About me
Omar Hijazi is a global business executive and digital strategist with extensive multinational corporate leadership experience, a track record of multiple transformation projects for top-tier Fortune 100 companies, and advanced technology expertise.
Dedicated to innovative excellence, he is an influential business partner with an established record of numerous first-mover successes. Regarded as a well-respected thought leader, he is a sought-after advisor to C-level executives, family conglomerates, government officials and associations.
Working across multiple business models, he leads high-performance teams to develop world-class brands, business lines, and product concepts creating the ideal conditions for profitable growth.
Mr. Hijazi has over 20 years of experience working in strategic technology as a business leader whose career highlights include:
Ground-breaking campaigns in emerging technologies of social media, crowdsourcing, ORM and digital marketing.
Launch of transformation initiative for the Government of Dubai in global humanitarian food relief and zero-waste supply chain.
Opening of new international markets and negotiating strategic joint ventures across 13+ countries.
Growing a business into the 8th largest global electronic sourcing company, transacting over 70k tenders valued at $4B.
Launch of the largest B2B e-commerce consortium, bringing together CEOs from over 50 of the world’s leading retailers.
Development of advanced, sensor-based simulation system for U.S. Army credited with training ready fighting force for desert storm.
Omar Hijazi is currently the Managing Partner at Digital Daya ('digital influence'), a strategic digital media consultancy designed to empower leaders to build public influence and execute high-impact branding and marketing programs.
Mr. Hijazi was the former CEO of the Dubai-based Tejari, a fast-growing e-commerce company with the largest hub of online trade for businesses in emerging markets across the world. Prior to joining Tejari, Mr. Hijazi was Senior Principal in A.T. Kearney’s strategic technology practice serving the Fortune 500.