سهيل كيللو

- ZAWARIQ INDUSTRIES is a recently established business that comes from a prestigious family of multigenerational boat building artisans. The KAYELLO brand has a long history of innovation and industry leadership in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia.
- Significant societal and economic transformations in Saudi Arabia are a result of Vision 2030. The Saudi market is being pushed to adopt new market and industry paradigms by leisure and tourism. ZAWARIQ Industries hopes to contribute significantly to the upcoming national transformation.

- As a board member of a family-owned corporation, I began to actively participate in ongoing corporate restructuring and reorganization. The tremendous shifts the Saudi market is going through have given our multigenerational craft new chances. In the 2020s, Kayello will celebrate its 100th year as a pioneer and innovator in boat design, manufacture, and the use of new materials.

ERS wants to change the world! Serving Municipal, Industrial, and Petrochemical sectors.
- Part of the core team that brought ERS into real world market since 2012
- Participated with the Engineering Design team & international partner (ERS consortium) in business development for solutions and business models for KSA & GCC prospects
- Lead all Kingdom wide marketing efforts and extended to GCC markets
- Offering environmental & industrial solutions and service to heavy industries and petrochemical sectors
- Acted as a deputy General Manager overseeing financials and business negotiations from 2016
- Successfully worked on attracting local financing toward major business expansion in Industrial Waste Management
- Headed the transition team toward the new partnership with Environmental Shield Co.

- Joined GEMS primarily to study and develop the prospect of WEEE e-waste business in Saudi Arabia. Along the way I became involved in the founding of a new line of environmental & waste management business that deals directly with automotive dealerships.

- Part of a specialized team of engineers & business developers that are working toward establishing new lines of businesses and services covering multiple directions in the fields of waste management and environmental care & protection.

- Working as a coordinator between marketing and operations in the field of industrial waste management; covering collection of waste, transportation, and treatment & disposal of waste in accordance with Saudi PME and other national & local regulations.

- Participated with the creation of processes & methodologies for new types of waste treatment and conversion to an alternative energy product.

- Lead efforts to establish relations and expand on existing ones with various government/semi-governmental agencies in relations with petrochemical waste, hazardous waste, pollution control, environmental care & rehabilitation, and sustainability.

- Oversaw & supervised all preparations leading to the annual platinum sponsorship of GEMS in the Gulf Environment and Sustainability Forum (GEF) since 2010 onward, and managing local media coverage and relations.

- Offering various consultations to a number of business starters in the area of technology, training, and entertainment.

- Led the Western region’s marketing and development of corporate solutions for the first ever Arabic interactive TV channel “Tafaol”.

- Experienced in print & satellite media advertising and marketing.

- Very well experienced in the use of IPSOS-STAT STATEX software for media analysis and advertising spending in KSA & Pan-Arab markets.

- Prepared the KSA groundwork (market evaluation and the distribution channel) for the introduction of a new pet-robot toy (PLEO) to the market for the UK based holder of Middle East distribution rights.

•Joined the National Advanced Systems Co. as a Business Development Manager in the IT, Motorola wireless equipment, and Office Automation Equipment fields.
•Main responsibility to seek new corporate and government accounts and expand existing market base.
•Participated in the entry to a new consumer electronics oriented market for computerized handheld devices and personal electronics.
•Handled the full responsibilities and duties of the branch manager including employee evaluations, budgeting, and business planning.
•Oversaw all branches’ sales, stocks, and financial reports.
•Closely coordinated the sales force and maintained track of all sales and prospects.

•Founded and managed the creation of a new computer company.
•Headed marketing and sales to major corporate clients and medium sized companies.
•Provided technology consultation and solutions to major corporate groups in Jeddah. (Saudia Airlines Training Center, Al-Faisaliah/SONY & Megastar, Bugshan, Hotels, … etc)
•Specialized in Consulting, Networking, Internet Services, S/W Office Automation, Multi-media Authoring, Digital Imaging, and Media Conversions from Analog to Digital. (Both Audio & Video)
•Setup all day-to-day finances and prepared monthly Profit & Loss statements.
•Lead the authoring and development of new highly simplified Arabic accounting Software Package: OMEGA. Official release was on Feb 1999.

•Managed Employees Tasks, Achievements, and Evaluation.
•Improved & upgraded the company’s filing system to a computerized database.
•Managed all forms of the company’s communications in Arabic & English.
•Aided in the transition of the Accounting system from manual to a computer system.
•Administered all Computer Systems: Software, Hardware, Network, Installation and Maintenance.
•Streamlined & computerized the annual physical inventory process through all branches of the company.
•Acted as the Editor of all the company’s Presentations, Studies, Forecasts, and Financial Projections.