Aref occupies Executive positions at multinational corporations in Digital Transformation for over twenty years. He also holds a “Strategy Officer” position at the World Economic Forum, Member of Board of Directors at Technology & Innovation Startups, & Advisor\ Consultant for Universities & International Research Groups\ Expert Networks. Aref’s career at CCC Group included creating & implementing Third and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies in operations of turnover values exceeding $70 Billion. With last years’ focus being on providing vision, direction, and leadership to a large number of discrete Strategic Initiatives & projects that drive organization-wide transformational & digital change. Aref is CEO of “CCC Startup” company; a subsidiary of CCC Group that implements, in partnership with tech Startups, disruptive technologies. He, & his geographically diversified team in Europe, & Middle East delivered world record innovations in Renewables, 3D Printing, Wearables, IoT, Additive Manufacturing, AI, etc. Aref is a “Strategy Officer” at the “World Economic Forum” contributing for years to many studies & white papers. Work includes: World’s megatrends, Industry 4.0, Infrastructure 4.0, Globalization 4.0, Fourth Industrial Revolution, UN SDGs relevant initiatives, etc. At United Nations GlobalABC, Aref contributes to studies related to Net Zero Carbon Transition, Efficient & Resilient Buildings\ Construction Sector. Aref is a consultation group member at OECD Blue Dot Network, an initiative that puts ESG at the heart of infrastructure development. Aref is an advisor and board member to various startups that digitally transform legacy industries. He excels at mentoring seed-stage startups to achieve product-market fit, sell to C-level and executive decision-makers, and become international revenue-generating businesses. All the startups he has partnered with have successfully raised Series A & B rounds from world-renowned investors. Recognized commentator and speaker at events organized by the UN, EU Arab Summit, BuiltWorlds Summit, The Big 5, The Solar Show, Construction Tech. Forum, etc. Opinion cited in Reuters, Business Green, Yahoo Finance, Forbes Middle East, MEED, MTV, Euro2Day, BusinessNews, Business Insider, Markets Insider, etc. Aref has a proven track record as an executive with a business vision, hard-core technical skills & the ability to grow/motivate/bring people together. A career of building businesses through innovation & technology.
