ALI ABED
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Analytical and impact-focused management consultant specializing in operational strategy, business transformation, and performance improvement. Proven ability to deliver structured solutions across complex value chains. Adept at aligning strategic objectives with executional rigor through data-backed insights, stakeholder engagement, and crossfunctional collaboration across diverse industries.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Consultant
Acuvon Consulting
Riyadh
01.2025 - 09.2025
- Setup a Transformation Office for a leading private healthcare firm, including governance design, initiative prioritization, and reporting structures
- Led end-to-end process transformation, cutting manual task time by 33% and eliminating workflow redundancies
- Enhanced workflow efficiency by 25% by designing SOPs for crossfunctional collaboration
- Drove agile transformation sprints, coordinating with crossfunctional teams to re-engineer workflows and digitize it through automation
- Acted as the primary liaison with senior client executives, proactively managing expectations and securing buy-in for high-impact transformation initiatives
- Advised on change enablement and communication strategies to ensure adoption of new processes, tools, and performance routines across stakeholder groups
Consultant
Acuvon Consulting
Riyadh
12.2023 - 12.2024
- Conducted detailed market analysis identifying 15% growth potential, supporting client expansion into new verticals
- Designed organizational structures that improved interdepartmental collaboration by 30%, reducing project delays
- Led strategic workshops for senior leadership teams, directly contributing to the achievement of key business objectives, resulting in 25% improvement in team alignment and goal setting
- Developed a 3-year strategic roadmap to drive 4x revenue growth through market repositioning and operational scale
- Built and deployed OKR playbooks and SOPs to improve alignment, goal-setting, and performance tracking
Associate Consultant
Wisdom Management Consultancy
Riyadh
09.2021 - 12.2023
- Delivered strategic insights through market analysis, shaping client decision-making and engagement strategies
- Designed and implemented org restructuring and operating models, driving 15% performance uplift via cost efficiency and process streamlining
- Developed comp & benefits benchmark across peers, enabling a restructured rewards framework that boosted retention and aligned incentives to performance
- Executed organization-wide people assessment to evaluate talent, leadership potential, and role fit for restructuring and succession planning
- Contributed to engagements spanning public sector, non-profit, and private clients, strengthening multi-industry exposure
Education
Bachelor of Science - International Finance
Eastern Mediterranean University
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Strategy Development & Implementation
- Organizational Design
- Analytical Problem Solving
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Agility & Adaptability
- Collaboration
- OKRs Development
- Project Management
- Process Engineering
Certification
Certified OKR Practitioner, OKR Institute
Strategy and Innovation for Agile Organizations, Duke University
Value Creation for Corporate Strategy, IE Business School
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Acuvon Consulting
01.2025 - 09.2025
Consultant
Acuvon Consulting
12.2023 - 12.2024
Associate Consultant
Wisdom Management Consultancy
09.2021 - 12.2023
Bachelor of Science - International Finance
Eastern Mediterranean University
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