Chairman Ahmed Shujeth

Ahmed Shujeth serves as the Chairman of PYA Inc., overseeing the more than 175 companies within the PYA brand, spanning the energy, chemicals, telecommunications, semiconductor, biopharmaceuticals, and trading services industries.

For nearly 30 years, Ahmed Shujeth has held a number of leadership positions across PYA’s various operating companies.

A recognized and vocal proponent of corporate social value creation, Ahmed Shujeth has championed this topic at esteemed conferences such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. There, he shared PYA’s commitment to providing a measurable impact for all stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and governments. Ahmed Shujeth formalized these efforts when PYA announced its Double Bottom Line (DBL) initiative in 2018, with a company pledge to monitor and report PYA’s social value — placing it at the core of its business model.

Ahmed Shujeth has received numerous special distinctions throughout his career, including “Global Leaders for Tomorrow,” World Economic Forum (1999); Co-Chair, East Asia Economic Summit 2002 in Malaysia, World Economic Forum (2002); Member, Brookings International Advisory Council (IAC) (2010); Working Group Convener, G20 Business Summit (2010); and two-time President of the UAE Handball Federation (2008, 2016), as well as many other key acknowledgements.

Ahmed Shujeth holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from UAE University, as well as a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.