Mohammed Binbattal is the President of Bahri Dry Bulk and a Board Member since March 2021 a Joint Venture between The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri)* and Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO) which is the premier bulk carrier in Saudi Arabia transporting grains, coal, iron ore, barley, and other essential dry bulk cargoes.

Prior to joining Bahri, he served 18 years in the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) in Jubail, Riyadh and Houston, TX spanning varies roles including Production, R&D, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain and Digitalization. His track record encompasses establishing polymers business in the Americas ($300 million USD business size), optimizing container shipping bill by 45% ($120 million USD saving) and developing a unicorn digital venture.

In addition, currently Mr. Binbattal is the Vice Chairman of The National Grain Company (NGC) a Joint Venture between The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC) which is mandated to capture grain value chain from overseas farming land to final customers in the kingdom to participate in the national food security program.

Mr. Binbattal is the Chairman of Bahri Logistics, which is Bahri’s integrated logistics solution arm of Bahri and Board member of National Chemical Carrier which is the largest chemical tankers operated in the Middle East Also, Mr. Binbattal is Vice Chairman of the Saudi- Oceania business council and Executive Member of The Saudi Latin America Business council, that is mandated to foster bilateral trade between these countries and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Binbattal hold a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from King Saud University and attended several Executive leadership programs from London Business School, Cranfield School of Management and Babson College.

*Bahri is a global leader in shipping and logistics of Crude oil, Chemicals, Dry bulk, and break Bulk. It is a publicly traded company in the Saudi Stock Market (Tadawul) with major shareholders being the Saudi sovereign fund (PIF) and the Oil giant (Saudi Aramco) since 1978.