Ayman Shafik, MBA

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Saudi Arabia

About

Ayman is an institutional architecture and enterprise transformation leader operating at the intersection of governance design, operating model restructuring, and cross-border expansion. With over 19 years of experience across private sector corporations and multi-entity nonprofit ecosystems, he specializes in building scalable institutional infrastructure that enables sustainable growth. His early career spanned large international corporations across industrial and technology sectors, where he led workforce governance and HR transformation initiatives—including overseeing organizational development for Asfour Crystal International (35,000 employees across 25 countries). He later directed consulting initiatives at MILE, leading the Saudi National Human Resources Portal and contributing to the development of future HR leaders across the Kingdom. Today, as Director – Institutional Architecture & Global Partnerships, Ayman supports holding groups and cross-border organizations in strengthening governance matrices, authority frameworks, and performance systems to enable disciplined expansion. His work includes consolidating multi-country structures, enhancing financial oversight, and aligning institutional architecture with strategic growth mandates across Saudi Arabia, the UK, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Kyrgyzstan. He works closely with boards, executive committees, and senior leadership teams to transform structural complexity into scalable clarity—integrating governance discipline, performance architecture, and leadership capability development. His advisory portfolio includes government and foundation-backed initiatives exceeding SAR 80 million. Ayman’s expertise spans institutional restructuring, competency-based systems, executive coaching, leadership architecture, and organizational culture design—combining corporate rigor with long-term institutional resilience.

Experience

  • Aathar Holding Company (Jeddah · On-site)
    • Director, Organizational Development & Transformation
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      KSA-UK-INDONESIA-TANZANIA-KYRGYZSTAN Lead the institutional architecture and global partnerships agenda across the holding and its subsidiaries, focusing on governance design, operating model integration, and cross-border portfolio oversight. - Design and institutionalize holding-level corporate governance architecture, authority delegation systems, and performance frameworks connecting board strategy to operational execution. - Drive enterprise-wide transformation and scalability strategy across multi-entity and cross-border operations. - Act as shareholder representative for international subsidiary governance (UK), overseeing compliance, institutional risk, contracts, and strategic alignment. - Strengthen group-wide financial governance by restructuring operating models, consolidating duplicated functions, and reinforcing cost and revenue discipline. - Provide portfolio oversight across subsidiaries, reviewing financial performance, pricing strategies, and sustainability ratios to ensure long-term resilience. - Serve as executive representative in high-level institutional engagements, partnerships, and international expansion initiatives.

    • Chief Human Resources Officer
      May 2022 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Architected enterprise-wide strategic transformation to structurally reposition the holding for scalable expansion and multi-entity integration. - Redesigned corporate governance and decision-right architecture across holding and subsidiaries - Recalibrated multi-entity operating model to eliminate structural ambiguity and improve execution clarity - Institutionalized performance governance systems linking KPIs with financial sustainability - Built expansion-ready infrastructure (policies, SOPs, leadership calibration, succession architecture) - Established Organizational Excellence framework to embed compliance, accountability, and cross-entity alignment

    • Head of Consulting
      May 2019 - May 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Rakeen al Ataa (Subsidiary of Aathar Holding) Spearheaded enterprise-level institutional architecture and governance structuring mandates across Saudi Arabia, delivering high-quality consulting interventions that enabled scalable capacity building and strengthened execution frameworks. - Managed SAR 80M+ portfolio across government contracts and foundation-backed initiatives - Quadrupled housing NGO institutional capacity nationwide (7 → 30 within two years) - Designed governance models and operating systems for newly established nonprofit entities - Built and led national consulting team delivering executive-level advisory and institutional transformation programs - Delivered large-scale leadership development and capability-building initiatives across the sector

  • Learning & Development Consultant & Facilitator at PwC Middle East
    Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

    Supporting PwC Academy’s KSA capability-building agenda by facilitating management and people-development programs for organizations, leveraging PwC’s established training presence in Riyadh and Jeddah to drive applied learning and leadership effectiveness.

  • Head of Saudi HR Portal & Consultation at Madinah Institute for Leadership & Entrepreneurship (MILE) | معهد مدينة المعرفة للقيادة والريادة
    May 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs

    Spearheaded enterprise-level institutional architecture and governance structuring mandates across Saudi Arabia, delivering high-quality consulting interventions that enabled scalable capacity building and strengthened execution frameworks. - Directed multidisciplinary team overseeing portal operations, content strategy, and HR advisory services - Designed and delivered certified executive development programs aligned with international HR standards - Strengthened public–private institutional collaboration nationwide

  • Learning & Development Consultant and Organizational Coach at LOGIC Training & HR Development
    May 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Delivered cross-border human capital and performance architecture advisory engagements across Turkey, Malaysia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and UAE, supporting multinational transformation and capability-building initiatives. - Advised on HR strategy, performance systems, and ROI-driven organizational effectiveness frameworks - Designed and facilitated executive-level strategy and leadership alignment workshops for senior management teams - Led high-impact facilitation of capability transformation programs, translating strategic objectives into measurable performance outcomes - Contributed to large-scale restructuring and workforce alignment initiatives in complex multinational environments Selected multinational engagements included: Hyundai | SC Johnson | Vodafone | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) | Novartis | AstraZeneca | La Vache Qui Rit | Savola Group | Jacob Delafon | Mobinil | Orascom | BASF Chemicals

  • Human Resources Manager at Asfour Crystal
    May 2010 - Apr 2014 · 4 yrs

    Led workforce governance transformation across 34,500+ employees within a multinational industrial environment spanning 25 countries. - Reduced absenteeism by 50% and turnover by 30% - Introduced ROI governance for learning investments - Served on plant board and expansion steering committee - Led strategic labor relations interventions that restored stability across all plants, safeguarded operational continuity, and prevented multi-million-dollar losses from production disruptions