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2023 - 2023
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AHMED ALZAHRANI
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Committed and resourceful individual with strong communication, presentation and critical thinking skills. Dedicated to promoting economic policy development iproposals and presentation in local and international platforms to provide positive outcomes. Uses strong negotiation skills to fine-tune intricacies of policy proposals.
Work History
Ministry of Human Resource and Social Dev
Deputy Minister
2020 - Current (4 years & 10 months)
Job overview
• Leading national skill Agenda , Main initiatives:
• Establishing Skill Deputyship running (2B SAR portfolio , 50 people 20 projects).
• Skill Accelerator- to upskill 322 K Private Sector Saudi employees.
• Establishing 12 Sector skill Councils (covering 85% of GDP).
• Launching 300 National Occupational Skill Standards.
• Activating National Program to stimulate Pricate Sector for Training.
Ministry of Human Resource and Social Dev
Deputy Minister for Policy
04.2018 - 01.2020
Job overview
Leading the labor policy in Policy Analysis, Design, impact evaluation Policy advocacy/ coordination and implementation
Leading the formulation of Labour Market Strategy )Approved by Council of Ministers in 2020)
Capital Market Authority
Senior Advisor
01.2017 - 01.2018
Job overview
- Providing support and leading teams in Strategy & Research projects internally and with third party
Human Resource Development FundRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
National Labor Observatory Deputy
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Job overview
- Establishing NLO strategy , operating model, labor market information system , 4 new departments and building capability and local expertise
Institute of Public AdministrationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Asst. Professor of Business and Finance
2010 - 2014 (4 years)
Job overview
Subjects:
Business Strategy
Investment Portfolio
International Finance
International Investment
Financial Markets & Institutions
Economic Policy
Institute of Public Administration, IPARiyadh, Saudi Arabia
General Director (Economics and Finance Dept.)
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Job overview
- Overseeing 6 Departments, 30 programs , 70 faculty Members
Institute of Public AdministrationRiyadh
Director of Private Sector Programmes
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Technical and Vocational Training CorporationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Board Member and Head of Audit Committee
Jan 2022 - Current (2 years & 10 months)
National eLearning CenterRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Board Member
Jan 2022 - Current (2 years & 10 months)
Saudi Contractor Authority
Board Member and Head of Audit Committe
Jan 2021 - Current (3 years & 10 months)
Saweed HoldingRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Board Member & Head of AUdit Committe
11.2019 - Current
Institute of Public Administration, IPARiyadh
Executive Director of Business Center
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Job overview
- Responsible for commercializing IPA activities, building its strategy and marketing plans
- 10X Turnover in revenue(300M Riyal)
ASA Group, medical CoRiyadh
Strategy Advisor
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
EventDayRiyadh
Business Development and founder
2009 - 2011 (2 years)
Job overview
- Establishing and leading new line of business, co-founder of Eventday co specialized in training and corporate event leisure training
Institute of Public AdministrationRiyadh
Business Trainer
01.2001 - 01.2005
Prudential Financial, IncPennsylvania, US
Business Process Analyst
1999 - 1999
G20 Employment Working Group
Chair
2020 - Current (4 years & 10 months)
Job overview
- Leade Saudi Delegates in all G20 Employement working group meetings and preperations.
- Chair of Saudi employment working group during presdiency (2020)
- Chair of saudi inititiave (G20 Behavioural Insight Network)
Education
Brunel University of London, London , UK
Doctor of Philosophy from Economic And Finance
Sep 2005 - Dec 2009 (4 years & 3 months)
University Overview
Market Microstructure and Stock Return Behavior.
University of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Master of Business Administration from Finance&MIS
Sep 1998 - Apr 2001 (2 years & 7 months)
King Saudi University , Riyadh
Bachelor of Business Administration from Finance
1993 - 1996 (3 years)
IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
Enter your degree from Advanced Managment
2023 - 2023
Harvard Kenndy School , Cambridge, MA
Enter your degree from Behavioral Insights And Public Policy
2018 - 2023 (5 years)
Skills
- Analytical reasoning
- Policy development
- Political negotiation
- Critical thinking
- Public speaking
- Public policy writing
- Policy negotiation
Interests
Economic development & Finance
Strategic Planning and Management
Smart Policy Design and Nudging , Evidence Based Policy, Economic Policy
Human Capital , Skill strategy and system
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Advanced
publications
Labour market future Skills . Financial Academy Forum , 2023.
Skill Systems for Economic Growth . Cityscape 2023.
Behaviorl insight public policies policies OECD network meeting , 2017 .
International experiences and practices in behavioural Insight policies. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences. 2017
Behavioural biases of investors: an analytical study . Arab Journal of Administration . 2017
You Have Been Flagged: Natural Experiment in the Saudi Stock Market . The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Behavioural Finance & Economics, Las Vegas AUG 2016.
Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofits Agencies . Book Translation to Arabic( IPA publication,2016 )
Seasonal Anomalies Patterns “calendar Anomalies” in the Saudi Stock Market. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences. 2015
Translating Labour Market Information into Proactive Interventions. World Association of Public Employment Services Association - Oct 2015
An exploratory study of a new model of providing public services. IIAS-IASIA Joint Congress, Bahrain. June 6, 2013
Can market frictions really explain the price impact asymmetry of block trades? Evidence from the Saudi Stock Market. Emerging Markets Review. Volume 13, Issue 2 .June 2012
Price impact of block trades in the Saudi stock market. Institutions and Money Volume 23, February 2013, Pages 322–341. (With Andros Gregoriou and Robert Hudson).
Liquidity Cost Determinants in the Saudi Market. International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, Vol. 2, No. 3, June 2011.
Are stock returns predictable in the Saudi market? An investigation of returns around earnings announcements. International Review of Business Research Papers, 2010.
How Markets React to Earnings Announcements in the of Analysts and Institutions: Evidence from the Saudi Market (with L. Skerratt), International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 3(4) 2010 (IJMEF),
Price Impact Asymmetry and Bid-Ask spread. The 5th international conference on Asian Financial Markets, Nagasaki, Japan,12-13 December 2009
Anticipation and Reaction to News in the Absence of Analysts’ Forecasts Market. British Accounting Association: Doctoral Colloquium, 20-21 April 2009.University of Dundee, UK.
International Partnership
leading the International collaboration with international Organisation:
Harvard Kennedy School , Evidence based policy Canter (60 M $ agreement including 25 projects)
World Bank Technical Cooperation Program ( Funded Program from MOF )
Technician Cooperation with International labour Organisations in Skills and Producitivy
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Timeline
Board Member and Head of Audit Committee
Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
Jan 2022 - Current (2 years & 10 months)
Board Member
National eLearning Center
Jan 2022 - Current (2 years & 10 months)
Board Member and Head of Audit Committe
Saudi Contractor Authority
Jan 2021 - Current (3 years & 10 months)
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Human Resource and Social Dev
2020 - Current (4 years & 10 months)
Chair
G20 Employment Working Group
2020 - Current (4 years & 10 months)
Board Member & Head of AUdit Committe
Saweed Holding
11.2019 - Current
Harvard Kenndy School
Enter your degree from Behavioral Insights And Public Policy
2018 - 2023 (5 years)
Deputy Minister for Policy
Ministry of Human Resource and Social Dev
04.2018 - 01.2020
Senior Advisor
Capital Market Authority
01.2017 - 01.2018
National Labor Observatory Deputy
Human Resource Development Fund
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Executive Director of Business Center
Institute of Public Administration, IPA
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
General Director (Economics and Finance Dept.)
Institute of Public Administration, IPA
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Asst. Professor of Business and Finance
Institute of Public Administration
2010 - 2014 (4 years)
Director of Private Sector Programmes
Institute of Public Administration
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Strategy Advisor
ASA Group, medical Co
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Business Development and founder
EventDay
2009 - 2011 (2 years)
Brunel University of London
Doctor of Philosophy from Economic And Finance
Sep 2005 - Dec 2009 (4 years & 3 months)
Business Trainer
Institute of Public Administration
01.2001 - 01.2005
Business Process Analyst
Prudential Financial, Inc
1999 - 1999
University of Scranton
Master of Business Administration from Finance&MIS
Sep 1998 - Apr 2001 (2 years & 7 months)
King Saudi University
Bachelor of Business Administration from Finance
1993 - 1996 (3 years)
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