Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi
Vice chairman and CEO, Zain Group
With a total of 48.9 million customers across seven countries in the MENA region, Zain Group is one of the leading telecom companies in the region whose net profit climbed 2 per cent in 2021 to reach $616m. Bader began his career at the Al-Kharafi group and went on to occupy several prominent positions. Apart from Zain Group, he is also the non-executive board member of Boursa Kuwait, and is a board member of Kuwait’s Gulf Bank too, besides being a director on Bahrain’s Foulath company. This year, Zain is focused on AR and VR technologies as well as forays into the metaverse.