The first round of The World CIO 200 Summit 2019 kicked off at the Movenpick Hotel Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on 11th September amidst a full house of CIOs and CISOs from various verticals in the country. Held under the Patronage of the Ministry of Communication and Information technology, the event was inaugurated by Mr. Mohammed Al Amoudi from MCIT who later gave the keynote speech.
Over 150 delegates witnessed some excellent presentations from the end users and solution providers. The prominent speakers were – Mr. Mohammed Mahnashi, ICT Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tahani Al Dosemani, Director, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Brett Samuel, Head of Technology, Veritas Middle East, Eng Ahmed Hassan, Support and Services Director and Pascal Mattas, Sales Manager from STME.
The Winners of the World CIO 200 Summit – Saudi Arabia were –
| Name | Company | Category |
| Shadi Ali Almosajen | Amlak International for Real Estate Finance Co. | Leader |
| Rajesh Chandramohan | Tamimi Markets | Master |
| Khaled Yusuf | Autoworld | Leader |
| Jaffer sadiq | Movenpick Hotel – Riyadh | Next-Gen |
| Roc Arquiza Escosio | Al Faisaliah Hotel | Leader |
| Muhammad Siddiqui | International Medical Center | Next-Gen |
| Sulaiman AlKharashi | Tatweer Buildings Company | Legend |
| Abdullah Alomari | Etihad Etisalat Co. – Mobily | Legend |
| Qasim Nadeem | ABANA Enterprises Group Co. | Next-Gen |
| Abdulgader Alharthi | Saudi Ground Services | Legend |
| Yazeed AlMarshoud | Saudi Ceramics | Leader |
| Hamdi Al-Jadani | GIC | Leader |
| Waleed Almutairy | Ministry of Justice | Next-Gen |
| Mohammad Hamza Sheikh | National Factory for Can Ends Limited | Next-Gen |
| Syed Fakruddin Albeez | Dar Al Arkan | Legend |
| Osama Merghani | IHG | Leader |
| Sajid Riaz | Balsharaf Group | Master |
| Mohammed Mahnashi | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Legend |
| Abdulaziz A. Aloraij | Ministry of Communication & Information Technology | Legend |
| Meshal Alfouwais | Saudi Electricity Company | Legend |
| Mohammed Al Nuem | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Legend |
| Abdul Aziz Al Jobiri | Ministry of Education | Legend |
| Khaled A Alnuaimi | Ministry of Interior | Legend |
| Dr. Tahani Al Dosemani | Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University | Legend |
The event was co-hosted with GEC Security Symposium and CISO Awards 2019 which explored the true meaning of what end to end security means in a digital enterprise. Mr. Shaker Al Anazi, Cyber Security Senior Manager, Zain KSA shared an excellent presentation on the topic – ‘Towards effective cybersecurity measurement.’
The top CISOs of the country were felicitated with the Cyber Sentinels CISO Awards. The award winners were –
| Name | Company |
| Shaker ALanazi | Zain KSA |
| Muhammad Saleem | Ministry of Health |
| Mohammed Alshamrani | Bidaya Home Finance |
| Amin Mohammed Siddiqui | Public Investment Fund |
| Abdullah Alomari | Etihad Etisalat Co. – Mobily |
| Saghir Ahmad Khan | Al Rajhi Bank |
| Aneesh Salimkumar | STC Solutions |
| Vivek Silla | Public Investment Fund |
| Abdelmajed Ahmed Saeed Fadol | Al Hammadi Development & Investment |
| Kais Barakat | Saudi Aramco |
| Cyber Sentinels Security Awards 2019 – Top VAD | Screencheck Middle East |
| Cyber Sentinels Security Awards 2019 – Top VAD – Cloud Services | Al Jammaz Distribution |
| Cyber Sentinels Security Awards 2019 – Top SI – Security Services | STME |
