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Dr. Bander Hamooh

Chief Executive Officer

Panda Leadership Team

Our executive team of experienced retail experts is backed by a strongly motivated, diverse group of managers and staff dedicated to creating a competitive customer value proposition. Our highly seasoned and talented senior management team, with an average of nearly 30 years of retail industry experience, provides strong leadership to focus on our company’s overall growth and community partnership goals.

Dr. Bander Hamooh

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Abdullah Al Sabban

Chief Operations Officer

Eric Deliers

Chief Commercial Officer

Ryyan Tarabzoni

Chief Supply Chain Officer & CEO Advisor

Ahmed Chehade

Chief Marketing Officer

Fouad Reda

Chief Business Support Officer

Mohammed Khorshid

Chief Financial Officer

Piyush Chowhan

Chief Digital Officer

Wassim Al Tahawi

Chief Governance, Risk, and Compliance Officer

Majid Basha

Chief of Staff

Hicham Aouda

CEO Advisor for Business Development

Bandar Al Saidi

Vice President for Commercial Food

Hisham BaEissa

Director of Board Governance & Secretary

Dr. Bander Hamooh

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Bander Hamooh has over twenty-five years of experience in numerous retail, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG leadership roles. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Science from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Hamooh began his career at the Saudi Ministry of Health. He has a proven record of experience in leading strategic business transformation programs and profound expertise in retail, commercial management, organizational development, change management, supply chain, marketing, and social responsibility. In addition to serving as Director General at the Saudi Ministry of Health, Dr. Hamooh served as Chief Executive Officer of Nahdi Medical Company, the business he fundamentally transformed with tremendous success to become a highly acclaimed healthcare business pioneer.

In October 2017, Dr. Hamooh was assigned the Chief Executive Officer of Panda Retail Company. Being a customer-oriented executive with a legacy of retail business achievements, Dr. Hamooh has been driving a robust growth and transformation programs in Panda, repositioning the company on top of retail industry in Saudi Arabia.

Eric Deliers

Chief Commercial Officer

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David Glass

Vice President Operations

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Abdullah Al Sabban

Chief Operations Officer

A highly experienced and accomplished leader, Abdullah has spent nearly his entire career in operational excellence and business and people development and Coaching. Over 20 years of experience, across Saudi Arabia, UK and the UAE, he held a variety of leadership roles in Supply Chain and was appointed as Panda’s Vice President for Transformation & Operational Excellence in December 2017 and later in January 2019 as Chief Supply Chain Officer. He has in-depth knowledge and expertise of driving strategy, vision, organizational excellence, quality assurance, logistics, manufacturing, warehouse management, transformation, and people development to bring forth world-class ROI concepts that help simplify and streamline manufacturing processes and supply chain networks.

Abdullah’s broad experience has also involved leading significant transformation programs in supply chain and product availability with the goal of increasing competitiveness, agility, and profitability to rapidly adapt to evolving market trends and fulfill customer needs. Bearing multiple certifications such as Lean Sigma Black Belt, Abdullah holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, a bachelor’s degree in of Science Microbiology from King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia.

Stéphane Joly

Chief Marketing Officer

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Wassim Al Tahawi

Chief Audit Executive

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Dr. Omar Sawaya

Chief Transformation & Strategy Officer

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Philip Greenwood

Chief Information Officer

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Nessreen Khuja

Vice President Human Resources

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Fouad Reda

Chief Business Support Officer

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William Nunes

Vice President for Fresh

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Alaa Metwally

Head of Culture & Communications

Mrs. Alaa Metwally is a competent leader who has served for over 15 years in the communication and marketing profession with rich experience in employee engagement and business advocacy as well as vast experience in brand building and corporate marketing experience. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is a graduate with a major in Marketing Management.

Prior to joining Panda as Head of Culture & Communications in July 2018, Alaa worked extensively in the creation and strategic development of marketing plans, brand campaigns as well as designing and executing corporate communication strategies to fruition in several organizations including Halwani Brothers and Emaar Properties PJSC. Endowed with the needed expertise, Alaa continues to actively contribute to the implementation of Panda’s Communication Strategy, supporting business transformation milestones, elevating Panda’s profile by pushing the company’s vision towards greater workforce engagement and commitment, defining the new corporate narrative and priorities, aligning Panda team with the Company’s overall mission, and strengthening their passion for a genuine community partnership impact.

Ahmad Al Zahrani

Head of Legal Affairs

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Hesham BaEissa

Head of Governance & Board Secretary

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Hicham Aouda

CEO Advisor

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Mahmoud Moussa

Chief Financial Officer

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To be the sustainable leading retailer, innovating to delight the communities we serve every day.

Our Mission

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