Who’s Who: Sultan Al-Qahtani, spokesman and GM of corporate communication of the Saudi Housing Program

Sultan Al-Qahtani. (Supplied)

Sultan Al-Qahtani was recently appointed as a spokesman and general manager of corporate communication of the Housing Program, one of the initiatives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan.
Prior to that, he served as spokesman and communication general manager of the Citizen Account Program from 2018.
Al-Qahtani, who received a bachelor’s degree in English translation from King Khalid University in 2007, is an ambassador of the Charity Orphans Care Foundation.
After graduation, Al-Qahtani joined King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, where he worked as a creativity prize administrator for nearly 16 months.
During the same period, he served at the leading mobile service provider, Zain KSA, as a marketing administrator for 10 months and as an application supervisor for five months. He also led Zain’s public relations team for more than a year.
For four months, Al-Qahtani worked for the Saudi Stock Exchange as a media and public relations officer.
In October 2012, he started working at the Saudi mining firm Maaden, where he provided protocol support to the company’s president in regard to his visits, conferences, tours, and social functions.
In December 2013 he moved to SAP, a producer of software for the management of business processes, where he managed marketing events and social media activities in Saudi Arabia.
In April 2017, Al-Qahtani joined the General Entertainment Authority, where he was the media relations manager for nearly a year before moving to the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority, where he administered its communication department for six months.