Abdullah Aljehani

Promoted from Country Director HR & Administration to broader executive leadership across the business. Hold direct accountability for HR and support functions, partnering across finance, operations, and business units. Serve as the CEO's senior executive partner on people, governance, and organizational matters. Representing the organization at the highest level with clients, government authorities, and international partners.

Enterprise Leadership & Governance
• Developed and updated the governance framework, aligning policies, approval authorities, and operating standards across all regions.
• Partner with Finance on budgeting, cost control, headcount planning, and working capital priorities.
• Owned and drove the offshoring strategy, aligning departments and setting transition objectives, delivering 44% reduction in corporate overhead costs.
• Initiated and supervised a receivables recovery program achieving 48% collection of long-aged debt.
• Represent the company with clients, vendors, government authorities, and international partners in strategic and business development engagements.
• Own the compensation and performance incentive framework across the organization, with direct oversight of executive remuneration decisions.

People & Organizational Leadership
• Define and drive the people strategy across all regions, covering HR governance, workforce planning, and organizational development.
• Lead succession planning and career development programs, building strong leaders from within the organization.
• Completed the Saudization journey to Platinum status, growing nationalization rate from 11.8% to 22%.
• Drove adoption of the HR digitalization program through change management and training, ensuring alignment with company policies and Saudi Labor Law.

Recruited during a critical restructuring phase to establish and lead the HR and Administration function from the ground up. Served as the CEO's most trusted advisor on people, organizational design, and leadership matters, the primary internal voice on all decisions affecting the organization's structure and capability.
Key Contributions
• Established the HR and Administration function as a structured, policy-driven operation with clear job architecture, grading structures, and governance frameworks.
• Ensured full alignment with Saudi Labor Law and applicable regulatory requirements across all HR policies and procedures.
• Initiated and led the HR digitalization program, owning the requirements, governance, and compliance alignment across the organization.
• Designed and launched the career development and succession framework that built the internal leadership pipeline, resulting in 56% of senior roles filled from within.
• Designed and led the Saudization strategy, establishing government partnerships and developing the workforce nationalization plan.
• Secured and maintained all regulatory licenses and operational certifications, ensuring continuous renewal and full compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Led change management across multiple strategic initiatives, ensuring new ways of working were adopted and embedded across the organization.
• Designed and implemented a performance management framework with leadership accountability and cascaded KPIs across all functions.
• Served as the CEO's right hand on all people, organizational, and governance matters, trusted with the decisions that shaped the company's structure and long-term capability.

Managed the full HR and Administration function across a large multi-site organization, covering talent acquisition, manpower planning, compensation, payroll, and employee relations. Responsible for managing manpower vendor relationships across all sites.