Saudi based-Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) was founded as a joint stock company in 2005. The firm provides a comprehensive range of construction and building materials and is responsible for providing 80 percent of all construction materials to the Saudi market.

Saudi-born Dr Faysal Alaquil earned a bachelor’s degree in Business in San Francisco before returning home to Riyadh to begin a succession of management and senior positions in a diverse range of industries.

In 2001, he served as executive manager for the investment firm the Jeddah Holding Company for Development (JHCD), the same year he began studying for his PhD in business management.