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SkyTeam Cargo, the largest alliance in the air cargo industry, has announced the appointment of Omar Hariri as the new chairman of its executive board.
The executive board of SkyTeam Cargo Alliance, which is made up of top executives from the group’s 12-member cargo airlines, endorsed Hariri’s new role during a recent meeting.
Hariri is a transportation and logistics veteran with 16 years of commercial, operations and transformation experience within blue-chip companies across ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and the region.
Having started his career with DHL in 2004, his abilities and results-driven approach moved him up the corporate ladder to vice president of the commercial division for DHL in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø within a decade.
During his tenure at DHL, he held different managerial positions, including national sales manager for ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and country general manager for Kuwait operations prior to heading the commercial function in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø as vice president.  
Before joining Saudi Airlines Cargo Co. (Saudia Cargo), Hariri headed FedEx Express in the Kingdom as managing director, where he transformed the business by exponentially growing the top line within 18 months.
He currently leads Saudia Cargo and ºÚÁÏÉçÇøn Logistics Co. as CEO. The multibillion-riyal group is served by more than 1,300 employees, is operated through 10 freighters and has a belly space of 160 passenger aircraft, along with 4 cargo terminals spread across the country.
Hariri obtained a master’s degree in procurement, logistics and supply chain management at the University of Salford, UK and is a member of the IATA Cargo Advisory Council and SkyTeam Cargo Committee.