Yousef Hussein
Chief Commercial Officer
Jameel Motors
Yousef Hussein serves as Chief Commercial Officer, Mobility, Abdul Latif Jameel, a collective of independent international, family-owned and diversified businesses, founded in 1945 by the late Abdul Latif Jameel, under our global mobility brand Jameel Motors
Yousef Oversees the commercial development of Abdul Latif Jameel’s Mobility Sector businesses, responsible for driving cross business-unit synergies, sales and business performance, customer satisfaction delivery and growth. This includes fostering robust relationships with OEM partners.
Yousef joined Abdul Latif Jameel in 2008, as a management trainee in Abdul Latif Jameel Motors Saudi Arabia, Aftersales. Following his rotation, he was nominated for Intra-company Transfer Scheme embedded at Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan. Since then, he has held a number of leadership positions across Abdul Latif Jameel’s Mobility businesses including strategic liaison with the OEM and leading the Lexus brand and Distribution in Saudi Arabia and then globally, for Abdul Latif Jameel.
Yousef holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, an Executive MBA from Tsinghua University, China, as well as bachelor’s degree in business administration from the American University of Sharjah, UAE. He speaks Arabic, English and Japanese.
Jameel Motors is the global mobility sector brand of Abdul Latif Jameel, building on an automotive heritage that stretches back to 1955. Jameel Motors is a leading international independent automotive distributor, representing a number of prominent global automotive brands, and is one of the world’s leading independent Toyota distributors in key markets across Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe.
Present in 8 markets, Jameel Motors offers full OEM brand representation, including import, distribution and wholesale, retail, marketing and sales of vehicles and parts, servicing, repair and personalization solutions, and component manufacturing. Its passenger vehicle distribution portfolio includes Toyota, Lexus, Ford, MG Motor, GAC and BYD, together with HINO Trucks and Ford Trucks in Egypt. Retail only operations further include Peugeot, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors brand partners.
Abdul Latif Jameel is a global investor and diversified, private family-owned network of businesses which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2020. It is comprised of a number of distinct and independent entities across major industry sectors driving the future of the global economy including Mobility; Financial Services; Energy and Environmental Services, and Health, with a number of other diversified interests including land and real estate development: consumer products professional services and advertising and media. Strong trusted networks and long-established relationships make Abdul Latif Jameel a powerful business and investment collaborator across the world. It currently has a presence in more than 35 countries on six continents and employs more than 11,000 people of over 65 nationalities.