STRATEGY · GROWTH · DIGITAL MEDIA

Haitham Saad

هيثم سعد

CROMBA founder & digital transformation expert

I connect strategy, content and technology to help organisations and brands develop their digital presence and build clear paths to growth.

Digital transformationGrowth strategyMedia products
Haitham Saad speaking at a lecture
Haitham Saad delivering a lecture — photo from the Digital Media Master’s faculty profile.

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

From media experience
to organisational growth.

Haitham Saad is the founder and CEO of CROMBA, specialising in digital transformation, marketing and media product development. His experience spans team leadership, growth strategy and the digital development of media organisations and brands.

  • CROMBA

    Founder and CEO, bringing together strategy, marketing, digital presence and product development.

  • ArabicPost

    Led the digital division at ArabicPost, with experience in team leadership and developing digital media presence.

  • Al Jazeera

    Worked in digital marketing at the Al Jazeera Digital Newsroom and Al Jazeera O2.

Experience reference: Digital Media Master’s faculty profile.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

An academic foundation
for practical work.

  • Master’s

    Master’s in Business Administration and Digital Marketing

    Istanbul University · Türkiye

  • Diploma

    Digital Marketing Diploma

    Northwestern University · United States

WORK & INITIATIVES

Strategy put into practice.

01

CROMBA Digital

An agency combining strategy, creativity and technology, offering consulting, content, growth, websites and automation.

Explore CROMBA ↗
02

CROMBA Editorial

An experimental CROMBA product exploring the use of AI to support editorial and media workflows.

About the product ↗
03

Digital media education

Listed among the faculty of the Digital Media Master’s programme, specialising in digital transformation and growth strategy.

Published faculty bio ↗

DOCUMENTED MEDIA COMMENTARY

In the media.

Contributions on new media and digital platforms, with direct links to the original publishers.

Al Araby TV

Meta layoffs and their effect on platform services

Expert commentary on how Meta’s staffing changes could affect users, advertising and business services.

Read source ↗
Al Jazeera Net

Clubhouse and the rise of live audio communities

Commentary on Clubhouse and the use of live audio rooms for communication, training and marketing.

Read source ↗
Al Jazeera Net

Hashtags, trends and social media dynamics

Analysis as a new media researcher of trending hashtags and account behaviour on social platforms.

Read source ↗

CROMBA TEAM

Mahmoud Al Ali — CROMBA partner & media strategy expert ↗

Let’s talk about your next step.

For consulting, collaboration and training, contact the CROMBA team.

Cromba@cromba.digital ↗