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The <\/strong>Saudi R<\/a><\/strong>ed Sea Authority<\/a><\/strong> (SRSA) appointed Fahad Toonsi <\/strong>(LinkedIn<\/a>) as chairman<\/strong>, succeeding Tourism Minister Ahmed Al Khateeb, who had held the position since the formation of the authority in late 2021, state news agency SPA<\/a> reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n

More about the new chairman:<\/strong> Toonsi, who has been an advisor at the Royal Court since January 2015, has over 15 years of experience in management, including his role as acting general manager at the Strategic Management Office of the government\u2019s Council of Economic and Development Affairs. Toonsi also served as secretary general of the SRSA, where he oversaw tourism development on the Kingdom\u2019s west coast, including the Red Sea Project, along with other giga-projects by the PIF, including Neom, Qiddiya, and Amaala.<\/p>\n

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Toonsi\u2019s appointment succeeds Tourism Minister Ahmed Al Khateeb, who had held the role since 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2577],"tags":[10,42,3095],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-99803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-moves","tag-saudi-red-sea-authoritys-srsa","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"475e87aa-98d8-489e-930b-823f35902d94","order":"7","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/8\/1151.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Fahad Toonsi appointed as Red Sea Authority chairman following royal approval","related_issue":[99792],"teaser":"Toonsi\u2019s appointment succeeds Tourism Minister Ahmed Al Khateeb, who had held the role since 2021","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/8\/.4f143316-bf9d-4f1a-9c53-403ca9c75a9d.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nRoyal Court Advisor Fahad Toonsi appointed as Red Sea Authority chairman - 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