Mohamad Mourad

Mohamad Rafic Mourad serves as Managing Director of Arabian Centres Company, the largest owner, developer and operator of contemporary lifestyle centres in Saudi Arabia. He has held positions as Managing Director and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company. As Group Managing Director and CEO of Cenomi Group, Mourad has spearheaded a major corporate rebrand bringing together Arabian Centres, Fawaz Alhokair Group, and Alhokair Fashion Retail to create a vertically integrated lifestyle organization. Under his leadership, Arabian Centres expanded its portfolio to manage and operate 22 shopping centres across Saudi Arabia.

Mourad holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics from Lebanese American University and an MBA from INSEAD. He brings a background in technology, having worked as managing director of Google Middle East and North Africa in Dubai for five years until 2016, and afterwards as managing director of emerging markets business development at YouTube in San Francisco.

Career History

• Vice President of Partnerships at Instacart (2019 onwards)
• Senior Director for YouTube Products Partnerships at Google (2016)
• Managing Director, Google Middle East and North Africa (2011–2016)
• Principal at Booz & Company (2005)
• Business Planning Manager at Mars (2002)

What Mourad brings to his role as Managing Director of Arabian Centres: His distinctive profile combines three decades of experience in technology, retail, and consumer goods with strategic expertise in emerging markets and e-commerce transformation. Having built and scaled Google's MENA operations, managed YouTube's product partnerships globally, and led digital strategy at Instacart, Mourad is uniquely positioned to drive Arabian Centres' digital evolution. His appointment as Group Managing Director reflects recognition of his ability to orchestrate complex organizational transformations—particularly the integration of retail operations with technology-enabled customer experiences. His leadership has focused on creating integrated lifestyle destinations that align with Vision 2030, positioning the company for sustained growth in Saudi Arabia's rapidly evolving consumer market.