Djamel Mohand
Honours
In their own words
“Data is the foundation of the present and future digital economy”
The story
Djamel Mohand took preparatory classes at Lycée Lavoisier in Paris, then studied management at EDHEC Business School and international business at Maastricht University, finishing both in 2014. His career has taken in Reckitt Benckiser, Publicis Groupe, Bel and Amazon. At Jeeny he held roles from fulfilment manager to chief operating officer for Saudi Arabia, and he was also COO Saudi Arabia at Rocket Internet and managing director at Kitopi. From February 2021 to January 2025 he was COO of Foodics. In February 2025 he wrote that Foodics served more than 30,000 restaurants in over 25 countries, and that more than 2,000 people had been part of his teams there. Governata, the Riyadh startup he co-founded, launched in July 2025 with a platform to help local organisations meet Saudi data regulations while using AI for decisions. MENAbytes described it as Saudi-made, Arabic-language software aligned with Saudi Data & AI Authority requirements, covering data classification, quality and access management.
