Knowledge Economic CityDirector | MILE-Executive Education Division
Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2013Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi ArabiaKnowledge Economic City is a US$ 9 billion project that would be known as Smart City fully automated with advanced facilities for 150,000 residents and businesses. In 3 years, we successfully attracted CEOs and CXO level executives from 25 industries of 40 countries for our leadership programs. My roles was to: * Select world class academic and business leaders as speakers
* Select sponsors
* Fund raising
* Course selection and design
* Benchmarks with international business schools
* Develop extensive alumni development and relationships management
* Form strategic alliances and partnerships with leading:
- Universities (like Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD, IE, IESE, Thunderbird, Columbia, Berkley, LBS, Cornell, etc.)
- Global consulting firms (like PricewaterhouseCoopers, McKinsey, Booz, AT Kearney, Deloitte, Protiviti, KPMG, E&Y, Bain, etc.)
- Global companies among Fortune 500
- Global Fast Growing Companies (Ultimus, Abraaj, etc.)
- Local Corporations as part of local business community (Abraaj Capital, Salama Group, etc.)
- Media industry for sponsorships
- Government authorities, etc.