About Amr
His Excellency is the current Chairman and CEO of ADG. Since 1984, he has had a career spanning the public and private sector. He served for two four-year terms as Governor (with a rank of Minister) of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA). He was elected for two terms on the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and appointed by royal decree for two terms to the Makkah Regional Council.
He co-authored his first book, 'Governpreneurship" in 2012, which explores world-wide examples of entrepreneurial practices in government. His second book 'Omnipreneurship: An Organized a Approach to Living a Life of Meaning" was published in 2016.
His Excellency also serves on several international boards including: Cleveland Clinic's International Leadership Board; Board of Trustees, The Eisenhower Fellowships; Distinguished Fellow, The Global Federation for Competitiveness Councils (GFCC). He holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree from University of New Haven in Business Administration. His Excellency has also been the recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (or Star of Excellence) given by the President of Pakistan and the recipient of the French Legion of Honour with the degree of Chevalier.
About Al-Dabbagh Group
ADG is a private, family-owned business, founded in 1962 by His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Al-Dabbagh, former Agriculture Minister of Saudi Arabia. It is a diversified conglomerate, governed by our home-grown ecosystem, Omnipreneurship. It is made up of three principles (that provide balance), five values (the foundation of the ecosystem) and ten golden rules (the accelerators of the ecosystem). Our five values: Integrity, Respect, Forward-thinking, Teamwork and Passion are the standard to which we hold ourselves, across all our interactions.
ADG's homegrown philosophy, Omnipreneurship, is our corporate ecosystem, with the principles of Giving, Earning and Sustaining at the heart of our operations. It is holistic in nature, ensuring that we operate in a way that not just makes business sense, but that also keeps our communities and planet at the core of our every-day decisions.
By staying true to these principles, we will continue to enhance our status as a positive global corporate citizen, delivering impact for the greater good.
ADG would not exist as it currently does without the leadership of our founder, His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Al-Dabbagh. An honest, compassionate and selfless man, he committed to his activities and causes totally. During his career he was the third Minister of Agriculture in Saudi Arabia and the first Saudi agricultural engineer and he continued to be passionately involved in public service after leaving office. His life was a constant process of finding ways to convert his activities professional and personal into outcomes that would benefit the people of Saudi Arabia.
ADG is made up of a range of strategic business verticals (food, mobility, retail, packaging and housing) and an incubation vertical. Each has a flagship company and altogether, we have established a global presence, with over 15,000 colleagues across 84 companies. Our ecosystem, Omnipreneurship, is cascaded across all our group companies, to ensure happy, diverse, healthy and engaging workplaces for all our colleagues.
Our unit's vision is to establish ADG and its subsidiaries as strategic, data-driven and industry-leading sustainable businesses. We'll do this by supporting ADG's business verticals to create value by optimizing business performance and resilience, while scaling new businesses and fostering strategic partnerships.
Group Mission
By 2030, ADG will be listed amongst: the global top 30 wholly-owned family businesses; the global top 30 wholly-owned family businesses in terms of contribution to the SDGs and the global top 30 wholly-owned family businesses in terms of impactful giving
