{"id":112625,"date":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:00:00","slug":"al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner"},"content":{"rendered":"

New<\/strong> chief for Al Futtaim Automotive: <\/strong>Al Futtaim tapped Jorge Navea (LinkedIn<\/a>) as the new president of its automotive division, effective immediately, according to a press release<\/a>. In his new role, Navea will lead the division\u2019s market expansion and portfolio investment.<\/p>\n

Formerly the CEO of global mobility firm Astara<\/strong>, Navea brings over 30 years of international experience across vehicle distribution, manufacturing, and mobility services, with an extensive portfolio in digital transformation in the automotive businesses.<\/p>\n

PwC <\/strong>Middle East appointed Khaled Bin Braik (<\/strong>LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>) as UAE sen<\/strong>ior partner<\/strong>, effective from 1 April, according to a press release<\/a>. Bin Braik, a PwC veteran with more than 15 years of consulting experience, has worked primarily across public sector strategy, capacity development, and organizational transformation. In his new role, he will lead PwC\u2019s UAE practice and engage with clients, policymakers, and stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khaled Bin Braik will be PwC\u2019s new UAE senior partner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","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":[1549],"tags":[115,7,33,2466],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-112625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-al-futtaim","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-moves","tag-pwc","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"4da4a58d-d154-4bfe-aa19-70b6ddab6a60","order":"10","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner","related_issue":[112608],"teaser":"Khaled Bin Braik will be PwC\u2019s new UAE senior partner"},"yoast_head":"\nAl Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner - UAE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Khaled Bin Braik will be PwC\u2019s new UAE senior partner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UAE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Al Futtaim\",\"EnterpriseAM UAE\",\"MOVES\",\"PwC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"MOVES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\",\"name\":\"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner - UAE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\",\"name\":\"UAE\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UAE\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg\",\"caption\":\"UAE\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner - UAE","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner","og_description":"Khaled Bin Braik will be PwC\u2019s new UAE senior partner","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/","og_site_name":"UAE","article_published_time":"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner","datePublished":"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/"},"wordCount":150,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["Al Futtaim","EnterpriseAM UAE","MOVES","PwC"],"articleSection":["MOVES"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/","name":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner - UAE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/al-futtam-taps-head-for-automotive-unit-pwc-appoints-uae-senior-partner\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Al Futtam taps head for automotive unit + PwC appoints UAE senior partner"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/","name":"UAE","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization","name":"UAE","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg","caption":"UAE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/2\/176.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112625\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/112608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112625"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=112625"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=112625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}