Tariq Al-Sheddi has been recently appointed head of the National Data Management Office. He is also the deputy for planning and development at the Presidency of State Security and is a member of the board of directors at both the Customs Authority and information security company Elm. He is also an adviser to many government sectors. Al-Sheddi holds a doctorate in computing and bioinformatics from George Mason University, US, a higher diploma in social network analysis from the same university, a master’s degree in management from King Saud University, a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the same institution and a bachelor’s degree in security sciences from King Fahd Security College. He served as general supervisor for the management of the National Information Center between 2018 and 2019 and as director general of the center between 2014 and 2017. Al-Sheddi was director of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences between 2013 and 2014, and adviser to the director general of Mabahith (the secret police service of the Presidency of State Security) between 2007 and 2013. He was also the director of the technical development project in security affairs at the Ministry of Interior between 1995 and 2001, head of the systems development department at King Fahd Security College in 1992, member of the General Authority for Statistics and adviser to the National Guard Hospital.