A Team of Experts
Jay New
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jay New joined Ports Development Company in April 2021 as a Chief Executive Officer. As PDC’s Chief Executive Officer, Jay is responsible for accelerating King Abdullah Port’s growth and strengthening its role as the leading regional logistics hub, and enhancing its contributions to the national economy, in line with the Vision 2030 objectives.
Mr. New is a seasoned professional with over 20 years’ of experience in the ports, shipping and logistics environment, having served in many leading positions at Director and “C” level with Hutchison Ports, Maersk Line, and Gulftainer. .
Captain Assem Ashary
Harbor Master
Captain Assem Ashary joined Ports Development Company in 2013, bringing with him 30 years of experience in shipping industry and ports marine operations. He is responsible for the provision of a safe high quality marine services to vessels visiting King Abdullah Port.
Prior Joining PDC, Captain Assem served as the Executive Director for Abdurrahman Atturki Company ATCO (the marine services provider in Jeddah Islamic Port), as a ship’s Captain then as a Marine Superintendent for Vela International Marine in Dubai – UAE, as a deck officer and then as a Port Captain for Bahri, and as a Sea Pilot for Jeddah Islamic Port.
Captain Assem holds an Over Seas Master Certificate.
Khaled Mengash
Chief Human Resources Officer
Mr. Khalid Ahmed Mengash joined Ports Development Company as Chief Human Resources Officer in 2023. He has 17 years of experience in human resources management, training, management development, and HR strategies.
Mr. Mengash is responsible for strategically supporting the ambitious growth of Ports Development Company, as well as attracting and retaining talent and implementing best practices for human resources management.
Maurice McKeating
Chief Commercial Officer
Maurice Mckeating joined Ports Development Company (PDC) as Chief Commercial Officer in 2022. He has over 25 years of international experience in Shipping, Logistics and Marine Services.
Maurice is responsible for the commercial strategy and the development of PDC.
Roeland van Beers
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Roeland van Beers joined Ports Development Company as Chief Financial Officer in December 2021.
Prior to King Abdullah Port Mr. Van Beers has held various financial leadership and business development roles for A.P. Moller-Maersk, a Danish container logistics company, in Rotterdam, The Hague, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia) and most recently the Port of Salalah (Oman). Prior to Maersk, Mr. Van Beers worked in commercial real estate development based in Italy, Germany and his native The Netherlands.
Imtiaz Hussain Shah
Chief Engineering Officer
Eng. Imtiaz Shah joined Ports Development Company in 2013 to lead the successful delivery of master planning and design of King Abdullah Port which is currently handling container and bulk cargos and shall handle RORO in future. He is currently Chief Engineering Officer for King Abdullah Port. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing the strategic integrated approach of maintaining, improving and adapting facilities and supporting infrastructure to create environments that strongly support King Abdullah Port’s primary business objectives.
Before joining PDC, Eng. Shah spent three years (April 2010 till April 2013) with Jazan Economic City for the delivery of major infrastructure projects in JEC. It was a USD 30 bn mega project and involved diversified projects like heavy industries, secondary industries, residential and commercial units, port, power plant etc.
Eng. Muhammad AlShehri
Chief Operations Officer
Eng. Muhammad AlShehri joined Ports Development Company in 2013 as the PMO where he led the project’s delivery. In 2017, he became responsible for the External Affairs where he successfully finalized the negotiations with the government agencies in the port.
In 2018, he joined PIF (Saudi Public Investment Fund) to work on Saudi Vision 2030 projects. He then moved on to NEOM, Saudi’s Vision biggest endeavor, as the Projects Manager where he worked on delivering the initial phases of the project. In 2019, he was rejoined Ports Development Company executive team where he is overseeing the operations at King Abdullah Port.