Omar Al-Shabaan

Omar Al-Shabaan is an Entrepreneur, Business Developer, and a Consultant with over 15 years of work experience. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Space. He was the Partnership director at Misk Innovation, a subsidiary of Misk Foundation , as well as serving as a short term consultant with The World Bank group on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and was an Advisor for the National Digitization Unit in the Saudi Government. He cofounded The Space, a Saudi company focused on developing and operating coworking spaces, incubators, and accelerators. Omar has worked previously in Nestle, Healthcare Development Holding group, and Tam Development. Omar has an MBA from IE business school in Madrid, and an Executive Master in Corporate Communication from the same school.