Managing Director
PPL Consult FZE
Total years of experience :33 years, 6 Months
• Leading and delivering HR Transformation Projects for few Large/Medium sized family businesses in the Banking, Private Equity, FMCG, General Trading, and Oil & Gas industries in the UAE.
• Leading HR transformation and capability building for Emdad Group including Organizational Design and restructuring, HR platform transformation, implementation of HRMS systems, introduction of performance management, linking performance to rewards and building HR capability.
• Delivered projects on performance management, compensation frameworks, linkage to reward/C&B strategy, policy & processes formulation, tools, organizational design & restructuring and leadership assessment and succession planning.
• Conducting executive search and placement activities for few clients to support HR Consulting Services delivered mainly to our SME Clients in UAE and Saudi Arabia.
• Conducted assignments to review policies, procedures and processes along with HR Department Organization & Capability for a Logistics company and Food Distribution Company for the UAE and Egypt
• Introduction of C&B function for a start-up food retail group covering review of Organizational structure, JD’s, JA’s and establishing salary scales, table of benefits and standardized titles. Scope also included incentive and commission schemes for different types of outlets
• Undertook a leadership assessment workshop for the tourism authority of one of the UAE’s emirates and developed personal development plans
Leading HR function for Dana Gas Group with Operations in UAE, Kurdistan & Egypt.
• Restructuring of Corporate Office and Egypt Country Operations and introduced and dealt with all relevant “right-sizing” activities
• Introduced plan for overall transformation of HR through introduction of performance management, succession planning and other organizational changes
• Finalized and obtained Board approval for LTIP for executive team
• Drove the recruitment and on-boarding of CFO and Technical Director amongst others
• Provided mentoring to leadership on HR function role and contributions
• Served as Committee Secretary to the Corporate Governance, Remuneration and Nominations Committee
Leading Human Resources function for Onshore Engineering & Construction BU with Operations in 10 countries in GCC (mainly KSA, Oman, UAE & Qatar), Algeria and CIS
• Consolidation and transformation of the HR function to cater for all HR aspects (previously fragmented under different departments) with overall plan aiming to creation of a shared service model to cover all operating units
• Restructuring of the HR Organization, building HR team capability and developing the existing HR team.
• Provided mentoring to leadership on function role and contributions
• Revamp/Modernization of HR policies, procedures, processes and employee handbook
• Upgrade and modernization of performance management process, tools and launch of a project to review and change link of reward to performance with focus on executive compensation and general remuneration rewards
• Review and re-structure internal graduate program (around 500 graduates recruited over past nine years) covering program structure, remuneration, recruitment, diversity, development, etc. and participation in recently developed Petrofac Academy
• Participation in steering committee/global task force for the implementation of ERP (Oracle) for all business/operating units and led the implementation of ERP for SHJ
• Conducted right-sizing project for the organization and a separate exercise for moving parts of engineering capability to our excellence centers in India
• Launched and driving C&B bench-marking exercise (with HAY) for evaluation and development of JD’s/JE’s and title standardization activities with plans to modernize compensation tools and approach
• Providing HR and Organizational Design consulting services to SME and family businesses in UAE with focus on strategic HR and Change Management activities
• Conducting a major consulting project on transformation of performance management policy, process, tools, and linkage to reward/C&B strategy for a major O&G EPC Global Company. Scope also covers review of policies, procedures and processes along with HR Department Organization & Capability
• Conducting executive search and placement activities for few clients to support HR Consulting services delivered to our SME Clients mainly in UAE and Saudi Arabia
Leadership of HR Function accross ME&A Region
- Leading the HR function for the region and establishing HR as a business partner
- Responsible for transformation transactional HR to providing HR solutions and business partnering creation of shared services model to service other business units
- Driving the Human Capital Management (HRMS) system through active participation in global steering committee for scoping, design and deployment of Oracle HRMS system for Agility
- Conducting performance management, training needs analysis, goal setting/MBO’s and drove succession planning and people review processes
- Directing the formulation of the Organizational Design for Agility in the region
- Conducted a full compensation studemployees in Kuwait with our most extensive operations in ME&A; study covered OD, y of Kuwait operations, with a scope of 6, 000 JD’s & JE’s, C&B strategy and relevant activities
• Transforming Agility University functionality to focus on delivery of all L&D activities and ensuring that functional, generic, technical and managerial trainings.
Developing and delivering recruitment and talent acquisition solutions and tools
• Driving Labor Task Force in order to establish benchmarks, sourcing value-add solutions to overcome clients’ business challenges
Group of six companies operating in the FMCG industry mainly covering UAE & Oman markets with leading brands in juices, dairy products, bottled water and plastics. The group has an extensive distribution network throughout UAE, operates five factories with 2, 850 employees.
Responsibilities:
1. Initiated a Management Task Force for the re-structuring and organization of the Group
2. Unification of the HR and Admin Division within all BU’s; reorganized roles and re-structured organization of division
3. Consolidating HR records and building a platform for creation of the HR function
4. Creating Group HR policies, procedures and processes/work flows.
5. Planning and executing a plan to systemize the existing personnel administration function and transforming it to an HR function.
6. Reviewing, systemizing and implementing compensation & benefits methodologies and practices on a Group level through creating salary scales, benefit basket, location, allowances, etc.
7. Introduction of a basic and simplified Performance Management System to be applied for year ending 2004
8. Setting service levels provided by Administration in offices, camps, transportation for all BU’s in all locations within UAE
9. Facilitating recruitment and sourcing of several key employees
Managing HR activities for this Telecommunications Holding, which includes several entities, affiliates and JV’s. Investcom provides and operates GSM networks, builds telecommunication networks/infra-structures and provides all types of services for the telecommunication industry. The Holding also owns Engineering, Services and Multimedia divisions and ventures. Investcom has 3, 800 staff and operates in all Levant countries, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Africa and Europe.
Responsibilities:
1. Created Group HR policies, procedures and processes/work flows.
2. Transformed personnel administration function to an HR function.
3. Updated, modified and implemented an internally developed existing HRMS system.
4. Reviewed, systemized and implemented compensation & benefits methodologies and practices on a Group level
5. Revised insurance policies to improve coverage and conditions for medical, life and workmen compensation insurances.
6. Diversified the sourcing options for recruitment of different levels of employees, specifically in IT and GSM Technical fields. Managed headcounts and manpower growth on Group Level.
7. Identified training needs, setting training plans and budgets.
Accenutre is a leading management & IT consultancy global firm with 75, 000 staff and with operations in 48 countries. The Middle East practice covers the economic sectors of financial services, communications & high tech and resources & government of most Middle East countries.
Responsibilities:
1. Recruitment activities of business consulting & support employees, covering experienced hires and fresh graduates; scope included organizing campus campaigns, presentations & road shows.
2. Developed localized induction/orientation programs for new hires.
3. Managed head count, chargeability and scheduling operations.
4. Managed the provision of all personnel administration activities and ensure implementation of HR policies and procedures.
5. Revision & control of all compensation and benefits activities.
6. Conducted semi-annual performance appraisals, promotions and reward management activities.
7. Managed a complex reward system inclusive of stock option grants & employees’ shares purchase participation scheme.
8. Reviewed and standardized employment contracts, set salary scales and review living allowances (housing, transport, etc.).
9. Conducted audits to ensure compliance with HR policies and labor law regulations within all entities.
10. Arranged and participated in the conduct of salary and benefits surveys of multinational companies operating in GCC.
11. Advised and ensured compliance with HR and labor law regulations within all territories within my scope, mainly GCC countries.
12. Coordinated training & development activities. Conducted training needs analysis, set training plans and monitored training activities.
13. Participated in several global initiatives covering data privacy, implementation of global HR systems and IPO issues & actions.
14. Championed “community” functions covering social and sports activities, annual events, counseling and charity work.
A multinational offshore construction company for the oil and gas sectors; employs 1, 100 staff and 4, 500 production personnel with average annual salaries & wages of US$ 52M. Geographical area of operations included UAE, KSA, Watar, Iran & India.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervised provision of all personnel administration activities and implementation of personnel policies and procedures.
2. Recruitment activities including organization and coordination of labor recruitment campaigns from Southeast Asia, India & Pakistan.
3. Amended the training policy as per ISO certification requirements and coordinated training & development activities; conducted training needs analysis exercise & establish training records.
4. Conducted all aspects related to performance management activities.
5. Compensation and benefits: conducted salary surveys and cost analysis of living allowances.
6. Conducted feasibility studies and initiated recommendations for upgrading administrative services functions.
7. Conducted surveys & established living allowances & guidelines for new markets, namely Iran & Malaysia. Participated in establishing representative offices in both countries.
BA in Economics , electives in Business, Statistics, History & Archelogy.
