00:00OK, Liz, let's just talk about you for a moment, because you came to Amcham, Saudi Arabia from Abu Dhabi, where I gather you spent a number of years.
00:09And I'm just wondering whether you can see any similarities, any parallels that you can draw, perhaps, between the economies of the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
00:17What a wonderful question. Certainly, this entire region, whether it's Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, have one thing in common,
00:26and that's long term vision and a lot of aspiration and energy and youth behind it.
00:33And so as in the UAE, Saudi Arabia has been systemically investing in its infrastructure, divesting itself just from the energy infrastructure,
00:45moving towards the AI technology, advanced manufacturing and other things they haven't even thought of, very similar to the UAE.
00:53So it's exciting to be a part of a region that continually is reinventing itself in reaction to the needs, not only of today,
01:05but on anticipation of what's going to come tomorrow.
01:08And Saudi Arabia is such a larger market than the UAE.
01:12It's going to have a lasting global impact, I believe, in a far shorter time than people recognize.
