Google Cloud has named Bader Almadi as its new Country Manager for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Based in Riyadh, Almadi will be responsible for leading Google Cloud’s strategy across the Kingdom. His professional remit covers growing Google Cloud’s team in Saudi Arabia, and supporting the growth and scaling of customers across a variety of industries spanning retail, healthcare, financial services, entertainment and more.
In his role, Almadi will also focus on scaling Google Cloud’s partnership ecosystem in the Kingdom.
Almadi brings 16 years of information technology and tech sales leadership and expertise to this role. He joins Google Cloud from Dell Technologies, where he was Country Enterprise Director for Telecom, Cloud and Financial Services’ industries leading the relationship with Saudi conglomerates such as STC, Zain and Mobily, and customers in Banking and Cloud Services providers.
He has also worked with other technology brands including Cisco, Oracle and EMC.
In 2017, Almadi worked with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) of Saudi Arabia as an advisor to the Minister on international partnerships. Almadi led several partnership initiatives that strengthened the Kingdom’s presence in the international arena with technology corporations, non-government organisations (NGOs), and not for profit organisations (NPOs).
“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Bader to the team as we continue to expand Google Cloud’s presence in the Middle East. KSA is one of our key markets in the Middle East and we are committed to supporting our Saudi customers on their digital transformation journey with Google Cloud’s innovative solutions. Bader, who brings a wealth of expertise to the team, will be spearheading the next phase of growth and expansion into the Saudi market,” said AbdulRahman Al Thehaiban, Managing Director, Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Google Cloud.
