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UNISPIRE Group LLC, DubaiGeneral Manager – Corporate Governance & Transformation
Dec. 2025- Enterprise Stabilization & Structural Rebuild: Leading enterprise stabilization mandate, redesigning organizational structure, decision right frameworks, reporting architecture, and internal control systems to institutionalize accountability and execution discipline.
- Governance Architecture & Regulatory Alignment: Institutionalizing governance manuals, SOP frameworks, KPI dashboards, and compliance systems aligned with UAE regulatory environments, embedding structured oversight across departments.
- Performance Turnaround & Commercial Acceleration: Delivered operational turnaround including 10% workforce expansion, productivity uplift (78% → 97%), activation of five strategic Free Zone partnerships, and 17% revenue growth within 60 days.
UNDPTransformation and Digital Governance Expert
Jun. 2025 - Dec. 2025- AI Governance & Policy: Contributing to $4M multi-country reform initiative, translating National AI Policy 2025 into enforceable governance controls, regulatory safeguards, and automation-enabled compliance architecture driving performance-linked modernization.
- Technology Accountability & Oversight Modernization: Reengineering AI and social media governance frameworks, embedding structured, rules-based accountability within parliamentary systems; strengthening oversight capacity through direct engagement of 100+ public representatives and 150+ parliamentary staff.
- AI Integrity & Ecosystem Activation: Operationalizing the AI-powered iVerify platform, verifying 300+ media stories with multi-million digital reach; partnering with 22 universities and training 1,211 students to institutionalize AI literacy and responsible digital governance.
U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)Senior Programme Officer – Institutional Reform and Governance
Sep. 2024 - May. 2025- Enterprise Governance Stabilization: Co-led $11M reform mandate across 21 entities, reducing duplication and coordination delays by ~23%; operationalized 4 national governance councils for senior 450+ officers and revived 3 dormant councils to restore formal oversight architecture.
- Operating Model & Leadership Architecture: Embedded structured leadership pipelines, compliance controls, and centralized approval by engaging 3,938+ personnel; formalized 2,000+ leadership allocations, eliminating overlap and standardizing execution discipline.
- Execution Discipline & Capital Structuring: Directed enterprise diagnostics replacing fragmented coordination with a notified governance mechanism, improving approval timelines and reporting rigor, and positioning a subsequent $6M reform pipeline for capital mobilization.
UNDPDigital & Institutional Reform Specialist
Aug. 2022 - Sep. 2024- Institutional Transformation: Delivered 100% of $12M modernization portfolio on schedule across 3 provinces, executing 13+ infrastructure and operating model projects including 23 new facilities, 5 model stations, rehabilitation and expansion works.
- Capacity Enhancement & Procurement Procedures: Increased institutional capacity by 54%, restored delivery timelines and reduced audit observations to a single minor finding, reinforcing procurement and governance controls.
- Operating Model & Workforce Architecture: Rebuilt capability eco-systems across 10,000+ personnel, institutionalizing structured training pipelines for 2,200+ officers and 250+ senior specialists, introducing first-of-its-kind SOPs, policy frameworks, and standardized performance controls to eliminate capacity bottlenecks.
- Enterprise Data Governance: Established the first centralized data analysis centre consolidating reporting from all operational units, replacing manual reporting with real-time dashboards, institutionalizing KPI visibility and evidence-based decision at leadership level.
UNDPTeam Lead – Transformation & Institutional Reforms
Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2022- Crisis Operating Model Transformation: Deployed first-ever hybrid legislative operating systems across 6 national and 4 sub-national institutions, restoring sessions during COVID and embedding remote quorum, digital workflow, and business continuity architecture.
- Structural & Regulatory Modernization: Led comprehensive rulebook reform through 12 high-level consultative processes, securing adoption of 90+ structural amendments across 2 assemblies; strengthened committee efficiency, reduced procedural delays, formalized digital provisions, and institutionalized oversight resilience across 3 parliamentary houses.
- Capital-Linked Transformation: Contributed technically to national $30B loss assessment and $16.3B recovery planning in flood project; secured a subsequent $4.7M digital governance portfolio through multi-stakeholder coordination and UN mission engagements.
UNDPInstitutional Partnerships & Coordination Manager
Sep. 2016 - Jul. 2020- Performance Architecture & Capital Structuring: Led institutional diagnostics and funding design process, standardizing KPI frameworks and reporting dashboards; reduced donor reporting cycle time by 30% and secured USD 14M+ in multi-year reform capital through performance-aligned delivery models.
- Operating Model Standardization Across 5 Legislative Institutions: Replaced fragmented coordination structures with formalized governance platforms embedded within rulebooks of three assemblies; instituted structured meeting cycles, standardized reporting flows, and strengthened committee execution discipline across multi-party environments.
- Digital Workflow & Execution Modernization: Transitioned legacy paper-based legislative operations to structured e-governance workflows, reducing manual processing by 80%+; deployed constituency-level GIS oversight tools (15 pilot → 300+ constituencies) and live results management systems covering 300+ constituencies, accelerating election-cycle reporting and central decision visibility.
UNDPProgramme Analyst
Jul. 2010 - Sep. 2016- Enterprise Systems Architecture Modernization: Designed and implemented the first centralized governance and digital records framework across national legislative institutions, digitizing 9,000+ legacy records and reducing document retrieval time by ~60% and restoring structured institutional memory across legislative operations.
- Governance Diagnostics & Structural Reform: Led institutional assessments and political-economy analyses that informed 17 formal reform reports, strengthening oversight discipline, committee performance tracking, and evidence-based decision at senior leadership level.
- Cross-Jurisdiction Operating Model Reform (UK-Funded): Delivered multi-province institutional modernization initiative engaging 150+ legislators and staff, incorporated structured accountability frameworks, standardized reporting flows, and results-tracking mechanisms aligned with international governance and compliance standards.
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