Hisham Bahkali, president and CEO, GE Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. (AN photos by Imran Haider)

Saudi Arabia is one of General Electric Company’s (GE’s) core markets. With sales of $ 147.3 billion last year, GE is one of the world’s largest companies. It has had a long and historically successful presence in the Kingdom. Since supplying the Kingdom with turbo-machinery for its first oil expedition in 1942, the American giant has been Saudi Arabia’s key growth technology partner, according to Hisham Bahkali, a dynamic and energetic engineer from Riyadh, who was recently appointed as GE president and chief executive officer for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. During his recent visit to GE Energy Manufacturing Technology Center (GEMTEC) in Dammam, Bahkali spoke exclusively to Siraj Wahab of Arab News and explained the company’s focus on localization, its partnership agreements with local universities, future strategy and the company’s ongoing headline projects.

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