Possessing a diverse and vast background in business creation and development, vice chairman and CEO of Saraya Holdings, Ali Kolaghassi, is quite an influential individual; he is also vice chairman of Saraya Aviation, vice president of Saudi Oger Ltd., senior advisor to Saad Hariri, chairman of Saraya Real Estate MENA Funds, and the list goes on. Executive sat down with Mr. Kolaghassi for an exclusive one-on-one interview. E How would you describe Saraya’s ownership structure? Saraya Holdings is a DIFC registered company based in Dubai. We are a holding company that is primarily owned by Sheikh Saad Hariri, and he is the chairman of the board. The model that we rely on primarily is the private-public [partnership], where governments come in as partners and they contribute the land to the project. We focus on this model because we want governments to be involved in our projects as they assist in
