Mohammed Alghazzawi

Global Blue Valley − Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Managing Partner • April 2023 - Present
Leverage entrepreneurial spirit, global network, and talent for gaining buy-in for change to deliver key insights and
transformative solutions that enable organisations to drive growth, overcome obstacles, and achieve operational excellence.
• Thought Leadership: Earned commendation from blue chip clients as well as global executives for innovating and
delivering solutions for strategic investments, eLearning, digital transformation, and leadership development.
• Business Development: Attracted businesses to enter Saudi market and supported organisations by attracting investors and making connections with relevant stakeholders to position clients for success.
• Start-Ups & Scale-Ups: Shared expert knowledge of business development, mentored entrepreneurs, and grew various businesses while enabling start-ups to find success in Saudi and global markets.

areas of Consultation:
• Public policy
• project management
• public private partnership
• inter- government support
• membership management
• trade and investment promotions
• international affairs, external / government relations
• arbitration and mediation
• sustainable development
• digital transformation
• professional training
• Mega events management
• Entrepreneurship
• international agreements

Responsibilities:
- Representing Saudi economic activities in the international community through the activities of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
- Working to solve all problems and disputes of an international commercial nature through conciliation, formulation and conclusion of the necessary settlements to achieve this, or settling them through arbitration according to the mechanism specified in the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
- Working on developing Saudi international trade in relation to services, investment and international relations, removing obstacles that may face Saudi international trade, and achieving the safety of its practice.
- Holding and organizing meetings, seminars and conferences related to Saudi economic activities, subject to representation in the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
-Publishing, printing and translating publications, studies, research and statistics related to the center's activities.
- Encouraging the Chamber's members and urging them to take advantage of foreign expertise houses, and encourage joint foreign investments.
- Establishing, managing and organizing exhibitions for Saudi different industries.
- Enhancing the knowledge of the Saudi business community of all the provisions, customs, customs and practical applications of the International Chamber of Commerce and the international business community, as well as working on their adoption and use by the Saudi business community.
- Cooperating and communicating with other chambers and committees operating in the Kingdom related to the Chamber’s activities and interests.

The committee for International Trade (CIT) works under the umbrella of the Council of Saudi Chambers as a Saudi civil society organization and is concerned with clarifying the true image of the Kingdom and developing international trade in the Kingdom as a platform for the Saudi business community to deal through soft diplomacy with countries of political and economic weight around the world.
Responsibilities:
-Supporting the interests of the Kingdom abroad including the employment of strong relations between the members of the Committee and their counterparts in friendly countries and communicating with some qualified figures in the government and private sectors.
-Attracting influential, personalities and benefiting from them in international and regional events and forums of interest to the Kingdom.
-Supporting media projects that serve the interests of the Kingdom, arranging visits for foreign delegations, and attracting foreign talent to adopt issues in support of trade and Saudi investments.
- Attracting some personalities of intellect and culture from foreign communities in the Kingdom who can confront the malicious campaigns against the Kingdom.

- Benefiting from the presence of communities in the Kingdom and making them aware of what is going on in the Kingdom to be ambassadors for them and make a good impression on them.
-Preparing deliberate highlights on some issues to enlighten the international public opinion and distributing them by all possible means throughout the world.
- initiating dialogues with the business community, legislative and executive bodies, and civil society organizations (NGOs) such as a Saudi civil society organization, in order to protect the national interests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Planning and Organizing programs for delegations related to the activities of the committee.

Executive Director - Al Olaibi Group
1- ADNOC Distribution Global Company - Saudi Arabia
ADNOC was established in 1973 as the first UAE government-owned company specialized in the marketing and distribution of petroleum products within the United Arab Emirates and internationally. As one of the region’s largest and most innovative petroleum companies, ADNOC Distribution is renowned and respected for the exceptional quality and reliability of its products and services.
2- Aldahra International company ( Agriculture Company ) - Saudi Arabia
Al Dahra is a prominent leader in the agribusiness; specializing in the cultivation, production and trading of animal feed and essential human food commodities such as rice, flour, fruits and vegetables. Since its inception, Al Dahra has witnessed unmatched growth fuelled by an active foreign investment strategy, establishing various acquisitions and joint ventures with specialized feed and food producers worldwide.
3- Al Olaibi Contracting and transportation Company
It’s a leading company in distributing and transporting energy and petroleum services, the company is the largest petroleum companies prevalent in terms of the size of the fleet.
Responsibilities
 responsible for leading the development and execution of the Company’s long term strategy with a view to creating shareholder value.
 day-to-day management decisions and for implementing the Company’s long and short term plans.
 direct liaison between the Board and management of the Company and communicates to the Board on behalf of management.

Director General of Authorities, Federations, Regional and International Chambers - Council of Saudi Chambers
Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry is the official federation for the 28 Saudi Chambers. The Council was formed in March 1980 with its head office in Riyadh. Its main objective is to observe the common interests of the Saudi Chambers, represent them on local and international levels and assist in the enhancement of the private sector's role in the development of the national economy.
Responsibilities

 Represent the Saudi business sector in the international arena.
 Achieve Council and business goals, visions and objectives.
 Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new International Business sectors and local to ensure future growth.
 manages individual and group business visits.
 Involved in organization of forums, seminars & conferences based on business requirements
 Defined & implemented draft programs & action plans aligned to Council of Saudi Chambers strategic list of regulations and its general plan in coordination with the Council Chairman.
 Launched activities such as, organizing seminars & lectures, International conferences in coordination with the Secretariat of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and relevant authorities.

Preparing draft plans that achieve the goals of the secretariat and develop and monitor the performance of the secretariat’s devices and employees.
 Preparing draft plans that achieve the goals of the secretariat in accordance with state plans.
 Studying state plans while focusing on business-related plans to take within the main elements in preparing the secretariat’s plans.
 Compiling, analyzing and categorizing information and statistics for planning purposes.
 Monitoring plans implementation after adopting and thoroughly studying them in cooperation with various departments of the secretariat.
 Suggesting development programs and preparing regulatory and procedural studies that contribute to increasing the level of performance and improving productivity in cooperation with all departments and presenting results to the Secretary General and his deputy and assistants for directions.
 Reviewing and studying systems and regulations applied in the secretariat and preparing the suggestions needed to develop or amend or update them in cooperation with all related secretariat departments.
 Suggesting programs, lectures and seminars need to develop the performance of the secretariat’s employees.
 Participating in committees and meetings related to the field of planning and development.
 Participating in preparing the secretariat’s budget.
 Saving information, data, systems, regulations and decisions that help the department in achieving its goals.
 Performing any tasks assigned to the department in its area of expertise.

 Having access to the chief executives of non-member companies to help open doors for membership promotion .
 Representing the national committee at key ICC meetings/functions .
 Obtaining a direct access to national government authorities .
 Ensuring corporate awareness of, and participation in the ICC's policy advocacy work, and nominating business leaders to ICC working bodies.
 Bringing key ICC policy statements and products to the attention of relevant government officials.
 Forming national committee policy commissions.
 Mobilizing business leaders to participate in special ICC activities and events, such as meetings with heads of international organizations, World Congresses etc.
 Recruiting and retaining members.
 Attending certain key ICC International Secretariat meetings (e.g. Permanent Heads).
 Organizing seminars.
 Organizing publication sales.
 Managing expenditure and ensuring quota payment.
 Communicating through the media, either by writing articles or being interviewed on topical business issues.

Accomplishments
 I restructured all the major responsibilities of the ICC Saudi Arabia toward the business community in the kingdom by setting up a vision, mission and objectives .
 I successfully secured a data base that contains all the major business men and women contact information including banks and the top 100 companies .
 I sat a strategic plan to attract 50 new members to join the ICC Saudi Arabia community, in order to establish board of directors .
 I successfully organized and managed several workshops and training programs as A program leader for major large companies and banks in the Kingdom at the Council of Saudi Chambers by cooperation with ICC Paris, in order to support the business community with awareness of all new improvements on the international practices in different fields such as the new revised rules of “ Incoterms 2010 “ , URDG ( Uniform Rules in Demand Guarantees ) and International Commercial Arbitration .
 I have translated and disseminated more than 1000 official reports that related to G20, G8, world trade, Piracy reports, Intellectual properties, world economy, commercial crimes, climate change, global financial crises .
 I have secured an international accreditation for our training programs with IFS School of Finance / London, the American university at Beirut and the American Management Center .
 I successfully generated a revenue of half million SAR in less than six months from promoting the membership and training programs .
 Active Member in several committees at the Council of Saudi Chambers .
 Organizing and managing several as Saudi Pavilions in International Exhibitions .
 Leading and organizing a Saudi delegation in several missions to more than 16 countries .

Human Resources Director - Tas’helat Marketing Company ( Petrol Services )
Tas’helat Marketing Company is the first Saudi Company that owns and operates a chain of retail fuel outlets and car service centers across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( 400 gas stations) .
Responsibilities
 Act as HR consultant to the Executive committee providing timely expertise on development programs of all executives and managers .
 Established a comprehensive HRD strategies and objectives . Thereby, major HRD functions were established reporting to me consisting of recruitment, training, payroll, personnel, retention, compensation, administration and government relations
 Organized legal partnership with very reputable law firms in KSA .
 Reviewed and introduced a new developed HR policies and instructions .
 Designing new job designs for all professions and job analysis for executives and middle management careers .
 Conducted compensation & benefit market survey, also I established the benefits & allowances plans .
 Amended several HR policies and procedures that were introduced electronically and accessible for users to enhance the clarity and fairness among the organization .
 Supervised and successfully completed several legal cases .
 Organizing and coordinating all training programs in Saudi Arabia and out of Saudi Arabia In order to develop the employees skills and knowledge .
 Ensures all functions related to labor office regulations, visas, Iqamas, GOSI .
 I was Leading the interviewing committee to Interview more than 700 candidates in order to recruit local and foreign talented employees .
 I Established a computerized file system for all employees information and documents
 I secured a comprehensive plan to promote “Saudization” in hiring 1000 Saudi employees among 400 Gas stations around the Kingdom .

Leading Business Development by advising and recommending board of directors which properties and projects should invest on .
 Leading Financial issues in cooperation of financial manager handling &preparing the annual and monthly financial statements, budgeting and targets for all new projects .
 Leading Purchases with cooperation of purchases department &financial manager to prepare the production lines needs in all kind of materials needed for the production process .
 Leading marketing plans with cooperation of the marketing manager to draw the annual strategic marketing plan .
 Leading Human Resources in cooperation with the HR manager .
 Rearrangement of production machinery to achieve streamlines production.
 Upgrading the selection of raw materials.
 Reduction of raw material waste, and improving cost control.
 Setting up an optimal stock control system ( JIT ).
 Synchronizing purchasing and stock control system.
 Setting up recruitment and placement guidelines.
 Setting up programs for continuous work force training, in accordance with international standards, and setting up the incentives to motivate the work force.
 I developed all the production lines in terms of design and in terms of matching international measurements, and by introducing new models every six months.
 I undertook development of all divisions: design, carpentry, engraving, painting, and upholstery.
 I implemented procedures to increase production lines, enhancing production, and reduce actual production costs, while maintaining quality.
 I undertook the replacement of manual labor with computerized manufacturing whenever possible.
 I worked to increase safety by installing automatic warning systems within the production lines, to warn against any possible dangers within production lines and the plants as whole. For instance I installed a system to shut off all saws automatically, as soon as it senses any foreign body or irregularity in the production lines. This measure is meant, among other things, to protect our precious work force.
 I set up a computerized ordering system, to follow all customer orders with minimal human intervention.
 I set up a division for after sales services .I see customer satisfaction as an instrument of direct sales.
 Full responsibility for all divisions: stocks, purchasing, operations, production, quality control, marketing, sales, and product development.
 Annual participation in International furniture fairs in Germany, Italy, China, and the U.S.
 I developed the engraving division, by introducing engraving machinery for greater precision.
 In 2005, I oversaw the erection of the new 15000 square meters manufacturing facilities.
 I was responsible for the increment of our domestic distributors to 12 around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 I was responsible for securing important contracts such as: furnishing of the Riyadh meridian, the Dammam Meridian, and the Jeddah Hilton, through our specialized hotel furniture division.