Ahmad Alyafei is a Qatari journalist who was appointed executive director of channels in September 2025. Prior, he was the managing director of Al Jazeera Arabic Channel from 2018 to 2025, and served as deputy managing director of Al Jazeera 'Mubasher’ Channel, during which he also worked on the launch of the Al Jazeera ‘Mubasher Misr’ project in 2012.
Ahmad did his bachelor’s in mass communication from Qatar University in 2005, then obtained a master’s degree in executive management from the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom in 2017.
Ahmad led the digital transformation in news production to serve the core business areas of the channel. This was later developed into a digital newsroom that was able to leverage social media content in the news to target new audiences, who are younger and more interactive.
In 2021, inspired by the novel platform styles, Ahmad and his team transformed the newsroom studios with innovative news editorial and distribution mechanisms.