Mr. Ahmad AlQarawi

Chief Executive Officer, Al Watania Poultry

Head of Sustainability, National Housing Company (NHC)

• Established the sustainability function at NHC.
• Developed educational facilities in partnership with the Ministry of Education and quality-of-life facilities with government entities and national programs.
• Developed the company’s sustainability strategy, governance arrangements, policies and procedural manuals.
• Established the NHC nonprofit foundation to serve neighborhoods and communities and develop public facilities.
• Prepared the 2024 environmental, social and governance (ESG) report.
• Contributed to sustainable development objectives.

Deputy Minister for Workforce Localization and Local Content and Special Adviser to the Minister – Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing

• Established the ministry’s Workforce Localization and Local Content Agency.
• Developed a national workforce localization strategy for real-estate development.
• Reorganized economic activities and occupations under the ministry’s remit.
• Achieved a 70% local-content rate within the ministry.
• Issued six workforce localization decisions aimed at creating 30,000 skilled jobs for project managers, engineers and technicians.
• Launched more than 45 recruitment campaigns with Tawteen 2.
• Introduced 30 occupations within self-employment models.
• Developed municipal and housing initiatives to help combat commercial concealment.
• Regulated street-vendor activity through digital integration with the Balady platform and their inclusion in self-employment and support programs.
• Coordinated with more than 60 government and quasi-government entities to support localization targets.
• Signed training and employment agreements prioritizing social-security households and families most in need.
• Supported private-sector employment partnerships that resulted in approximately 47,000 placements under support programs.
• Advised the Minister on the ministry’s strategic matters.
• Met national workforce localization performance indicators and contributed to reducing unemployment.

Deputy Minister for Developmental Housing, Community Participation and the Third Sector – Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing

• Oversaw developmental housing projects and operational plans.
• Strengthened governance of partnerships.
• Advanced sustainable funding, established a major-donors unit and supported family homeownership.
• Organized, supported and strengthened the nonprofit sector, including outsourcing operational services and expanding the number of associations.
• Developed partnerships with the private and nonprofit sectors.
• Developed housing products to help the families most in need become homeowners.
• Automated processes, improved procedural governance and enhanced beneficiary service.
• Established ministry-affiliated nonprofit entities and governed relations with charities, fundraising platforms and the Jood Housing platform.

Deputy Minister for Developmental Housing – Ministry of Housing

• Revised the strategy and developed and implemented operational plans aligned with national objectives.
• Strengthened governance of relationships with relevant ministries, regional authorities and the nonprofit sector.
• Prepared budgets, managed project and operational costs, and oversaw implementation.
• Coordinated government stakeholders and funding sources to support developmental housing.

Adviser – Ministry of Housing

• Provided advisory support to the Developmental Housing Agency.
• Contributed to setting strategic directions for developmental housing.
• Coordinated stakeholders and partners supporting developmental housing.

Acting Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales – Al Watania Poultry

• Redesigned the sales and marketing strategy with targets and operating plans.
• Achieved what the supplied CV describes as the highest sales level in the company’s history.
• Improved customer confidence in the company and its products.
• Refreshed the corporate identity and led marketing and media campaigns.
• Focused on growing higher-margin sales.
• Established a modern sales and marketing system directly linked to operations.

Executive Vice President, Factories Sector – Al Watania Poultry

• Set strategic objectives for the factories sector.
• Contributed to corporate restructuring.
• Improved operational efficiency and factory productivity.
• Increased production-line reliability and improved performance and maintenance.
• Improved product quality and consumer satisfaction while reducing complaints.
• Improved productivity of individuals and teams, including Saudi women employees.
• Improved recycling, environmental protection and organic-waste management in line with local and international requirements.
• Developed the company’s production strategy.
• Led localization of leadership roles, with an emphasis on women’s employment.

Director of Projects and Development – Al Watania Poultry

• Managed a grain-silo project in Yanbu with up to 180,000 tonnes of storage capacity.
• Managed organic-waste recycling and protein-production plant projects.
• Managed redesign and corporate brand standardization across headquarters and model sales branches.
• Managed poultry-processing plant development.
• Managed slaughterhouse development and capacity expansion.
• Managed fertilizer-plant development using modern technologies.
• Managed implementation of a feed plant with a capacity of 30 tonnes per hour.

Head of Technical Affairs – Al Watania Poultry

Head of Manufacturing and Maintenance Workshops – Al Watania Poultry

Mechanical Engineer – Al Watania Poultry