Suresh Vaidhyanathan
Chief Executive Officer | Forbes Top 100 CEOs 2024 & 2023 | Certified Board Director | Board Advisor
The move
MoveGhassan Aboud Group → Abu Dhabi Food Hub
TitleChief Executive Officer
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE30.8
Total experience30.4 years
Career arc
- Board AdvisorOct 2025 — Present
id8 retail· United Arab Emirates
- Strategic Advisor - UAEAug 2025 — Present
Rainmaking· United Arab Emirates
- Senior Advisor - Middle East & IndiaJun 2025 — Present
Forward Fooding
- Business MentorMar 2025 — Present
Ignyte
- Chief Executive OfficerJun 2023 — May 2025
Abu Dhabi Food Hub· Full-time
- Chief Executive OfficerAug 2022 — May 2025
Ghassan Aboud Group· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Group Chief Operating OfficerApr 2022 — Jul 2022
Yas Holding· UAE· Full-time
- Group Chief Financial OfficerDec 2020 — Apr 2022
- Group Chief Financial OfficerJun 2017 — Nov 2020
- Group Chief Financial OfficerJan 2004 — Jun 2017
Platinum Group· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Group Financial ControllerOct 1995 — Dec 2003
UAE Private Family Group· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
Education
- The Wharton School· Distressed Asset Investing & Corporate RestructuringPresent
- INSEAD· Value Creation for Owners & Directors2014 — Present
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of ManagementBlockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and ApplicationPresent
- The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMergers & AcquisitionsPresent
- IMD Business SchoolLeading Digital Business Transformation · Digital TransformationPresent
- Institute of Cost Accountants of IndiaAICWAPresent
- Institute of Directors, DIFC DubaiAccredited Board DirectorPresent
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaChartered AccountantPresent