Waleed El Baydak, Deputy Board Secretary- President and CEO Office

Waleed El Baydak

Deputy Board Secretary- President and CEO Office

Qatar Navigation (Milaha)

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, International Business Law - Corporate Governance
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

Deputy Board Secretary- President and CEO Office at Qatar Navigation (Milaha)
  • Qatar
  • My current job since June 2018

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide high level support to the Board and Board Committees, including the development of agendas and co-ordination of papers in conjunction with the Chair and the CEO.
• Ensure effective Board governance and compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Assist the Board Secretary to maintain the Board Governance Manual and other relevant governance materials.
• Facilitate and oversee the preparation of Board reports to the PCEO, Board related correspondence and actions associated with the Board and Committee meetings.
• Collate and maintain Board related information required for annual reports, corporate plans and other key organisational documents.
• Undertake continuous improvement of reporting processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
• Prepare and monitor the completion of actions arising from Board and Board Committee meetings.
• Undertake research for the Board Secretary on governance developments and legislative changes.
• Maintain an effective working relationship with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that there is effective coordination of all activities in support of organisational objectives.
• Actively seek feedback from all key stakeholders on the performance of the Board Secretariat.
• Deliver the highest standards of secretariat services to meet Board and Board Committee expectations and requirements.
• Deliver and maintain best practice governance arrangements.
• Demonstrate safety behaviours consistent with legislative obligations and enterprise strategies.

Executive Personal Assistant to Chairman at Industrial Services
  • Qatar
  • July 2013 to December 2017

Key Responsibilities:
● Organised the GC’s diary effectively to ensure good time/priority management, including arranging meetings and allowing appropriate spaces for working time and travel time
● Support the GC with emails where required, ensured that any urgent matters arising in absence were forwarded to appropriate persons for response
● Arranged regular meetings, including inviting attendees, preparing agendas and co-ordinating presentations, organising refreshments, taking notes in the meetings and distributing afterwards, as required
● Managed all customer hospitality including logistical arrangements
● Made arrangements for visitors including arranging meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, lunches/dinners, hotel rooms and transfers as necessary, and acting as a point of contact/co-ordination for arriving visitors
● Attended executive committee meetings, managing agenda, minutes and actions
● Maintained a pro-active and structured approach to the role, anticipating future needs and problems and taking active steps to address these as far as possible
● Organised travel and accommodation bookings Worldwide for the Group Chairman; prepared full briefing packs before each trip

Deputy Head of Passenger Handling at ISS
  • Egypt
  • November 2011 to April 2015

Key Responsibilities:
● Provided exceptional level of service at all times, striving to go above and beyond customer’s expectations
● Met inbound/outbound passengers and ensured a smooth and efficient service was achieved
● Assisted with onward transportation arrangements, hotel reservations and catering orders
● Dealt with various passenger handling activities during unplanned contingencies / disruptions, such as, flight delays, cancellations of flights, down-grade of aircraft, Departure Control System failure, missed connections and denied boarding
● Provided hospitality to passengers, crew and drivers etc
● Arranged company and customer vehicles to meet aircraft
● Supported with passenger security screening
● Conducted general administration tasks and took payments

Senior Customer Service Agent at AustroPort (Austria)
  • Austria
  • September 2008 to December 2010

VVIP and Special Services:
Ensures high standard customer service standards are delivered to company VVIP/CIP passengers. Role
holder to constantly review the entire service delivery process and its workability with all related
stakeholders (Airports, immigration, chauffer drive, Police, embassies, hotels, Authorities etc) in setting
up the process.

Control the Special handling unit on shift basis in order to ensure that all V.I.PS, unaccompanied minors
(UM), YP, wheelchair passengers and any other passengers who require special attention are dealt with
promptly.

Review the flights to be handled on shift, and plan (whenever possible) to meet and assist all VVIPs/CIPs
members to ensure all protocol is observed in keeping with their status, and all courtesies are extended
for swift processing (or bypassing, as the case may be) conventional channels as appropriate. There will
be active co-ordination with Airport lounges should there be a need to accommodate any VVIP/CIP Pax.

Constantly analyses the Special Handling wheelchair performance vis-a-vis the operating environment
and recommends enhancements to the Line Manager.

Customer Services at Link Aero Trading Agency
  • Egypt
  • December 2003 to November 2007

at airline ticket counters and boarding gates. Act as an airline's boarding agents, swiftly and
efficiently boarding and then deplaning passengers to keep an airline's flights on time. Assigned to airline
luggage offices as well as cargo operations, locating lost passenger luggage and keeping cargo flowing
smoothly.
References
Passenger Handling | Austrian Airlines
Travel Document Check | Austrian Airlines
Web World Tracer Management | AustroPort Austria
Data Protection | British Airways
ERes Reservation System | ISS Ground services

Education

Master's degree, International Business Law - Corporate Governance
  • at University Of Liverpool
  • June 2025
Higher diploma, Business Administration
  • at University of Notre Dame
  • August 2014

Business Administration

Bachelor's degree, Tourism and Hotels Management
  • at Helwan University
  • June 2003

(EGY)

Specialties & Skills

Corporate Governance
Board Level
Conflict Resolution
Strategic Planning
Regulatory Compliance
Networking
Microsoft Office
Meeting Planing
Leadership
Relationship Building
English
Office Management
VIP Management
Problem Solving
Time Management
Negotiation
Board Operations
Ethics and Confedintiality
Continual Learning
Commercial Awareness

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
German
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Regulatory Compliance Specialization – University of Pennsylvania/ Coursea (Certificate)
Certified in Board Secretarial Practice (Certificate)
Certified in Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC) (Certificate)
Certificate in Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management (Certificate)
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) – World Health Organization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
Certified in Corporate Governance Best Practices (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020