Corporate Governance

Strong Corporate Governance is part of our culture and key to remaining true to our values and delivering on our commitments to shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate. Since inception, we have implemented practices to strengthen our structure, procedures, and financial reporting processes. Our Corporate Governance framework provides supporting systems for management, with oversight on action plans, internal controls, performance measurement, and corporate disclosures.

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H.E. Amr Abdullah Al Dabbagh

Chairman

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H.E. Amr Abdullah Al Dabbagh

Chairman

His Excellency Mr. Al-Dabbagh is the Chairman and CEO of Al-Dabbagh Group, a family conglomerate headquartered in Jeddah, established in 1962. He is also the Chairman of Petromin Corporation (Petromin), a closed joint stock company, since 2013. Mr. Al-Dabbagh also serves as Chairman of two publicly listed companies, Tanmiah Food Company (TFC) since 2019, and Red Sea International (RSI) since 2012.

 

He 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). Previously, he held the position of Governor and Chairman of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), with a rank of a minister, from 2004 until 2012.

 

Mr. Al Dabbagh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 2021, Mr. Al Dabbagh was granted an honorary doctorate of Business Administration from the University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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Jamal Abdullah Al-Dabbagh

Vice Chairman

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Jamal Abdullah Al-Dabbagh

Vice Chairman

Mr. Jamal is the Board Director in Petromin Corporation and the Chairman of the Board of SAED International for ISTIGDAM, a closed joint stock company providing recruitment and labor services, since 2018 and the Chairman of Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Company, since 2010. Mr. Jamal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Ahmed Sharaf Osilan

Board Member

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Ahmed Sharaf Osilan

Board Member

Mr. Osilan was Senior Marketing Manager for Unilever PLC till 2008. He served as a Chief Investment Promotion Officer for the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) till 2012, as well as founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Glopartis | Value Chain Investments LLC from 2012 until 2014. He is a Chairman/ Board Member & Shareholder in several portfolio companies (Gloventures), including Leading Angel Investments Fund for Entrepreneurship & SME’s.


Mr. Osilan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Information Systems from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Industrial Management since 1999. He is also a fellow member of Aspen Global Leadership Program.

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Kamel Salahudin Al Munajjed

Board Member

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Kamel Salahudin Al Munajjed

Board Member

Mr. Al Munajjed is the Managing Partner at "URJUAN, Real Estate Developers", and is the elected Chairman of the Saudi-Italian Business Council, an official body operating under the Federation of Saudi Chambers. He has served on several insurance and financial companies boards, namely AXA Cooperative Insurance Co. (Board member and Chairman Audit Committee), Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Co. (Board member and Chairman NRC), SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia (Chairman of the Board), and others. Mr. Al Munajjed started his career at Banque Saudi Fransi, and then moved to the food industry as Vice President of one of the largest Saudi conglomerates.


Mr. Al Munajjed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut, and an MBA from INSEAD in France

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Stephen Mark Parsons

Board Member

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Stephen Mark Parsons

Board Member

Mr Parsons is a Company Director of the Board and chairman of the NRC since 2019; and CEO of Greengage Agritech limited liability company registered in the UK since 2016. Mr Parsons past professional experience was as a Co-owner and Director of MTech Systems Europe Limited, a Poultry and Swine IT software and consultancy company from 2010 until 2015; with previously held positions of Managing Director of Cobb Europe Limited, a poultry genetics breeding company and a board member of the AVEC’s Primary Poultry Breeders association, COO of Grampian Country Food Group, a fully integrated poultry company in the UK from 2004 until 2006; and member of the British Poultry Council, Executive Director, Rainbow Chicken Limited, a listed company on the JSE food and beverages sector, from 2002 until 2003 and the Group’s Operations Director and other senior positions for Rainbow Farms (Pty) Limited from 1995 until 2003;


Mr. Parsons holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg since 1992.

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Mohamed Husnee Jazeel

Board Member

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Mohamed Husnee Jazeel

Board Member

Mr. Jazeel is a Director at Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Company and Chief Operating Officer of Al Dabbagh Group. Prior to that, he was an Audit Manager at PwC from 1988 to 1992.
Mr. Jazeel is a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK, holds a certificate in Executive Education in Audit Committees in an Era of Governance from Harvard Business School, and has attended executive management courses at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania; Kellogg School of Management, London Business School, Cranfield School of Management, Management Center Europe, IMD etc.

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Hawazen Nazieh Nassief

Board Member

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Hawazen Nazieh Nassief

Board Member

Ms. Nassief is the Vice President of ESG and External Affairs at National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (NASDAQ:NESR) since 2019. She is also a member of the Board of Jones Lang laSalle (NYSE:JLL) in Saudi Arabia. Ms. Nassief has over 15 years of experience working in multinational companies such as Cummins, Christie's, Olayan Financing Company and Kingdom Holding. She was also the ESG Advisor to the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute in Riyadh between 2020-2021. Ms. Nassief holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from Boston University and a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University in the USA

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Alexander S. Ivannikov

Board Member

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Alexander S. Ivannikov

Board Member

Mr. Ivannikov is an experienced INED with executive director/officer background in both publicly traded and privately held companies, including Fortune 500. His expertise lies in global agribusiness value chains from core commodities to value added B2B and B2C products. Mr. Ivannikov brings extensive international insights with several JV, M&A, PE, IPO, and greenfield start-up experiences across multiple markets. He focuses particular attention on enterprise level strategy formation and leadership development in rapidly expanding or evolving organizations and on sharing food industry best practices.

Mr. Ivannikov is an alumnus of Harvard Business School GMP program, postgraduate management program at the University of Leicester and holds degrees in International Business and French Language from Harding University.

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Vincent Carton

Board Member

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Vincent Carton

Board Member

Mr. Carton was a non-executive Director of Scandi Standard AB from 2018 to 2021, following its acquisition of Manor Farm (Ireland’s largest chicken processor, where he was CEO from 1998 until 2019.


He graduated from UCD with Bachelor’s degree in Business and awarded an ACMA from CIMA in 1983.

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Dirk Vanderbroeck

Board Member

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Dirk Vanderbroeck

Board Member

Mr. Dirk Vanderbroeck is the Chief Financial Officer of Al- Dabbagh Group. He is a strategic finance professional with over two decades of experience in senior finance leadership roles across corporate finance, treasury and mergers & acquisitions in banking and corporate environments. Before joining Al-Dabbagh Group, Mr. Vanderbroeck was at Puma Energy, a company with revenue over USD$15 billion, as Group Treasurer and most recently as Group Head of Portfolio and member of the Executive Committee. Prior to Puma Energy, Mr. Vanderbroeck spent most of his career at Goldman Sachs where he was a Managing Director in its Investment Banking Division. Before that he was at Royal Mail Group, where he co-lead its privatisation programme through a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange, and a co-founder at Marylebone Energy Partners. Mr. Vanderbroeck holds a master’s degree in Business Economics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and Executive Leadership Development Program from HEC in Paris.

Tanmiah’s Audit Committee is tasked with reviewing the financial and administrative policies and the procedures for preparing financial reports and their deliverables. The committee also reviews internal audit reports and issues recommendations to the Board of Directors on the appointment, dismissal, remuneration, and independence of external auditors. Additionally, it examines preliminary and annual financial statements before being submitted to the Board of Directors and provides opinions and guidance thereon.


This is in addition to reviewing the external auditor's observations on the financial statements and the audit plan and making observations. The committee also fulfills other work periodically and regularly to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of control activities and risk management.

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Kamel Salahudin Al Munajjed

Chairman

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Jamal Abdullah Al-Dabbagh

Committee Member

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Mohamed Husnee Jazeel

Committee Member

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Vincent Carton

Committee Member

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviews and approves the process of designing an appropriate operating model and fair incentives of salary scales in conformity with market standards and requirements and best governance practices. The committee also reviews the structure of the Board and recommends appropriate amendments, ensures the independence of members annually, ensures that there is no conflict of interest within the Board Directors, especially if they are Board members of other companies, and reviews and approves the Board and Committee’s remunerations and incentives prior to submission to the Board for ratification.

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Stephen Mark Parsons

Chairman

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Hayfa Abu Zabibah

Committee Member

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Zein Attar

Committee Member

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Mohamed Husnee Jazeel

Committee Member

The Environmental, Social and Governance Committee (ESG) is responsible for developing an ESG strategy and defining ESG priorities and objectives, with the goal of further integrating sustainability into the company’s strategy and operations. The committee also oversees the implementation of the company’s ESG strategy and key initiatives, in addition to assisting the Board in identifying and managing ESG-related risks and opportunities. The committee also monitors the company’s ESG performance, compliance, and external ratings, and assists the Board with oversight of the company’s ESG disclosures and monitors compliance with international best practices. ESG Committee also monitors the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls and ESG reporting systems and works to improve the understanding of ESG amongst the Board and company executives.

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Hawazen Nazieh Nassief

Chairperson

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H.E. Amr Abdullah Al Dabbagh

Committee Member

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Ahmed Sharaf Osilan

Committee Member

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Syed Zulfiqar Hamadani

Committee Member

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Shahad Nejaim

Committee Member

The Technical Committee oversees and reviews the technical aspects of the company’s exploration programs, and project development, all project development milestones and proposals, and makes recommendations to the Board for consideration, as well as oversees periodic benchmarking by the management of the technical policies, systems and monitors the processes of the corporation versus industry best practices. The committee also reviews and reports to the Board on the sufficiency of financial, technical, and human resources to ensure proper and timely development and advancement of the company’s expansion.

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Vincent Carton

Chairman

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Alexander S. Ivannikov

Committee Member

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Stephen Mark Parsons

Committee Member

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Dirk Vanderbroeck

Committee Member

Tanmiah’s management team members have a wealth of experience and deep sector expertise surpassing 20 years. This enables the company to successfully achieve its strategic business objectives, whilst continuing to generate long-term and sustainable value to all stakeholders.

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Syed Zulfiqar Hamadani

Chief Executive Officer

25+ Years of experience
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Irfan Jawaid Nagi

Chief Financial Officer

25+ Years of experience
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Marcos Delorenzo

Chief Executive Officer of Fresh Poultry Segment

20+ Years of experience
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Deema Abdullah AlBashrawi

Chief Human Resources Officer

14+ Years of experience
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Mohammad Al-Hammali

Chief Executive Officer of Further Food Processing Segment

18+ Years of experience
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Ahmed Alsulaimani

Chief Internal Audit

17+ Years of experience
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Jamal Turad AlSaadoun

Chief Corporate Relations Officer

+25 Years of experience
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Abbas Khan

Chief Strategy Officer

25+ Years of experience
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Nirone Dissanayake

Chief Executive Officer of Animal Feed and Veterinary Services Segment

25+ Years of experience
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Madhav Kapur

Chief Executive Officer of Food Brand Franchise Segment 

20+ Years of experience