General Manager
QBest Consulting
Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months
Supporting youth to strengthen their 2030 skills
Acting as Entrepreneurship and Innovation advisor on a mission of building innovation ecosystem towards impact!
Leading innovation, accelerators, and incubators business line at Mozn.
Leading Thakaa Innovation Centers, main focus; AI, Data Science, IoT, and Cyber Security. Taking care of the overall management of Monshaat Innovation Centers’ in Riyadh & Khobar which are focusing on AI, Data Science, IoT, and Cyber Security.
Thunayan is an advisor who is acting as the Center Managing Director on a mission of transforming the non-financial services of the Saudi Development Bank (SDB) towards sustainable development and socioeconomic impact!
• Leading training department establishment, programs design, performance management, impact assessment and quality standards.
• Leading local and global training partnerships.
• Leading future skills platform futureskills.mcit.gov.sa
• Leading the training of +10K Saudi cadres during 2020.
1st Global Forum for Misk Foundation out of Saudi Arabia directed by Thunayan. This forum theme was “Promoting Tolerance for Peace & Sustainable Development: a Dialogue with Youth” held along-with the UNGA, 15th September 2017.
Also, 2nd day youth group discussion was held in the UN HQ in NYC organized under his supervision in 16th September 2017.
Thunayan has lead the establishment the Community & Youth Engagement Department as acting executive manager at Misk Foundation and lead the 1st Global Forum for Misk Foundation out of Saudi Arabia, Misk-UNDP Youth Forum in New York City- USA, 2017.
MiSK Initiatives Center working towards Inspiring and engaging Community toward achieving the Saudi vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Thunayan managed global and local forums, Socio-economic initiatives, Impactful Projects, and Sustainable Development initiatives.
Including and not limited to;
- Project Director of MiSK-UNDP Youth Forum, hosted HE Amina Mohammed (DSG UN) and Dr. Madeline Albright as keynote speakers, 15th September 2017, on the margin of the UN General Assembly- New York City.
- Misk Global Forum, hosted Bill Gates and Queen Rania Alabdullah as a keynote speakers, November 2017 in Riyadh..miskglobalforum
- TWEEPS Global forum 2017, hosted Ivanka Trump as a keynote speaker, on the margin of the Arabic & Islamic global Summits.
- Misk Markathon 2017, KAEC
- Misk Art 2017
- Misk UNESCO NGOs forum 2017
- MC and manager of Youth Circle "Art future" in Arab World (partnership with Arab Youth Center-AYC UAE) Riyadh, Faisaliah resort.
- MC and manager of Youth Circle "Youth Initiatives toward Social Impact" in Arab World (partnership with Arab Youth Center-AYC UAE) Riyadh, four seasons hotel.
- Misk Cultural Program.
- Hakaya Misk Historical Jeddah, Ramadan 2017
- Hakaya Misk Abu Dhabi, December 2017
- Shoof Forum, December 2017 in Jeddah
Thunayan is the 1st Saudi Certified National Facilitator/Trainer of Empretec International Program .
This unique program is focusing on inspiring entrepreneurship and is owned by the UN.
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Main duties were;
•Ensure continued alignment with strategic objectives
•Ensure that the project is directed towards and delivers the required business benefits.
•Establish clear communication channel to the Minister and senior managers of the Ministry of Labor.
•Drives engagement with key stakeholders, ensures senior management’s support and commitment
•Ensure continued alignment with strategic objectives.
•Ensure commitment to speedy resolution of escalated project issues and risks.
•Work hand in hand with project managers to jointly define and manage scope and quality.
By following IDEO Human-Centered design methodology, Thunayan lead the process of initiatives’ innovation for the private sector to reach genuine solutions for youth, women, employees, and employers, in enablement and creativity sector.
Business development, forming & maintaining PPPs, and managing stakeholders communication are the major tasks.
Thunayan(Initiate, Plan, Manage, and Control) programs, projects, teams, and initiatives/ projects.
He managed the youth empowerment initiatives/ projects for entrepreneurship and employment support programs with Takamol holding.
Managed the Business Clinics projects, the training unit, and the Empretec International Program owned by the United Nations (UNCTAD)
Through a partnership between Saudi Development Bank SDB and UNCTAD, Thunayan installed Empretec international program for entrepreneurship development in Saudi Arabia.
Thunayan was the Director KSA, Empretec International program owned by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Thunayan is the 1st Saudi Certified Facilitator by the UNCTAD.
Injaz-Saudi is part of Junior Achievement worldwide- USA.
Thunayan was the consultant who lead the Business Development, Public Private Partnerships (PPP), Policy and Procedures Development.
Managed the grants given to NPOs in the Southern region of Saudi Arabia.
worked on the master plan for Hail Economic City especially in education projects, and agricultural planning in Hail Economic City with McKinsey & Company, and Avalon.
Contributed in managing the Saudi Oxford Advanced Management Program with University of Oxford.
Analyzing the stock market.
Executing stock market deals.
Member of the marketing & customer development team.
Serving food as a part time job during the university study.
Certified PMP