Biography:
Sulaiman Al-Hattlan serves as CEO of the Arab Strategy Forum, a key gathering of prominent government officials, decision makers, and intellectuals from the region and other parts of the world. Before serving in this position, he was the Editor-in-Chief -Forbes Arabia. Sulaiman received the coveted Nieman's Fellowship at Harvard before completing his post-Doctorate research in the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Howard University. As a leading consultant for several organizations in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Al-Hattlan has also worked with ABC News, and participated in the production of key media projects on the Arab world, in partnership with international media companies. He has also published analytical articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Miami Herald. In addition, he currently writes weekly columns in several newspapers and frequently appears on prime time television programmes, to discuss his broad-ranging perspectives on regional matters.