{"id":15504,"date":"2025-11-12T23:33:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wise.staginglinks.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15504"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:33:46","slug":"abdulrahman-hesham-al-sowaidi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/abdulrahman-hesham-al-sowaidi\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdulrahman Hesham Al-Sowaidi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main id=\"content\" role=\"main\"><\/main><\/p>\n<section>\n<article class=\"speaker\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>In addition to his role as the Acting CEO of Qatar Development Bank (QDB), Mr. Abdulrahman Hesham Al- Sowaidi is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Elan, and the Chairman of Qatar Business Incubation Center as well as Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his appointment as QDB\u2019s Acting CEO, Al-Sowaidi held the position of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development, where his role involved developing ideas and initiatives as part of the Bank\u2019s mission to enhance Qatar\u2019s private sector growth and boost its contribution to GDP in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sowaidi started his professional career as an engineer within the telecom sector before joining QDB. 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