“Our father and mother taught us to build for tomorrow — to build up young people”
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Salah A. H. al-Qahtani is the executive vice president of Al Qahtani Pipe Coating Terminal and the chairman of the Saudi Arabian chapter of Young Arab Leaders (YAL). Executive magazine recently spoke with him about YAL’s critical role. E There’s been a lot of talk today about finding practical solutions to the problems young Arab students face, particularly with specialized education. Is that something affecting you in Saudi Arabia? Yes, there is a lack of education, for sure. We understand it, but we have to just fix it, we don’t have to talk about it. What we have to do as business people is we have to train our kids. You have to build a team under your company. You build a team, and you educate them. E So, in other words, you see filling this gap as a responsibility of the private sector? No, it’s not the responsibility of