Murad Al-Katib

Murad Al-Katib (born 1972) is a Canadian agricultural entrepreneur and the president and CEO of AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. Al-Katib has built a global vertically-integrated supply chain for pulses, making plant-based proteins an integral Saskatchewan export. Murad Al-Katib received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association in 2024

Murad Al-Katib attended Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan, earning his Bachelor of Commerce in 1994. Al-Katib has continued a pattern of research and expansion, eventually developing a vertically-integrated supply chain for pulses, and making plant-based proteins a major Saskatchewan export. As of 2017, Canada produced 65% of the world's lentils.

Community involvement Local Al-Katib has been the team president of the Regina Thunder Football Club. He supports community programs in mental health and amateur sports through the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation.

International Al-Katib has worked with international organizations such as the International Red Cross, the United Nations World Food Programme, and the Red Crescent Movement to provide nutritious food to people in conflict zones. 2017, EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017, Saskatchewan Order of Merit, Province of Saskatchewan 2017, Oslo Business for Peace Award 2019, Honorary diploma, Saskatchewan Polytechnic 2020, one of Canada's top five CEOs and Innovator of the Year, Globe and Mail, "Awarded to a CEO whose vision and guidance has been instrumental in the successful creation and commercialization of a truly disruptive product or service, and/or who has pioneered a groundbreaking way of doing business." 2024, Testimonial Dinner Award, Public Policy Forum 2024, Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association