Khalid Al-Salem

Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones "MODON"- General Manager

Industry Acting- Deputy Minister

Eng. Khalid Al-Salem is The Director General at Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones "MODON" since September 2017 and Acting Deputy Minister for Industry at Ministry of Energy Industry And Minerals Saudi.

Prior joining "MODON" Eng. Al-Salem was the President of the National Industrial Clusters Development Program (NICDP); and before being the president of (NICDP), he was the Vice President of Plastics and Packaging wherein he supported the implementation of chemicals and plastics downstream industries in Saudi Arabia; and to lead the initiation of pharmaceutical cluster development.

Eng. Al-Salem gained over 22 years of experience working with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). He was involved in different functions in Research and Technology including research work, technology development, plant performance improvement, plant start-ups and customer support.

He was also responsible for setting up chemicals and polymers research organizations in KSA, USA, India and China. This period included his successful leadership of commercializing major breakthrough technologies in SABIC Acetic Acid and Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO).

Eng. Al-Salem holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Thunderbird University, USA, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering, from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.