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Abdulla Buali, Group Head EPMO, Strategy and Business Development

Abdulla Buali

Group Head EPMO, Strategy and Business Development·National bank of Bahrain

Bahrain

Master's degree, Management And Strategy

Work experience

Total years of experience: 19 years, 1 months

Group Head EPMO, Strategy and Business Development

January 2018 - Present

National bank of Bahrain

Manama, Bahrain

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January 2018 - Present

Currently the Head of EPMO, Strategy and Business Development in the National Bank of Bahrain.

Responsible for leading the digital transformation road map of the bank, ensuring effective formation and implementation of EPMO office of the group,

Managed global 1-Tier consultancies such as Bain, Accenture and Roland Berger throughout the transformation phase
Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Management

Senior Manager

August 2013 - December 2017

Protiviti

Manama, Bahrain

August 2013 - December 2017

Senior Manager within the firm. Managing both the Internal Audit and Business Consulting practices with over than 30 employees. Reporting directly to the Managing Director of the Firm.
Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Senior Manager

August 2013 - December 2017

Protiviti

Manama, Bahrain

August 2013 - December 2017

Senior Manager within the firm. Managing both the Internal Audit and Business Consulting practices with over than 30 employees. Reporting directly to the Managing Director of the Firm.
Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Manager

September 2011 - August 2013

eGovernment Authority

Bahrain

September 2011 - August 2013

Currently responsible for Managing the Development of a newly established Capacity Building Department. The Department will have a main mandate of up-lifting the awareness, capacity and capability of eServices users.

Also managing a number of initiatives for Bahrain eGA including feasibility planning and execution, Business Operating Modelling, and process engineering and reengineering, and assessing the current maturity levels of eGA's various directorates.
Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Management

Consultant

October 2009 - September 2011

KPMG

Manama, Bahrain

October 2009 - September 2011

A spearhead of a BHD 2 million project with a semi-autonomous authority aiming to promote and implement the 2nd phase of an Enterprise Growth Management Program (Private Sector Support Program). Key responsibility include, authority, PR and Design representatives) to come up with a Marketing Strategy for the (4-years) project, lead consultant of 2 of the 5 main schemes; these are the Growth Assistance scheme and Marketing Assistance Scheme.
Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Associate Consultant

January 2009 - October 2009

KPMG

Manama, Bahrain

January 2009 - October 2009

• Involved in a BPR project aiming to restructure the firm’s policies and procedures and build up an organizational structure that meets the board vision, mission and corporate strategy.

• Prepared job descriptions and grading system for the centre. This involved conducting an As-Is Assessment, gap Analysis, Situation Analysis, development of new grading system.

• Involved in setting the firm’s internal marketing strategy and advertising activities. This involved preparing market study and analysis, customer and market trends, core and emerging products, current market challenges and possible solutions.

• Involved in selecting a State-of-the-Art Asset Management System (AMS) solution for a reputed oil and Gas organization in Qatar. Responsibilities included Business Process Reengineering for Supply Chain and Maintenance and Operations Departments, System Selection and Project Planning.

• Involved in the preparation of a Quality Assurance (QA) manual to be implemented upon Oracle e-BS modules.

• Assisted in the preparation of bank’s policies and procedures and then developed a web-based catalogue to consolidate all necessary set of business related, financial and legal manuals.
Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Quality Control

Research Analyst

January 2008 - December 2008

KPMG

Manama, Bahrain

January 2008 - December 2008

• Involved in Business Process conception (PBR), procedures’ and requirements’ definition, development of Statement of Need (SON), and RFI Analysis and recommendation for a prominent Health Authority in Abu Dhabi.

• Involved in submitting a catering and financial system recommendation report for a Catering Services Company.


• Involved in ERP System and Implementer selection for big conglomerate in the region.

• Assisted in the development of RFP / RFI analysis reports covering various topics including system selection, development of an IT strategy, IT policies and procedures projects in the public/private sectors in the M.E Region.
Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Support Services

Tutor / Administrator

May 2006 - November 2006

University of Otago

New Zealand

May 2006 - November 2006

• Tutored a second year Information Science paper/subject titled computing for end-users.

• The paper examined information technology, its capabilities and limitations, along with providing hands-on experience as well as covering the theoretical foundations of effective presentation of information.
Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Education

London Business School

December 2019

December 2019

Master's degree, Management And Strategy

Great Britain (UK)

A focused Program offered by London Business school (LBS) for ex executivel level proffesionals in the area of Strategy Develoment and Implementation

University of Otago

December 2007

December 2007

Bachelor's degree, Information Science

New Zealand

• Awarded fully sponsored excellence scholarship by the Ministry of Education of Bahrain to study at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, in recognition of my excellent achievement at high school. • Awarded another fully sponsored excellence scholarship by the University of Otago to carry out my university degree in recognition of my excellent achievement during the Foundation year.

University of Otago

December 2007

December 2007

Bachelor's degree, Marketing and Management

New Zealand

University of Otago

May 2003

May 2003

Diploma, Otago Foundation Year Certificate

New Zealand

Computer & Information Science Certificate

Al-Hidaya Secondary School

June 2002

June 2002

High school or equivalent, High School Diploma in Science

Bahrain

Skills

Project Management

Expert

Strategising

Expert

Risk Management

Expert

Organizational Structure

Expert

Process Engineering

Expert

Microsoft Office Bundle.

Expert

2D-Photo processing, Photoshop, CorelDraw

Expert

Networking: Novell 6.5, Windows 2003 server

Intermediate

Programming/testing skills: Java, Java Script

Intermediate

Web Design skills: HTML, XHTML, PHP, MYSQL

Expert

operations management

Expert

market research

Expert

marketing management

Expert

marketing communications

Expert

program management

Expert

management consulting

Expert

marketing strategy

Expert

mergers

Expert

mobile

Expert

problem solving

Expert

performance management

Expert

organizational development

Expert

hr transformation

Expert

recruitment operations

Expert

planning

Expert

marketing

Expert

Project Management

Expert

Strategising

Expert

Risk Management

Expert

Organizational Structure

Expert

Process Engineering

Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
CIM, Certificate in Professional Marketing
Mar 2010
PMP, Certified Project Manager
Apr 2011
CSM, Certified Strategy Manager
Apr 2017