Abdulla Buali, Group Head EPMO, Strategy and Business Development

Abdulla Buali

Group Head EPMO, Strategy and Business Development

National bank of Bahrain

Location
Bahrain
Education
Master's degree, Management And Strategy
Experience
16 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months

Group Head EPMO, Strategy and Business Development at National bank of Bahrain
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since January 2018

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

Senior Manager at Protiviti
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • August 2013 to 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.

Senior Manager at Protiviti
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • August 2013 to 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.

Manager at eGovernment Authority
  • Bahrain
  • September 2011 to 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.

Consultant at KPMG
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • October 2009 to 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.

Associate Consultant at KPMG
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 2009 to 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.

Research Analyst at KPMG
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 2008 to 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.

Tutor / Administrator at University of Otago
  • New Zealand
  • May 2006 to 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.

Education

Master's degree, Management And Strategy
  • at London Business School
  • December 2019

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

Bachelor's degree, Information Science
  • at University of Otago
  • December 2007

• 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.

Bachelor's degree, Marketing and Management
  • at University of Otago
  • December 2007
Diploma, Otago Foundation Year Certificate
  • at University of Otago
  • May 2003

Computer & Information Science Certificate

High school or equivalent, High School Diploma in Science
  • at Al-Hidaya Secondary School
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Strategising
Risk Management
Organizational Structure
Process Engineering
Microsoft Office Bundle.
2D-Photo processing, Photoshop, CorelDraw
Networking: Novell 6.5, Windows 2003 server
Programming/testing skills: Java, Java Script
Web Design skills: HTML, XHTML, PHP, MYSQL
operations management
market research
marketing management
marketing communications
program management
management consulting
marketing strategy
mergers
problem solving
performance management
organizational development
hr transformation
recruitment operations
planning
marketing

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

CIM, Certificate in Professional Marketing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2010
PMP, Certified Project Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2011
CSM, Certified Strategy Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2017