The World Food Prize Foundation

Speakers

Deputy Minister Osama Faqeeha

Deputy Minister for Environment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Osama Faqeeha has been the Deputy Minister for Environmental Affairs at MEWA since 2017, and he is a member in the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage in Saudi Arabia. He occupied several roles in both the government and the private sector including King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and Saudi Aramco. He holds a PhD in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

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