Obaida Ahmad Alladan is an economic and financial journalist with 16 years of experience covering business strategies and macro-economy, with a special focus on the banking sector and central banks policies in GCC.
He is currently a Senior Producer in the business desk at Al Arabiya and previously worked as the Business Editor/Head of Business Department for Alrai newspaper, the leading daily in Kuwait, and as a pundit for several TV channels in the region.
Obaida has covered numerous stories on competitiveness and human development including the public management of health and education sectors, and the future of jobs in the era of artificial intelligence. He has an MBA from Maastricht School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Lebanese University.