Background
Prince Abdulaziz was born on 20 June 1963. His father is Saudi Arabia"s former minister of interior, Ahmed bin Abdulaziz.
Prince Abdulaziz was born on 20 June 1963. His father is Saudi Arabia"s former minister of interior, Ahmed bin Abdulaziz.
Abdulaziz bin Ahmed graduated from King Saud University in 1986 with a double major in political science and administration science.
Prince Abdulaziz is a leading humanitarian activist on the national, regional and international levels, with close links to the World Health Organization. He is also chairman of Eastern Mediterranean Region of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (Electronic Medical Record-IAPB), President of Saudi Ophthalmological Society (SOS), He is a member in the IAPB board of trustees. Abdulaziz bin Ahmed is a businessman.
He is the chairman of Atheeb Group, a diversified investment conglomerate with stakes in telecommunications, contracting, defense, ports, shipping and other industries.
He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Atheeb Trading Company. In addition, he is actively involved as a major partner in numerous leading Saudi private and joint venture business and industries.
Abdulaziz bin Ahmed received the Global Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) during its 7th General Assembly in Dubai in September 2004, the Shield of the joint 4th International Conference for the Arab Ophthalmology Association and the 1st Bahrain Ophthalmology Conference in recognition of his regional and global efforts endorsing the ‘VISION 2020:The Right to Sight’ global initiative. These efforts resulted in VISION 2020 adoption in all 22 countries of Electronic Medical Record region by September 2004. He also received the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid First Rate (at Lloyd's) Maktoum Award by the Emirates Ophthalmic Society in recognition of his dedicated work in the field of Prevention of Blindness in April 2005 and the Order of the TWO-NILES Medal by President of Sudan General Omar First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bashir in November 2005. In 2007, Prince Abdulaziz was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
He was board member of Disabled Children Association of Saudi Arabia. He is also global ambassador of the International Trachoma Initiative and a member of the International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation (ICOF).
