that his goal is to change Safari Group for the better. The group now focuses on environmental sustainability, energy conservation and efficiency as priorities. It has also mentioned that its goals fall in line with Saudi Vision 2030.


Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom

Updated 07 March 2026
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Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom

RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Pakistan’s  Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir discussed Iran’s attacks on the Kingdom, amid the escalating military conflict in the Middle East. 

“We discussed Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of our Joint Strategic Defense Agreement,” Prince Khalid wrote on social media early on Saturday.

“We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation.”

The US and Israel began a large-scale military campaign against Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has since attacked a number of sites across the Gulf.

Tehran has also attacked US and Israeli military assets as the war as escalated, impacting lives in the peaceful Arabian Gulf peninsula and risked shaking the global economy as Iran continued restricting energy shipping along the Strait of Hormuz.

The Saudi Defense Ministry said a number of drones had been shot down that were targeting the Shayba oil field in the Empty Quarter on Saturday.

A drone attacked the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday causing a minor fire, but no one was hurt in the incident.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement”  in September, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both.

Separately, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, the Saudi interior minister, received a call from his Pakistani counterpart Raza Naqvi, who condemned the blatant attacks targeting the Kingdom and affirmed his country’s solidarity in confronting any threats to the Kingdom’s security and stability, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.