Join the HIMSS Middle East Community for an exclusive executive interview with Eng. Rayed Saad Altukhais, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of one of Saudi Arabia's leading health clusters, overseeing digital transformation across 1 medical city, 18 hospitals and 160 primary healthcare centres. In this conversation, he shares the leadership journey behind one of the Kingdom's first multi-hospital healthcare data lake initiatives and its role in advancing Saudi Vision 2030.

Rather than focusing solely on technology, this interview explores how strong governance, executive leadership, and organizational alignment laid the foundation for trusted, enterprise-wide data integration. Learn how strategic decisions around data ownership, quality, management, security, and interoperability enabled the organization to build a scalable data ecosystem that supports informed decision-making across the cluster.

Discover how the initiative evolved from a technology implementation into a strategic transformation—improving operational performance, strengthening clinical insights, and enabling a culture of data-driven leadership.

The discussion also examines the governance challenges of integrating data across multiple hospitals, the importance of cyber resilience and trusted analytics, and how robust governance is preparing the organization for the next generation of AI-enabled healthcare.

Whether you are a CIO, CMIO, digital health leader, healthcare executive, or data governance professional, this interview offers practical lessons, leadership insights, and real-world experience for organizations seeking to build trusted data foundations and accelerate digital transformation.

Watch now to discover how leadership, governance, and trusted data can transform healthcare at scale.