Executive Director · Strategy & Transformation
Strategy Management Office · Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property
"Turning national ambition
into institutional reality."
About
Thirteen years. Three government transformation entities. Two performance functions built from the ground up. One consistent conviction: strategy only matters when it changes what actually happens.
I've spent my career inside the system, not advising from outside it. At Elm, Monsha'at, and now SAIP, the question has always been the same — how do you take a national ambition and build the machinery that makes it real?
Today I lead the Strategy Management Office at SAIP — the full stack: long-term strategy, KPIs, dashboards, portfolio governance, and the team that makes it run. Beyond the organization, I represent Saudi interests internationally, including founding Saudi Arabia's first Collective Management Organization and anchoring the Saudi Fund-in-Trust initiative at WIPO.
The best strategy work doesn't announce itself. It's the foundation everything else stands on.
Career
Apr 2023 – Present
Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP)
Jan 2020 – Mar 2023
Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP)
Mar 2019 – Dec 2019
Vision Realization Office – Ministry of Labor and Social Development
Jul 2017 – Mar 2019
Small & Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha'at)
Sep 2013 – Jul 2017
Elm Information Security Company
Impact
Built the performance function twice — once at Monsha'at, once at SAIP. Both are still running.
The KPI frameworks I designed are embedded in two national strategies and used across Saudi government today.
Adaa — the national performance body — ranked SAIP among the top government entities in strategic alignment. That's the system and the team I built.
Co-founded Saudi Arabia's first Collective Management Organization. Anchored the Saudi Fund-in-Trust at WIPO.
The Saudi face in rooms that shaped international IP policy — WIPO committees, strategic forums, bilateral discussions.
Because the work doesn't stop at the office door — Board member of a nonprofit dedicated to human development.
Expertise
Credentials
Insights
Writing on strategy, Vision 2030, and what it actually takes to build institutions that work — coming soon.
Get in Touch
Open to strategic conversations, speaking engagements, and select advisory roles.