Omar Qirem

Born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and London, UK, Omar has twenty-five years' strategy and communications experience in government, agency and corporate roles in Europe and the Middle East. He has provided communications counsel for private-sector campaigns, major government initiatives, and public policy issues. Omar has advised ministers from British, Saudi, and UAE governments, and has also counseled prominent CEOs, including the leaders of Abdul Latif Jameel and Majid Al Futtaim. He was also one of four global media and crisis trainers for energy-giant Shell. He has been recognised as one of the top 50 communication professionals in the Middle East six years in a row by PR Week. Omar was also announced as a Fellow of the PRCA, the world's largest communications association, for his overall contribution to the industry. Previously, Omar was International Director of Communications for Saudi Arabian family business Abdul Latif Jameel. In this role, he was responsible for international communications covering 30 countries and 16,000 staff across multiple sectors such as automotive, energy, land, and investments. Omar is a Politics and History graduate and the youngest ever person to be a British government spokesman at the age of 21.