THE SYSTEM WAS TESTED.
ITS RESILIENCE HELD.
That’s the ground SRF 2026 builds on.
This year, the Saudi Retail Forum gathers under the theme:
Building the Next Blueprint.
Three years in, SRF has become the room where the Kingdom’s founders, operators and retail leaders do their most consequential thinking.
Where evidence is tested, direction is built, and the Kingdom’s own retail ecosystem leads the way forward. The next blueprint begins here.
BE IN THE ROOM.
Attendees
Brands
Speakers
Sessions
Homegrown Ecosystem Powering Conversations
Chairman's Message
"Saudi retail has just lived through its most tested year yet, and I could not be prouder of how it responded.
Trade routes tightened, travel patterns shifted, and still our market grew, on course from 290 billion dollars today to well beyond 400 billion in the years ahead.
Numbers like these mean little to me without what sits behind them: homegrown brands taking on more, formats rebuilding, talent stepping up.
As Chairman of SRF, I see this platform as I always have, built together, by everyone in this room.
This is what I am proudest to stand behind."
Mohammad Alawi
Chairman, SRF
Deputy Chairman of the Board & Board Member, Alsarah Holding Company
SIX BLUEPRINTS. ONE DIRECTION.
LEADING VOICES
Mohammad Alawi
Mohammad Alawi
Chairman Saudi Retail Forum Deputy Chairman Board & Member Board Alsarah Holding Company
Dr. Mohammed Fitaihi
Dr. Mohammed Fitaihi
CEO & Founder Luxury Goods Trading Company (Baby Fitaihi, Baby Jewels, M.Fitaihi, Eternal Jewel)
Alok Pandey
Alok Pandey
Chief Executive Officer Tim Hortons GCC
May Kanounji
May Kanounji
Chief Executive Officer Aani & Dani
Alaa Kara Ali
Alaa Kara Ali
Founder & CEO Metro Brazil
Hamed Aldabbour
Hamed Aldabbour
Founder & CEO House of Cenmar
Massimiliano Spalazzi
Massimiliano Spalazzi
Group CEO Mumzworld.com
Kamran Khan
Kamran Khan
Chief Executive Officer Arabian Entertainment Co. Ltd. (Tarfeeh)
Hassan Tamimi
Hassan Tamimi
Chief Executive Officer The Little Things
Mohamed El Fakharany
Mohamed El Fakharany
Chief Operating Officer Barn’s
Sanjeev Sharma
Sanjeev Sharma
Chief Executive Officer Nice
Aayat Khan
Aayat Khan
Chief Executive Officer Millenial’s Groups & Brand Central
Makram Malaeb
Makram Malaeb
Chief Commercial Officer SACO (Saudi Co. for Hardware)
Mohammed Aldabbagh
Mohammed Aldabbagh
Managing Director - KSA Chalhoub Group
Nicole Nitschke
Nicole Nitschke
Managing Director - FACES Chalhoub Group
Zaqwan Al-Nabulsi
Zaqwan Al-Nabulsi
Senior Director of Marketing Communications Kudu Company for Food and Catering
Karyn Jallad
Karyn Jallad
Senior Director of Marketing Communications Kudu Company for Food and Catering
Ramy Khafagy
Ramy Khafagy
Chief Marketing Officer Swiss Corner for Watches
Aditya Singh
Aditya Singh
Head of Retail Damas Jewellery
Aamir Allibhoy
Aamir Allibhoy
Chief Marketing Officer Match Perfumes
Faisal Parkar
Faisal Parkar
Head of IT Makhazen Alenayah
Hatem Moghazi
Hatem Moghazi
Head of IT Circle K Convenience and Fuel
Rajesh Garg
Rajesh Garg
Managing Partner RAH Capital Partners Co-founder & CEO EMIRLabs.ai Former Group CFO Landmark Group
Dr Hesham Attalla
Dr Hesham Attalla
Senior Director of Marketing WHITES (Global Health Company: Kunooz Pharmacy Retail Chains)
Vinay Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Head of IT Tim Hortons
Rupak Sircar
Rupak Sircar
Partner and Head Consumer Products & Services, Middle East Stanton Chase
Adriano Silva
Adriano Silva
Sales Director (MEA, APAC, and Spain) VTEX
Dharmendra Mehta
Dharmendra Mehta
Managing Director MEA FYND
Ibrahim Salah Elsharkawy
Ibrahim Salah Elsharkawy
General Manager Arabian Academy
PARTNERS 2026
IMAGES RetailME Awards KSA
Known across the industry as the #OscarsOfRetail, the IMAGES RetailME Awards KSA is the moment Saudi retail’s best step onto a stage their own peers are watching, and hear their name called for the work that set this year’s benchmark.
This recognition carries real weight. It comes from the Kingdom’s own retail fraternity, the people who know exactly how hard this industry is.
Every Awardee on that stage started exactly where you are now, with a nomination someone believed was worth submitting.
This year, make it yours.







