Mazhar Hussain

Maz Hussain heads the Digital Lighthouse, the Centre of Excellence for data analytics, AI and emerging technologies. As part of this, he is responsible for the activities in the Insights Center in Riyadh. He is focused on digital value creation and helps enterprises design answers to big problems and integrates people across multi-disciplinary teams to transform business value. Before coming to Saudi Arabia, he led the Digital Innovation practice for KPMG in the UK. He brings a total of 20 years' industry experience, out of which the last 10 have been focused on digital and innovation. His expertise ranges from creating a compelling vision, developing strategy and high-impact solutions to securing stakeholder buy-in and improving operational effectiveness. He is curious in understanding how the data that we collect can accelerate decision making abilities and drive increased business performance in a disrupted digital economy.