Abdullah Alabdrabalreda

Abdullah Alabdrabalreda is the Director of Innovation and Corporate Venture Building at stc Group, where he founded and leads colab, the group’s venture-building unit. He drives venture-building initiatives that turn stc’s assets and market position into new high-growth businesses, overseeing the full funnel from domain exploration through to go-to-market. His career spans investment and strategy at a leading industrial company, management consulting at a top-tier global firm with a focus on investment, strategy, and organizational design, co-founding a digital marketing startup, and advisory work at the government level. He brings particular depth in corporate venturing, venture strategy, financial structuring, and the intersection of artificial intelligence and venture building. Abdullah holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin