Hisham Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana is one of Qatar’s most successful businessmen and entrepreneurs. In addition to his role as Chairman of Al Sharq Investment LLC, he is Chairman of S.H. Al Mana Group and Managing Director of Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana Co.

He has overseen the strategic development of the S.H. Al Mana Group in Qatar since the early-1990s, helping to transform the company into one of the region’s largest and most diverse private conglomerates.

Since 1951 S. H. Al Mana Group has been driven by an entrepreneurial spirit that has seen it grow and develop into one of the most successful family businesses embodying the spirit of the new resurgent Qatar. Al Mana today boasts more than 55 corporate subsidiaries with operations in eight countries across the region, employing 5000 personnel.

The company has significant interests in key growth sectors including automobile distribution, real estate, luxury retail, hospitality, and media and entertainment. The Al Mana name is synonymous with luxury in Qatar; it maintains exclusive partnerships with some of the world’s most respected brands, including Hermes, Giorgio Armani, Harvey Nichols, Balenciaga and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Mr. Al Mana is a visionary whose management philosophy and work ethic has helped consolidate S.H. Al Mana Group’s reputation as one of the region’s fastest growing and most respected companies.

He holds a Masters of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from The City University, London, UK.

Ali Sulaiman Al Shehri is recognised as one of Saudi Arabia’s leading industrialists, having helped pioneer the development of the country’s paper and plastic industries in the 1970s.

Mr. Al Shehri is the founder of Al Sharq Group, which operates six factories and employs 300 staff in the Kingdom. The company maintains operations in the key Saudi commercial hubs of Riyadh and Jeddah and Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE.

Mr. Al Shehri is a shareholder in a number of joint stock companies and real estate development firms with interests in countries across the GCC and North Africa.

Mr. Al Shehri is also a prominent member and benefactor of the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF), an independent non-governmental and non-profit organisation chaired by HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Governor of Makkah Region and Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud.

The ATF aims to promote Arab cultural values and ethics in an open and responsible framework that fosters international solidarity.

Kamal Saleh Al Mana is Managing Director of S.H. Al Mana Group and Executive Director of Al Sharq Investment LLC.

His belief in customer service shaped his business ventures in Qatar and across the Region. A principle that has been a guiding theme in all his business ranging from Luxury Retail (Hermes, Balenciaga, Giorgio Armani), Food and Beverage (McDonald’s, Emporio Armani Café, Casper & Gambini, Haagen Dazs), Fashion (Go Sport, BHS, Mango, Damas, Sunglass Hut), Media & Entertainment (Filk Cinema, HMV, Funderdome) to Mall Management (Mirqab Mall, Doha Mall).

As Managing Director of S.H. Al Mana Group he has overseen the continued development of the company’s diverse commercial interests and has transformed it into one of the largest and most diversified groups in the region, operating 55 companies in eight countries and employing 3,500 personnel.

Mr. Al Mana holds a Bachelor of Science and MBA from New York University.

Mohammed Ali Al Shehri was born and raised in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He attended the California State University of Los Angeles where he completed a bachelor degree with a double major in Finance and Real Estate, followed by an MBA. During his early years in the USA Mohammed carried out his first real estate transaction, a “fixer upper” home which he bought, renovated and resold with a profit over a million dollars.

Driven by his goal to achieve success in his own right, and powered by his entrepreneurial skills Mohammed decided to start his first business - an export/ import start-up focused on capturing a window of timing between the launch dates of luxury cars new models in the US markets and in the Saudi markets. At the time, although there was great interest for such products in Saudi Arabia, the USA market was more advanced and provided greater accessory and customization options, making for a prime opportunity. The cars were very well received among Saudi Arabian customers and soon Mohammed had a long waiting list of car orders.

With his acute commercial skills, Mohammed quickly diversified his export portfolio to include luxury and high-end fashion, which soon led to the opening of a successful 5000 sqft fashion retail outlet in Los Angeles. Further using his creativity to respond to consumer needs Mohammed added mobile trucks to his fashion business, enabling him to take his product to the door step of VIP clients who couldn’t visit his store.

In the year 2008 ahead of the global financial crisis, Mohammed returned to the region, and to the Al Shehri family business’ office in Dubai, to manage the sale of the “Aqua Dunia” plot of land and the concept design located in Dubai Land at the perfect timing.

Continuing to work alongside his father managing their diverse portfolio of investments, Mohammed achieved another positive deal in 2010, which saw the successful reacquisition of an Al Shehri family plot of land. Mohammed was also able to restructure an AED 200 million debt deal in the year 2011 and navigate through the global financial crisis.

A corner stone in formulating the successful partnership with Al Mana group from Qatar, Mohammed was a founding team member of Al Sharq Investments (ASI).

He played a pivotal role in establishing the vision of ASI’s destination project, The Alef Residences and The W Dubai - The Palm Hotel.

Mohammed was a major player in striking the deal with Marriott Starwood hotel Group to establish the W as the hotel operator to service the visionary destination, and continues to play a leading role on the ASI board to ensure the vision of his family is fulfilled.