Ahmed Abdulkarim is the managing director of SAED Group, a Saudi workforce solutions and services company. Prior to joining the group, he spearheaded the establishment of Cadre Economic Cities. Cadre is an arm of the Ministry of Investment set up to develop and implement sustainable human capital strategies for the economic cities as well as the rest of Saudi Arabia. It aims to find, attract, and train local talents to become globally competitive, locally employed through innovative training and development solutions. Abdulkarim also worked as deputy governor and chief operating officer of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, now the Ministry of Investment, where he restructured the organization and introduced an entrepreneur culture to the government sector. The method of transition, and practices, have since been adopted in other governmental areas. Before moving to the investment authority, he spent 16 years with multinational consumer goods corporation Procter and Gamble, holding several local, regional, and international roles, including leading the Gillette business in the Balkans region of Europe. During his career, he has successfully implemented a number of organizational redesigns, restructures, and acquisitions, designing, and applying various global Procter and Gamble organization systems. Abdulkarim is an active trainer in more than 20 leadership and management subjects and has trained thousands of people in Saudi Arabia and throughout Europe and Africa. He has also been a keynote speaker at conferences around the world.
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