Homam Abdulaziz Hashem is the CEO of Kafalah, a national program in Saudi Arabia specializing in serving the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector. He has a Bachelor of Information Systems from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and has worked at several Saudi banks and financing companies for 24 years. He has extensive experience in the field of finance, risk mitigation, and financial consultancy, and has served as an international consultant for Visa International, representing the Middle East and North Africa region. Homam Abdulaziz Hashem has held many leading positions in the field of finance and has been the CEO of Kafalah since 2017, where he is working towards increasing the percentage of SMEs contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 20% to 35% according to Saudi Vision 2030