Abdulelah Alsahli

• Overseeing the successful delivery of projects and leading a team
• Development of financial models for infrastructure development including multiple asset classes and financing structures
• Manage complex projects as a trusted advisor to clients.
• Work in business development including leading pitches and proposal work.
• Mentorship and contribution to the team through knowledge sharing, recruitment, mentoring, training, and other activities
• Support the public sector in managing and executing PPP deals from strategy to commercial and financial close in the realm of Infrastructure and Public Transport.
• Advise client on structuring PPP deals that optimizes risk allocation between the public and private sectors by assessing business and commercial needs
• Develop and work with financial modeling experts to develop complex project finance models.
• Manage and run the bidding process for PPP deals from project initiation to commercial and financial close.
• Identify global trends and understand the impact in a regional and local context.
• Support private sector in structuring winning PPP bids.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed bid and proposal activities within Siemens Mobility, which included organizing teams from multiple countries towards achieving business objectives.
• Prepared all Commercial/Technical/Financial/Risk and other information in preparation for project, which included identification of potential financing & business models.
• Developed proposals of several railway projects in the areas of railway network development, interoperability & enhancement, Rolling Stock Manufacturing, Operations, Maintenance, and Local Content Development.
• Identified and advised the Executive team of any commercial, financial or technical risk for Project or Bid
• Responsible for the acquisition of turnkey infrastructure projects.
• Identified resource requirements for each project and form bid teams to complete assigned bid on time
• Set up and communicate the time and task schedule for the bid phase, and manage all internal and external activities.
• Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.

Project: Madinah Metro line 1: Phase 1
Roles and Deliverables:

• Worked with design consultant to develop particular requirements and design requirements as per FIDIC red-book contract specifications for a 32 km metro-line, which included provisions for civil structures, rolling stock, MEP systems, signaling systems, preparatory works, ITS and electronic systems.
• Initiated workshops with client and stakeholders to identify needs and recommended alterations to design criteria of stations, platform screen doors (PSD's) and rolling stock options.
• Took initiatives to contact and cooperate with various designated consultants and rolling stock suppliers to enhance Madinah network through carbon-neutral solutions.

Project: Development of Madinah Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Network Lines 2 & 2A Design and PPP financing model

Roles and Deliverables:

• Worked in conjunction with transaction advisory consultants to perform project baseline assessment, bankable feasibility studies based on travel demand model outputs and engaged subcontractors in market sounding exercises in cooperation with the national centre for privatization (NCP).
• Performed Bus Rapid Transit CAPEX/OPEX analysis, line performance and cost calculations in addition to setting VfM performance indicators while issuing reports with findings and recommendations.
• Created project dashboard, project status reports and project expenditure reports in both English and Arabic.
• Worked in conjunction with design consultant to prepare tender package structure and design/build contractor pre-qualification based on FIDIC red book Contract specifications.
• Developed project work break down structure, project schedule and baseline as well as tracking for procurement and construction phase utilizing Primavera.
• Analyzed and reviewed preliminary structural and road design drawings utilizing the Aconex platform and prepared comment review sheets (CRS) as per AASHTO Geometric specifications and LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.

Project: Development of a 3 Grade-Separated Highway Interchange along King Abdul-Aziz Road and King Abdullah Road (IC3)

Roles and Deliverables:

• Managed Project from preliminary design to tender for the development of a 3 Grade Separated Highway interchange along King Abdulaziz Road in Madinah, which included Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) provisions for a Bus Rapid Transit track.
• Undertook the development of instructions to tender, particular conditions, and evaluation criteria for project procurement cycle in conjunction with PMO team. Worked in conjunction with design consultant and key utility providers to reduce project land acquisition by 75% through reconfiguration of interchange geometry.
• Developed Project Risk Mitigation Plans through the collection and analysis of Wet/Dry utility data through engaging relevant stakeholders and developing conflict
  resolution matrices.
• Engaged with General Contractors to collect and review technical tender queries via initiating tender query response sheets.

Project: Development of Madinah Multi-Modal Travel Demand Model and Transport Masterplan
Roles and Deliverables:

• Project Manager for the development of Madinah City's first Multi-Modal Travel Demand Model and Transport Masterplan.
• Initiated workshops with relevant stakeholders to evaluate the strategic and commercial feasibility of their plans and projects.
• Evaluated multiple public transport network scenarios based on projected demand and governmental budgetary constraints.
• Developed multiple Public Transport scenarios based on Travel Modelling outputs, projected demand figures and vision 2030 targets for visitors.
• Successfully cooperated with multiple international authorities in developing transport consultancy pre-qualification criteria, which was adopted by the Madinah Region Development Authority & Municipality.

Roles and Deliverables:

• Conducted multiple projects related to transportation infrastructure in the areas of experimental testing, accelerated bridge construction, data analysis, and sustainability of infrastructure
• Involved in construction materials testing and analysis
• Conducted projects in a cost effective manner through producing material inventory lists and prioritizing resources
• Supported project manager via organizing meetings, issuing minutes and creating team task lists as well as issuing project progress reports.