RIYADH: Hatem Kameli is the founder and CEO of Resal, a Jeddah-based digital gifting service provider that caters to corporates, retailers and direct customers.
Kameli was awarded a bachelor’s degree in information technology from Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz University and an MBA in marketing from Al-Faisal University in Riyadh. He completed additional academic programs at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, MIT and Stanford University.
He worked as an IT specialist with Saudi British Bank and Saudia Airlines and as a digital marketing manager with Gulf International Bank, among other roles, before launching a succession of startups, including iCLICK, a digital consulting agency; Lucidya, AI-powered social media analytics and intelligence consultancy; and Resal in September 2016.
Resal describes itself as “a digital gift cards and rewards solution” with a mission “to simplify the gifting experience by providing a collection of gifts and eGift Cards that can be bought and sent from its online store.”
In addition to his role as Resal CEO, Kameli serves as a board member of Oqal, the Kingdom’s first angel investor network, and works as a mentor at the Qimam Fellowship Program, which “aims to identify, develop, and empower the most promising and distinguished university students in and from Saudi Arabia to achieve their full potential.”
He is also a startup consultant with SIRB Angel Investors network, which was established by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology “to finance and support entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia” via a network of angel investors.