Expo 2030 names Jawad Abdulsamad chief strategy officer: procurement tenders stay quiet

Expo 2030’s organising company made one notable move this week: a senior leadership appointment that follows two months of governance and procurement milestones. Coverage otherwise stayed thin, with a single partnership announcement that has yet to disclose any specifics.

• Expo 2030 appointed Jawad Abdulsamad as chief strategy and integration officer on 29 June. He joins from Misk Foundation, where he held the same title. He previously worked as a partner at Bain Middle East and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey.

The appointment lands as three procurement tenders flagged in May remain without named winners eight weeks on. They cover the Expo Village joint venture, district cooling and a hospitality lead-design contract. Autism Families, a Saudi charitable association, said separately that it was