Acting President of King Saud University since June 23, 2025, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He has been a professor of clinical optics and dry eye at the College of Applied Medical Sciences at the same university since November 2019, and an advisor to the Human Capacity Development Program of Saudi Vision 2030 since October 2019.

He has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Saud University Investment Company since December 2020. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Wadi Al-Riyadh Company since July 2021, and a member of the British Society of Optometry and Contact Lenses, the American Society for Ophthalmological and Vision Research, the Eye and Lacrimal System Society, and the Saudi Society of Optometry and Vision Sciences.

He held several positions at King Saud University, including:

• Vice President for Planning and Development.
• Director of the initiative to transform the university into an independent, non-profit university within the framework of Vision 2030.
• Supervisor of the Vision Realization Office.
• Supervisor of the Corneal Research Chair.
• Associate Professor, Department of Optics, College of Applied Medical Sciences.
• Deputy Supervisor of the Vision Realization Office.
• Supervisor of the Department of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences.
• Vice Dean of the College of Applied Medical Sciences for Development and Quality.
• Secretary of the College of Applied Medical Sciences Council, Advisory Board, and Academic Accreditation Council of the same college.
• Assistant Professor at the College of Applied Medical Sciences.
• Head of Optics Department.

He also served as a supervisor for students in the ophthalmology clinic at King Khalid University Hospital and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, as a supervisor and coordinator for the internship and clinical training year in the same department, as an academic supervisor for students in the College of Optometry, and as a member of the admissions examination committee for students in health colleges and the final examination committee in the College of Applied Medical Sciences.

He worked as a lecturer at the College of Optometry and Vision Sciences at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, as an optometrist in the Ophthalmology Department at the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, and as a training supervisor for interns at the same hospital.

Won first place for best scientific research at the European Academy of Optics Conference in the Czech Republic in 2011.

He holds a PhD in Lacrimal System and Dry Eye Diseases from Cardiff University in 2010, an Executive MBA from the London School of Business and Finance, an Executive Master in Investment Management Strategy from the London Business School, a Bachelor of Optometry and Vision Sciences from King Saud University in 2001, and a Fellowship from the British Contact Lens Society in 2014, the European Academy of Optometry in 2015, and the American Academy of Optometry in 2015. He also completed the Academic Leadership Program from the University of British Columbia in Canada, and the Education and Assessment Program from the Association for Educational Development in the United Kingdom.