About

Hattan is an outperforming consultant for more than a decade, and marketing manager for more than 12 years. He was the Managing Partner of Strategic Gears from its inception. He later established and headed the Riyadh office. He was an advisor for many Ministers and CEOs on the topic of strategy, policy & product development, and marketing strategies, including the Minister of Labor, the CEO of the Saudi Stock Exchange, and the Governor of the Job Creation Commission. Hattan led the development & launch of some of the major public & private sector programs such as: Nitaqat employment program for the Ministry of Labor & Social Development, the launch of the Parallel Market for the Saudi Stock Exchange, the expat levy for the Non-Oil Revenue Unit, the unemployment benefit program “Hafiz” for the Human Resource & Development Fund, among others. He was also responsible to launch, manage or develop brands and programs as big as: Nitaqat, Hafiz, Ma3an, Expat Levy in the public sector, and Goody, OMO, Cofique, Velor and others in the private sector. Hattan holds an MBA degree from Oklahoma City University, USA.

Nabil has more than 12 years of experience in management consulting, entrepreneurship and investment banking. He worked extensively on strategy development, portfolio optimization, startup planning deal structuring and design/development of programs, products and strategic initiatives. He has worked in several sectors, including government, real estate, education, food services, and transportation, in addition to his continuous exposure to international trade. He is an investor, an advisor for startups and serves as a non-executive member on the Board of SLC Ltd since 2013. He worked as a senior engagement manager with Strategic Decisions Group after heading a trading venture and working as an investment banker. Nabil holds a M.Sc. in finance from the George Washington University, a BBA from the American University of Beirut and an SDRM certificate from Stanford University.

12 years of a uniquely mixed experience in general management, product development, customer-oriented solutions, and Go-to-Market strategies to solve complex challenges across different industries, tackling different client needs.  Rayan has extensive experience in Labor Economics: delivered several relevant projects, helping clients as big as Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs achieving major results impacting employers, employee and entities in the market. He Helped establishing new government entities involved in the transformation plans and Vision 2030. His implementation work has entailed multi-stakeholder alignment and engagement.  He also lead several product/ brand development engagements and launches for government initiatives & private companies which covers various strategies, delivering several strategic objectives.

Maan enjoys a rich experience in the world of Branding. Especially with regard to the field of consumer goods & retail in Arabian Peninsula cluster. He led the building of several well-known Procter & Gamble brands from equity & strategy standpoints. Which led to growth/ turn-around in market share & profitability across the brands/ market's combinations. During this time, he developed expertise in media design & execution, along with financial payout analysis for the different marketing channels. He sustained strong forecasting record, which was achieved based on solid understanding of market dynamics and product offering.

Khalil Al-Shafei is the former CEO and Managing Director of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Venture Co. WAED. He is a founding member of the recently launched Saudi National Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Prior to joining Waed, Mr. Al-Shafei joined Aramco Services Company, the U.S. subsidiary of Saudi Aramco. In this role, he oversaw a wide of North America companys activities. Prior to joining ASC, Al-Shafei was appointed as the Interim President of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center. In this role, he oversaw the centers development and launch. Mr. Al-Shafei spent more than 35 years with Saudi Aramco, serving in numerous leadership and professional positions. As the director of the Research and Technology Program, he guided the development of the corporate strategic plans for downstream. Al-Shafei, while serving as the Manager of Supply Chain Planning and Procurement System Department, led the development of new technologies, and advance local content. Al-Shafei earned an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and a graduate degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He completed the Harvard Business School Executive General Management Program; Al-Shafei has published several technical papers at industry conferences worldwide.

Nizar has delivered complex IT, business, strategy projects and programs. He provided professional consultation in project management, business transformation, strategy management, corporate development, corporate excellency and performance management to various public and private entities. With experience in multi-culture, different environments, and industries. In-depth knowledge and strong experience in setting up and managing PMO’s and CoE’s, Nizar is capable of leading and managing various projects in the consulting industry.

Abdulaziz Has diversified experience in different fields, IT, project management, and strategy development and implementation. Abdulaziz Experience in publicو financial sector and banking, Food sector, and management consultancy. Abdulaziz led and participated in different project in vision 2030 that helped him improved in planning and execution of project and strategies, as Abdulaziz was in the working team of 2018 budget preparation for the kingdom and led building the delivery directorate in the strategy management office, also led developing reporting system for Center of Spending Efficiency as well as participated in other projects in spending efficiency. Abdulaziz led developing and implementing the new strategy for International Medical Center Abdulaziz Hold a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineer from King Fahad university of petroleum and minerals

Abdulaziz carries an extensive experience in finance and Marketing field, his passion is to merge those majors as one by that he succeeded during his career path which he carry on more than 7 years with a mixture in strategy , business development, marketing and communication as well as financial modeling Also Abdulaziz worked as an advisor and consultant for several clients, similarly he contributed to building and developing new initiatives for several clients, which has led into a positive impact in the economy.

Exceeds more than 8 years of experience in the field project management, of engineering consulting, and management consulting. Through his work as a consultant and project manager in several governmental and private sectors, Abdul Rahman is highly skilled in program management, planning and cost management, in addition to risk management, quality assurance, whether in the technical/ operational fields or the business development and consulting field. He has worked during the previous years in managing number of governmental projects in the areas of digital transformation, software development, change management, management consulting and strategies. In addition to several other operational projects in the public and private sectors. He contributed with his experience in developing project management methodologies and developing operational models for project management and planning. Holds bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan. He also received a PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Bassel has a more than 10 years of experience in the field of financial and management consulting within the public sector in the US and Saudi Arabia. He is experienced in measuring financial and strategic impact of policy change. His most recent engagement in KSA was with the ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia.
He holds a Master of Science in Finance from The George Washington (Financial Engineering programs) and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from George Mason University, US.

Hani has achieved successful projects related to integrated governance, successful partnership growth & other Supply Chain projects. His main expertise lies behind governance, cost saving initiatives, excellence operation execution, strategic sourcing and supply planning which all impact positively client’s P&L. Hani gained his experience from working with multinational companies in Unilever and Mars Dubai & Saudi MARS as he achieved 22.4$ M dollar behind cost saving projects and improve service level with his main partners Panda & Othaim to 94%.

Mohammed is a seasoned strategy planning and organizational development professional with over 10 years of solid experience in strategy development & execution, organizational operations & performance management, digital transformation, project management and team leadership. Having been exposed to different lines of businesses ranging from public sector, telecommunications regulators and operators, as well the leading technology organizations in GCC and worldwide. His expertise contributed to several public-sector engagements in GCC in areas like organizational transformation, strategy execution, and national level programs execution. He also contributed to building one of the Vision Realization Offices in K.S.A in an end to end engagement. Mohamed holds a Bachelor degree in economics from October university in Egypt.

Ryan has professional experience in engineering and technical project management in the IT, maintenance, operation, safety, compliance and organizational excellence fields.
Ryan's experience furtherly extends in Australian customer service, brand & franchises management during his undergraduate studies.
These years of experiences have sculpted Ryan’s project planning, execution and managing skills through a variety of projects in different sizes and scales.
These experiences built in Ryan strengths identified by Gallup Inc. which are “Achiever, Relator, Analytical, Deliberative and Strategic”. Ryan received his Bachelor of Honors in Mechanical Engineering focused in green and renewable energy from Curtin University, Western Australia.
He also obtained several technical certificate in his field (Operational Excellence Assessor, European Foundation of Quality Management Trained Assessor and Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional).

Yazan has more than 10 years of professional experience in the areas of strategy development and implementation, digital transformation, organizational performance management and team leadership, change management, and providing IT service management solutions based on ITIL best practices focusing on people, processes and technology to provide the best business solutions in the IT infrastructure. Yazan gained this experience from working for many global and local consulting firms in addition to his prominent role in many strategic projects in building and implementing strategies, change management and digital transformation. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Jordan in addition to many international certificates such as ITIL Expert, Balanced Scorecard Professional and PMP.

+13 years of management experience across the GCC and Middle East regions in a range of industries with primary focus on FMCG. Waqas has worked with top multi-national brands at Procter & Gamble and Henkel and helped transform local organizations into successful multi-national organizations at Elixir Consultancy and Goody Saudi Arabia. Waqas’ last assignment was as the Head of Innovation and Development Business Unit at Goody Saudi Arabia. While at Goody, Waqas was the leader or at the key positions in the creation and launch of a number of different successful brands. He was Head of Marketing from 2007 until 2013, and has been consulting individually since then. Waqas holds a B.Sc. (Honors) Degree from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, graduating on the Dean’s Honor List.

+18 years of experience in Market Research. Ghaida started her career in Savola research division then worked at Synovate international for 14 years. She’s currently an independent research consultant sharing her years of experience and knowledge with us! She has extensive experience in both private & public sectors including: financial, tourism & aviation, Consumer Goods, social research, services, Real Estate. She worked with key clients locally and globally (e.g. Ministry of Labour, Minister of Hajj, Saudia, Unilever, Al-Alali, Sadafco, Friesland, Sunbula, KAEC, MEC, J&J, Emaar and Pfizer). She has Masters’ with honors in Social & Market research from Westminster University of London, Management degree from NEBS, UK, Market Research Diploma from De Mont University UK, and BS degree in Computer Science.

+22 years of experience in the Media, Content, Crisis Communication and PR fields. He has been a media consultant, working with several media and public relations firms and serving biggest clients, including ministers and top VIPs. His unique talents always brings him to the most exciting and challenging projects & media hits. One of the most famous, nationwide media efforts he led was the Corona Epidemic Crisis Management project for MOH. Alawi is famous for preparing and training Ministers, CEOs, and top Executives for media exposure, and communication. Before his adventures in his most senior positions in Adaleed, SolexPlus, FlyNas, Promoseven, and Asda’a, he started his career as a business reporter. Alawi holds a BA in Islamic Arts & Architecture from the American University of Cairo.

+A seasoned attorney and legal expert with 11 years of experience specialized in Intellectual Property, Corporate, Commercial, and Labor Law, as well as Commercial Litigation. He runs his own law firm providing comprehensive legal advice to clients including the MLSD. He worked for a number of reputable local law firms leading various projects ranging from drafting agreements and policies to establishing joint ventures for clients such as Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, NAS Holding, SEDCO Holding, the SAVOLA Group, etc. He holds a Doctorate Degree in Juridical Science as well as two Master Degrees of Law from Indiana University and Case Western Reserve University with areas of focus in International Intellectual Property Law and International Trade Law.