About
Anas Khatab
Group Corporate and Business Development Head, AMD Holding
Based in the UAE, working across Egypt and the GCC
- Bachelor of Pharmacy, Alexandria University
- MBA, University of Northampton
- Licensed pharmacist in Egypt
- Arabic and English
- Since 2009
- in healthcare, education and group leadership
- 60%+
- above annual territory target, Johnson & Johnson LifeScan, Saudi Arabia
- 25+
- countries covered by my university partnerships
- 100+
- institutional partners in the Univortal network
- 2,000+
- people across AMD Holding's seven entities
About
Anas Khatab
Group Corporate and Business Development Head, AMD Holding
Most commercial outcomes in this region are decided by procedure, not by price.
I work at group level. My job is to decide where a diversified group should build, buy, partner or step back, and then to make the commercial side of that decision work.
I started behind a pharmacy counter in Egypt in 2009, dispensing while I completed my pharmacy degree. The counter taught me what patients actually ask, and how little of it reaches the people who plan the market.
From 2013 to 2018 I worked in medical devices across Saudi Arabia, where I grew up, with Johnson & Johnson LifeScan, Banaja Holdings and Bausch + Lomb. I exceeded my annual territory target by more than 60 percent and won Ministry of Health tenders, including King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital. That is where I learned that most commercial outcomes in this region are decided by procedure, not by price.
In 2019 I moved from selling to building. As chief executive of Bright Future Education Consultancy and then Univortal, I built education businesses whose university partnerships now span more than 25 countries.
Since 2026 I have been Group Corporate and Business Development Head at AMD Holding, based in the UAE and working across Egypt and the GCC. I lead corporate development across seven entities and more than 2,000 people, reporting to the Founder and CEO.
Pharmacy, the market, education and the group: each taught me something the others could not see. Field Notes is where I write those lessons down.
Most commercial outcomes in this region are decided by procedure, not by price.
In the field
Education fairs and university partnerships, 2021 to 2022.
EduGate 2021Bright Future Education, Egypt 
Education Zone 2022Univortal and Bright Future, Egypt 
Education Zone 2022Univortal and Bright Future, Egypt
Five vantage points
Egypt, 2009 to 2013
The counter
Community pharmacist while completing a Bachelor of Pharmacy, dispensing and counselling patients every day.
Saudi Arabia, 2013 to 2018
The market
Territory Manager for Johnson & Johnson LifeScan, then Product Specialist at Banaja Holdings and Bausch + Lomb. Ministry of Health tender wins, including King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital.
Egypt and the GCC, 2019 to 2022
The consultancy
Chief Executive Officer of Bright Future Education Consultancy, a student recruitment and advisory business. Scaled to more than 170 student enrolments and more than 40 international university partnerships, and grew revenue every year.
UAE, since 2022
The platform
Chief Executive Officer of Univortal, an EdTech platform connecting students, schools, counsellors and universities across MENA and the GCC, with a network of more than 100 institutional partners across the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, Malaysia and the UAE.
UAE, since 2026
The group
Group Corporate and Business Development Head at AMD Holding, a diversified group of more than 2,000 people across seven entities in Egypt and the UAE. I lead group corporate development and commercial strategy, operating model design and restructuring, governance and performance frameworks, and government and enterprise tenders, reporting to the Founder and CEO.
How I work
Price the risk before the opportunity.
A contract that transfers risk is a statement about operating capability, so I want that number written before the bid, not discovered after the signature.
Operations signs the number.
Commercial and operations meet at the start of a deal, not for the first time at the signature.
Centralise what is identical, federate what is competitive.
Shared services earn their place only where entities do the same work the same way.
Read regulation as a procurement document.
Most market moves in this region arrive as a rule, not a trend, and I read each one for who now buys what.
No figure without a source.
If a number cannot be traced and dated, it does not go in front of a board, or on this site.
Anas Khatab in brief
Short answers to the questions people ask about me, written so they can be quoted as they stand.
Who is Anas Khatab?
Anas Khatab is Group Corporate and Business Development Head at AMD Holding, a diversified group of more than 2,000 people across seven entities in Egypt and the UAE. He is based in the UAE, works across Egypt and the GCC, and reports to the Founder and CEO, Ahmed El Dmnhoury.
What does Anas Khatab do at AMD Holding?
He leads group corporate development and commercial strategy, operating model design and restructuring, governance and performance frameworks, and government and enterprise tenders across the group's entities.
What is his background?
He is a pharmacist by training, with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Alexandria University and an MBA from the University of Northampton. From 2013 to 2018 he worked in medical devices in Saudi Arabia with Johnson & Johnson LifeScan, Banaja Holdings and Bausch + Lomb. From 2019 he led education businesses as chief executive of Bright Future Education Consultancy and then Univortal.
Where is Anas Khatab based?
He is based in the UAE. He grew up in Saudi Arabia, studied in Egypt, and works across Egypt and the GCC.
What does he write about?
He writes Field Notes: Regional Markets, a monthly LinkedIn newsletter on where Gulf and Egyptian markets are heading, covering healthcare, government contracting, outsourcing, facilities, retail, education and AI. His sourced articles are published under Insights on anaskhatab.com.
How can I contact Anas Khatab or invite him to speak?
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