About ARRAY

The national AI champion isn't
just a label. It's a responsibility.

ARRAY exists because the GCC's best AI work shouldn't have to ship from someone else's headquarters. We built the company so Bahraini engineers, scientists and operators can do frontier work here at world-class standards, and stay.

Vision

Advance the world through ingenuity and make a lasting positive impact on society.

Mission

Have the best people, solutions and practices, and be the preferred global technology partner to our clients.

ARRAY Innovation and Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company partnership
Our investor

Backed by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company.

Our investor, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, holds ARRAY to the highest standard of corporate governance, giving clients the comfort that we can deliver on our promises.

Local impact

Great people, build great products.

Our first priority is to ensure we employ the absolute best talent. We do this through an objective & rigorous recruiting and talent development process.

1,000+
Opportunities and careers supported in Bahrain
Across the Bahraini tech ecosystem we partner with and contract through.
500+
Trained & certified
Through in-house academies, bootcamps, and Tamkeen-backed upskilling tracks.
140+
Internships offered
Deep, close working relationships with universities across Bahrain: internships for talented students and joint research, in line with our commitment to talent development.
Frontier AI, built here
Engineers and scientists work hands-on with the latest LLMs, shipping cutting-edge solutions from Bahrain to the world.
Ecosystem

Partners & certifications.

Accredited delivery across Tier-1 banks and enterprises, and independently audited security on every engagement.

Implementation partners

Years of accredited delivery across Tier-1 banks and enterprises.

Google Cloud ServicesPARTNER
ML, Vertex AI, data warehousing & agent platform.
Backbase CERTIFIED
Engagement banking: retail, corporate, institutional.
OutSystems PARTNER
Low-code application delivery at enterprise scale.
Odoo PARTNER
ERP, finance and operations automation.
Specializing in retail, corporate, institutional and core banking transformations across the GCC.

Certifications

Independently audited, continuously verified.

ISO
ISO 27001
Information security management
L3
CMMI Level 3
Capability maturity model
L5 IN PROGRESS
G
Google Cloud
ML Engineer · Data Engineer · Architect
AWS
AWS
Developer · Machine Learning · Solutions Architect · Cloud Practitioner
ORA
Oracle
Professional
IBM
IBM
watsonx · Data Engineer · AI Engineer · Data Science
PBI
Power BI
Data Analyst
AZ
Microsoft Azure
Administrator · Developer
PMI
PMI
Project Management Professional (PMP)
ITL
ITIL
Foundation
BB
Backbase
TBC
MDX
Mendix
Developer
META
Meta
Developer
OS
OutSystems
Developer
ISA
ISACA
Associate · COBIT 5

Leadership

Built by people who
have run the systems.

ARRAY's leadership carries decades from CitiFX, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas. That's front-office trading, quant, cloud and enterprise delivery, brought back home to Bahrain to build something of their own.

Alaa Saeed
Alaa Saeed
CEO & Founder

Built CitiFX's global electronic platforms over 16 years as a Citi Managing Director in London. Bahrain Crown Prince Scholarship alumni; BSc Philosophy & Economics, LSE.

CitiLSE
Rajesh Kolapakkam
Rajesh Kolapakkam
Chief Technology Officer

20+ years in software architecture across electronic trading and booking systems. Former CTO of MaxxTrader; led Citi's FX eCommerce tech in APAC and Credit Suisse markets tech.

CitiCredit Suisse
Jasser El Mohor
Jasser El Mohor
Chief Operating Officer

25+ years in global IT operations for financial services. Former Director of Digital Workplace Software Services at Citi. MSc in Industrial Engineering.

CitiOperations
Hussain Merza
Hussain Merza
Chief Financial Officer

22+ years in banking, finance and audit. Former CFO of Mumtalakat portfolio company Danat; began his career at Ernst & Young in corporate governance and assurance.

MumtalakatEY
Hussain Almusaad
Hussain Almusaad
Head of Quantitative Development

20 years of global financial-markets engineering. Ex-BlackRock Systematic Equities and Goldman Sachs technology. MSc, Imperial College London; BSc, University of Cambridge.

BlackRockGoldman Sachs
Sayed Ali Al Moosawi
Sayed Ali Al Moosawi
Head of Client Solutions

15+ years of banking-technology expertise and a proven entrepreneur, leading the growth of ARRAY's client solutions business across the GCC.

Banking techGCC
Nacira Ferdjoukh
Nacira Ferdjoukh
Head of Human Resources

20+ years in HR across Europe and the Middle East. Former Citi country HR Head for Bahrain & Qatar; MSc in Occupational Psychology and a champion of cognitive diversity.

CitiPeople
Arwa Al Sherooqi
Arwa Al Sherooqi
Senior Legal Counsel

Leads Legal, Compliance and Board Secretary functions. Sorbonne law graduate, ex-BNP Paribas, and an admitted commercial arbitrator with regional and global experience.

BNP ParibasSorbonne

Culture & Careers

Life at ARRAY.

Straight from our LinkedIn and Instagram: the launches, the lab, the team and the moments in between. Follow along as we build.