العربيةSupervisory Committee
His Excellency Mr. Faisal bin Moamer
Faisal bin Abdul Rahman bin Muammar is the supervisor general of King Abdulaziz Public Library (KAPL) and Vice-Chairman of its Board of Directors. He established and assumed the supervision of KAPL and its branch in China and the King Abdul-Aziz Al Saoud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences in Morocco. From 2003 until 2018, he established and assumed the Secretariat of the King Abdulaziz Centre for National Dialogue. He was the Vice-Minister of Education from 2009 to 2011. He established and assumed the secretariat of International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in Vienna from 2009 to 2022. He was the co -founder and supervised Salam for Cultural Communication from 2014 to 2023, ,he is currently member of the board of different institutions…..
Prof. Mohamed Alharthi
Prof. Alharthi's career spans various sectors, but his time as CEO of Salam Project for Cultural Communication centered on communication and leadership development. He oversaw programs that equipped young leaders for global communication roles and trained government agency representatives for international events and organizations. He also led the production of research and studies to enrich the field of cultural communication. Throughout his professional journey, Prof. Alharthi held leadership positions in government, private, and non-profit sectors, overseeing programs and projects aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.
Mr. John Geoghegan
Special Adviser, Mr. John held the Director of the World Scouts Foundation for several years. He currently serves as a Special Adviser, responsible for leading relations between the Foundation and Saudi Arabia and donors within the Kingdom. A key priority of this work is to work with the Kingdom on the Messengers of Peace Global Initiative.
Nourh Zaid Al Ruwaydhan
Nourh Zaid Al Ruwaydhan specializes in international relations and intercultural communication. She holds a master's degree in international relations from the American Catholic University as well she has as a master's degree in sociology from Imam Mohammed bin Saud University. She worked for the National Council for Arab and American Relations in Washington D.C. She participated in several political and cultural conferences and meetings as a speaker. Its research interests are concentrated in the fields of political economy and international treaties.
Prof. Jonathan Gosling
Emeritus Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter, having been Chair and Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies there for 12 years. Before that, he directed the Strategic Leaders Unit at Lancaster University Management School. He is a visiting Professor at Renmin University of China (School of Philosophy) where he delivered a series of lectures on the philosophy of leadership (2015). He held an Otto Mønsted Visiting Professorship at Copenhagen Business School (2014) and has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD, France (2009).
Dominic Cunningham-Reid
A creative film producer, photographer, and conservationist passionate about creating enriching cross-cultural opportunities with a special focus to help bring genuinely authentic projects to Saudi Arabia in support of Vision 2030.
Over the last 30 years, Dominic has filmed and produced award-winning documentary films for companies like National Geographic and worked as a freelance photojournalist for Associated Press and Reuters covering conflicts in Africa, the Balkans, and Afghanistan. Dominic went on to co-found Cosmic Picture, a dynamic giant screen production company based in London, England whose films include award-winning IMAX® and giant screen productions and transformative environmental documentaries with tremendous social impact. Dominic lived in Riyadh for 5 years to produce the historic and award-winning IMAX® film Journey to Mecca to open a vital giant screen cross-cultural window to help a younger global audience better understand Islam and the peaceful values of the Hajj.
Pietro Paolo Rampino
Pietro Paolo Rampino is a Certified Public Accountant and Auditor, a member of the Milan Bar of Chartered Accountants, and a Technical Court Advisor for the Court of Milan. As a professor at MBA Luiss Business School in Rome and at the New International Business Institute in Milan, Pietro teaches "Islamic Finance and Doing Business in the MENA Region" . he serves as Chairman of the Board of Auditors and Internal Auditors for several major Italian companies, including Webuild Italia and Brebemi SpA, and is the co-founder and Vice Executive Chairman of Joint Italian Arab Chamber of Commerce.He has worked with the Saudi Industrial Development Fund as a consultant and played a key role in establishing the Italian Incubator of Excellency in Dubai. Pietro is an author of multiple books on Islamic finance, and has been noted in media as one of the most influential Italians in the Gulf region.
Together to build diverse communities
We strive to create awareness of cultural communication between Saudi society and other societies in the world to make life in Saudi Arabia an unforgettable experience.