Who’s Who: Hasan Al-Jawad, head of partnership at MIS Pay in Riyadh

Hasan Al-Jawad
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Updated 06 July 2024
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Who’s Who: Hasan Al-Jawad, head of partnership at MIS Pay in Riyadh

Hasan Al-Jawad is the head of partnership at MIS Pay in Riyadh, a position he has held since March.

MIS Pay is the first licensed ‘buy now, pay later’ system in Saudi Arabia. It is owned by Al-Moammer Information Systems, a publicly listed company. Al-Jawad manages its partnership and business development team.

His responsibilities include strategic planning, relationship management, setting targets and key performance indicators to drive growth, specifically focusing on trending businesses.

He previously served as sales director at Mnasati Technologies in Riyadh from February 2023 to November 2023. During his tenure there, Al-Jawad led the sales and customer success teams, set sales targets and KPIs, and secured merchant deals. He also established a strong network of food and beverage and retail decision-makers and developed a nationwide sales plan.

From March 2022 to January 2023, Al-Jawad was head of sales at COFE App — an app focusing on coffee shops and supplies. He managed the sales team and helped the company achieve a 1,300-percent increase in orders and a 900-percent growth in gross merchandise value.

Al-Jawad co-founded an app called Kaffeen — focused on online pick-up orders for coffee shops — in 2018. He worked there until March 2022, when Kaffeen was acquired by COFE. Through strategic partnerships with 130 coffee shops, he managed a dedicated sales team, negotiated favorable app margins, and enhanced features for customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Al-Jawad’s career also includes roles as affluent relationship manager at Gulf International Bank and assistant branch manager at Riyad Bank, where he also participated in the Future Leaders Program, completing training in various banking sectors and enhancing his expertise through collaboration, case studies, and specialized courses.

Al-Jawad earned a degree in business administration from the University of Portland.

 


MoU advances climate studies for heritage sites

Updated 14 December 2025
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MoU advances climate studies for heritage sites

RIYADH: The Heritage Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Center for Meteorology to enhance integration in climate and environmental studies related to heritage sites, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.

The MoU establishes a framework for cooperation in exchanging climate-related knowledge and studies, supporting risk assessment standards, and advancing joint workshops and research programs to improve heritage site management.

The collaboration aligns with the commission’s approach to adopting research and technological tools to better understand environmental dynamics around heritage sites and deliver sustainable solutions that support documentation, restoration, and preservation efforts.

Recently, the commission also signed an MoU with the Saudi Data and AI Authority to advance data- and AI-driven solutions in the cultural heritage sector.

The agreement enables technologies that showcase, document, and strengthen the digital presence of national heritage, the SPA reported.

It reflects both sides’ keenness to employ data and analytical technologies in the inventory, documentation, and relational analysis of cultural heritage.

The MoU aims to support decision-making and build a knowledge ecosystem grounded in accurate, measurable data. It also paves the way for joint projects to enhance digital heritage content and apply AI-based tools to interpret heritage and make it more accessible to the public.