SaskROCKS Speakers
Hear from mining executives, investors, industry leaders and decision-makers with perspectives on Saskatchewan’s resource sector, capital markets and the opportunities ahead.
Featured Keynote Speakers
Murad Al-Katib
Murad Al-Katib, President, CEO and Board member of AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. An international agri-food, strategic business and financial thinker, Murad founded AGT Foods in 2001, building a Canadian start-up into a global billion-dollar value-added, plant-based protein company supplying pulses, staple foods and ingredients to customers around the globe.
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Murad has a varied experience in board roles including appointments to the Industry Strategy Council of the Government of Canada in 2020; Chair, Government of Canada National Agri-Food Strategy Roundtable; Chair of the SME Advisory Board for Canada’s Trade Minister; and Chair, Executive Committee, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Murad is currently serving on the Board of the Public Policy Forum of Canada, Plant Based Foods Association of Canada and is an Independent Director of Saudi Arabia Milling Company, the recently Saudi Stock Exchange listed flour mill of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Murad is also a graduate of the Rottman Institute of Corporate Directors ICD course.
Murad is a passionate advocate of sustainable agriculture, speaking extensively on the opportunities and challenges facing the sector in food security and food inflation. Murad is also passionate about entrepreneurs, championing compassionate entrepreneurism and working to expand female, youth and First Nations participation in business start-ups, advocating the role of entrepreneurs in driving social change and innovation in the new global economy.
Murad has been recognized with a number of awards including the 2024 Saskatchewan ABEX Hall of Fame, the 2024 the 2024 USask Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award, 2021 ABEX Business Leader of the Year, 2020 Globe and Mail “Innovator CEO of the Year”, the 2021 Canadian Western Agribition “CWA Top 50 in Canadian Agriculture”, the 2017 Saskatchewan Order of Merit, a University of Regina Honorary Degree, the 2017 “Oslo Business for Peace” Honouree, 2017 EY “World Entrepreneur of the Year”, 2016 UN Association of Canada “Global Citizen Laureate”, PROFITGuide Magazine’s “30 Most Fabulous Entrepreneurs of the Past 30 Years” list, Globe & Mail “Canada’s Top 40 under 40” and the Western Producer “44 Innovators Who Shaped Prairie Agriculture”.