Jana Bader

General Manager
The Bench

Jana is a Saudi National, born and raised in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia; she holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations from the American University of Sharjah. She spent most of her professional career in Dubai working alongside creative teams in advertising agencies with a large spectrum of clients including retail, F&B, automotive, hospitality, and telecom. She then moved to the client side, joining Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts as the youngest Regional Marketing Manager responsible for the marketing strategies of 6 hotels in the region. After which she welcomed her first daughter and opened; Eventulize, her B2B events company where she connected professionals, created round table discussions, online panel discussions and consulting focusing on market entry level businesses entering the GCC. She then went into owning a retail business before moving to Riyadh in 2018. Jana is currently the General Manager of The Bench, in Saudi Arabia, organizing investment conferences in the hospitality sector. She is also the owner of Supreme Hospitality which is a consulting and trading company.