Khalifa Hamad Al Mannai

Director of Marketing & Communication

• This exceptional Qatari is backed with his two and half decades of experience within various professional sectors in Qatar, spanning from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to currently being the Director of Marketing and Communications to the most innovative IT organization currently spearheading the digital transformation of the entire country, Qatar – malomatia. 
• A strong-willed personality and an innate leadership trait have always been Mr. Khalifa’s favored attributes. He takes pride in extracting the best from his team and ensures that the Marketing and Communication Division within malomatia always produces results that exceeds expectations. As a Director of Marketing and Communications, his goals include to utilize his extensive knowledge of the local market and business conduct techniques in Corporate Communication and stakeholders’ relationships.
• Al-Mannai has been recognized by Qatar Foundation, for his extraordinary commitment and contribution to the Academic Bridge Program – an academic venture foundation program that aims to equip secondary school graduates with the skills to succeed in degree programs at English-language world-class universities. He has gained certifications from UNTOW for Building Workshop on Tourism Marketing Planning, IAPCO for Regional Seminar on Professional Congress Organization and EUROMA TECH for Communicator, Negotiation & Presentation Skills to name a few.
• Al-Mannai’s passion for Marketing and Communication can be traced back to his time at the Qatar MICE Development Institute where he was one of the pioneers and founding staff of the Organization in 2008. He represented QMDI on several occasions both locally and internationally and was also the acting CEO on various occasions attending Board of Directors meetings and discussions.
• He was also the first Qatari to set up malomatia’s first detailed Marketing and Communication strategy and plan, which is still the foundation of the malomatia’s comms strategy today and is modified every year accordingly to the company’s yearly plan.
• As a true blue strongly patriotic Qatari, he is adept in matters related to the Qatari Culture & Heritage and is very passionate about the geopolitical issues of the world particularly about Qatar.
• Al-Mannai allocates his free time to matters pertaining to improving and sustaining the environment. He played important and strategic roles during the Doha Climate Change Conference held in Doha in 2012 as well as the Doha Carbon and Energy Forum.
• After having received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree majoring in Marketing and International Business from the reputed AASTMT (Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime University) in Egypt, Mr. Khalifa also attained a Business Administration degree from the renowned Cambridge International College in U.K. Mr. Khalifa pursued his higher studies and received his Executive MBA degree from the University of Plymouth, U.K. Khalifa has attained various Degrees and certifications from various institutes over the world including U.S.A, U.A.E and KSA.
• It is well worth noting that Al-Mannai has successfully completed the Arab Diplomats Training Program from UNITAR, New York and is a certified protocol professional from GETRAC-Doha.