Company

Built in Bahrain.
Building Bahrain.

We don't just operate from the kingdom — we invest in it. Array's first product is the people we train, employ and send to the world's top conferences. Every contract we win funds a Bahraini engineer's first paper, first patent, or first promotion.

300+
Direct hires
2024
Founded in Manama
L3→L5
CMMI maturity
About Arrayy

The national AI champion isn't
just a label — it's a responsibility.

Array exists because the GCC's best AI work shouldn't have to ship from someone else's headquarters. We built the company so Bahraini engineers, scientists and operators can do frontier work — here — at world-class standards, and stay.

Vision

Advance the world through ingenuity and make a lasting positive impact on society.

Mission

Have the best people, solutions and practices — and be the preferred global technology partner to our clients.

Array Innovation and Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company partnership
Our investor

Backed by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company.

Our investor — the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain — holds Array to the highest standard of corporate governance, giving clients the comfort that we can deliver on our promises.

Local impact

Our first product is the people we train.

Every contract we win funds a Bahraini engineer's first paper, patent or promotion. Here's the footprint so far.

300+
Direct hires
Engineers, scientists and operators on Array payroll, the majority Bahraini.
500+
Trained & certified
Through our academies, bootcamps and Tamkeen-backed upskilling tracks.
1,000+
Indirect jobs enabled
Across the Bahraini tech ecosystem we partner with and contract through.
12+
Universities partnered
Research collaborations, sponsored theses, and visiting-faculty exchanges worldwide.
Ecosystem

Partners & certifications.

Accredited delivery across Tier-1 banks and enterprises, and independently audited security on every engagement.

Implementation partners

Years of accredited delivery across Tier-1 banks and enterprises.

Google Cloud PARTNER
ML, Vertex AI, data warehousing & agent platform.
Backbase CERTIFIED
Engagement banking — retail, corporate, institutional.
OutSystems PARTNER
Low-code application delivery at enterprise scale.
Odoo PARTNER
ERP, finance and operations automation.
Specializing in retail, corporate, institutional and core banking transformations across the GCC.

Certifications

Independently audited, continuously verified.

ISO
ISO 27001
Information security management
L3
CMMI Level 3 L5 IN PROGRESS
Capability maturity model
G
Google Cloud
ML Engineer · Data Engineer · Architect
AWS
AWS
Solutions Architect · ML Specialty · DevOps
ORA
Oracle
DB · Cloud Infrastructure · AI Foundations
IBM
IBM
watsonx · Data Engineer · AI Engineer

Leadership

Built by people who
have run the systems.

Array's leadership carries decades from CitiFX, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas — front-office trading, quant, cloud and enterprise delivery — back home to Bahrain to build something of their own.

AS
Alaa Saeed
CEO & Founder

Built CitiFX's global electronic platforms over 16 years as a Citi Managing Director in London. Bahrain Crown Prince Scholarship alumni; BSc Philosophy & Economics, LSE.

CitiLSE
RK
Rajesh Kolapakkam
Chief Technology Officer

20+ years in software architecture across electronic trading and booking systems. Former CTO of MaxxTrader; led Citi's FX eCommerce tech in APAC and Credit Suisse markets tech.

CitiCredit Suisse
JE
Jasser El Mohor
Chief Operating Officer

25+ years in global IT operations for financial services. Former Director of Digital Workplace Software Services at Citi. MSc in Industrial Engineering.

CitiOperations
HM
Hussain Merza
Chief Financial Officer

22+ years in banking, finance and audit. Former CFO of Mumtalakat portfolio company Danat; began his career at Ernst & Young in corporate governance and assurance.

MumtalakatEY
HA
Hussain Almusaad
Head of Quantitative Development

18 years of global financial-markets engineering. Ex-BlackRock Systematic Equities and Goldman Sachs technology. MSc, Imperial College London; BSc, University of Cambridge.

BlackRockGoldman Sachs
SA
Sayed Ali Al Moosawi
Head of Client Solutions

15+ years of banking-technology expertise and a proven entrepreneur, leading the growth of Array's client solutions business across the GCC.

Banking techGCC
NF
Nacira Ferdjoukh
Head of Human Resources

20+ years in HR across Europe and the Middle East. Former Citi country HR Head for Bahrain & Qatar; MSc in Occupational Psychology and a champion of cognitive diversity.

CitiPeople
AA
Arwa Al Sherooqi
Senior Legal Counsel

Leads Legal, Compliance and Board Secretary functions. Sorbonne law graduate, ex-BNP Paribas, and an admitted commercial arbitrator with regional and global experience.

BNP ParibasSorbonne
· Assembled in Bahrain. Deployed across the GCC.

Bring us your
hardest data problem.

A 30-minute call with a strategist from the quant desk, the AI lab, or our banking practice — whichever fits. No slideware. We come with a hypothesis.