Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
An international development, construction and infrastructure expert. Blends academic training in engineering, transport management and development economics with 19y of hands-on international experience in the construction, infrastructure and development finance industries across 50+ countries. Mission and impact-oriented
Head of sales, customer management and business development for Saudi Arabia Western, Northern and Southern regions (Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, NEOM, Ula, Asir), Leading tender teams for mega-opportunities and maintaining customer satisfaction and portfolio performance. Current portfolio of projects include HHR railway maintenance, JEDCO APM O&M and expansion project and Al Ula Tram D&B and Maintenance project (more than 100 Full time employees mobilised and 3Bn SAR sales). Looking forward to promoting Green Mobility and Localisation of rolling stock manufacturing in the Kingdom. Championing in particular very high speed trains, tram, metro and APM solutions.
Board Member in a new industrial venture in the sustainable packaging industry in Senegal. 40% of the capital is owned under an innovative social business scheme (waqf) to contribute to the social development initiatives in Western Africa.
Consultant in Trade and transport for the African Region. Led development of trade analysis and strategy for the Country Economic Memorandum in Somalia https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35943?show=full Led the Infrastructure sector assessment for transport in Mauritania (rail, road, maritime and aviation sectors) for Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Infrastructure. Led the country logistics skills assessment for Saudi Arabia with Ministry of Transport and Logistics Services.
Author of the study on Unlocking Islamic Climate Finance presented at COP27 https://www.adb.org/publications/unlocking-islamic-climate-finance Supporting the Implementation of ADB Strategy 2030 Operational Plans, in particular OP3 "Tackling Climate Change, building Climate and Disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability through the implementation of a knowledge and support technical assistance (TA).