Eng. Essam M. Alammari

Deputy for Maritime Transport at Transport General Authority

Speaker

Essam was born in 1982 in Riyadh, Essam studied in Riyadh Schools (and graduated with a high GPA of 95/100, which made him one of the top candidates for the Ministry of Defense Elite Scholarship to French Naval Academy.Essam is holding a Navy Master of Science degree and a bachelor'sdegree in Naval Engineering and Naval Science from the French Naval Academy, and he is awarded with French national defense medal. He has18 Years in service in the Royal Saudi Naval Forces in various geographical locations in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, with a diversified experience in several aspects in the Royal Saudi Naval Forces.Essam started his career path as an Information Officer in the West Fleet,the most vital and strategic fleet in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, handling the operations and communications activities. Within 3 years, he became the Head of the Information Department, later in the same fleet he joined the operations team collaborating and partnering with different multinational forces on board of the ships.In 2013, Essam started exploring and seeking for a multinationalexperience where he can interact with a multicultural environment that will provide him with different insights and exposure. This meets the Kingdom’s new ambitious vision (2030) in bringing the military and the defense system into the global level. Hence, Essam was appointed as a Naval Liaison Officer in Djibouti for a year before getting promoted to become the Military Attaché in The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Djibouti, building up the strategies for the Navy in the area (East Africa and Horn of Africa). During his appointment, Essam established the foundation of the Saudi Military Attaché office in Djibouti and strengthened the diplomatic and the military relations and has actively participated in Djibouti Code-of-Conduct. As an awarding of his service in the Attaché, Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh has decorated him the medal of National Merit for Djibouti Republic of (27 June) as an appreciated of his great service in Djibouti.Upon his accomplishment, the head of Arabian Coalition chose him to be the representative of Coalition Forces as a board committee member in the United Nations Verification Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) for one year. Later, he became the Head of Maritime Security department (Navy HQ) during the critical time of the regional challenges.In January 1st, 2019, the Royal Decree has issued to appoint Essam as the first permanent representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), building, dealing and negotiating the future of the shipping in the world. 4 years after servingthe kingdom and its ambitious 2030 vision and its National Transport and Logistics Strategy (NTLS) and the maritime transport for the kingdom, Essam now is serving as and advisor for the vice president of the transport general authority.