Ahmad Obaida
Seventeen years turning strategy into delivered outcomes — designing the operating model, standing up the PMO, and holding the portfolio to its numbers.
The Practitioner Behind the Programme
Transformation taught by someone who has had to deliver it.
Ahmad Obaida is a PMO Director with 17+ years of hands-on experience building PMOs from scratch, managing complex portfolios, and delivering results across some of the most demanding industries in Egypt and the Gulf. He has sat in the chair of the project manager, the PMO Director, the consultant, and the executive advisor — the same four seats a transformation has to align — and he teaches from all of them.
Across the Five Stages
Talint's transformation model runs Aim → Architect → Activate → Advance → Assure. Ahmad has delivered work at every stage — with the numbers to show for it.
Aim
Architect
Activate
Advance
Assure
Not theory borrowed from a framework. Every stage above is backed by work Ahmad has personally delivered in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Career Journey
A career built project by project — across industries, across borders.
Steel Structure Engineer
Hassan Allam Sons | Egypt
Senior Planning & Projects Engineer
Alexandria Sugar Company, Savola Group | Egypt
Planning & Contracts Manager
AlRehab Constructions | Egypt
PMO Head & Projects Department Manager
United Sugar Company (USCE), Savola Group | Egypt
Independent PMO Consultant
Manufacturing & Real Estate | Egypt
PMO Consultant — ZATCA Project
Deloitte MENA | Riyadh, KSA
Head of Corporate PMO
Ahram Security Group | Cairo, Egypt
PMO Director
Nozom Consulting | Riyadh, KSA
What the Work Delivered
Outcomes signed off by the organisations that paid for them.
Construction
From steel structures to mega-project contracts. He knows what a delayed project looks like at 6am on a site.
Manufacturing & FMCG
SAR 40M annual CAPEX at Savola Group. Real deadlines. A 100% delivery record built under zero-margin pressure.
Government
ZATCA. MEWA. SAR. SIDF. Mawhiba. High-stakes, high-compliance delivery — navigated at ministry level.
IT & Private Sector
Corporate transformation. Software and hardware projects. AI tools integrated into day-to-day project management.
How Ahmad Trains
Training isn't something Ahmad does on the side. It's built into how he works.
30+ Professionals Trained
Workshops delivered across operations, finance, and technology teams — designed from scratch, not borrowed from a slide deck.
Executive Coaching
Coached department heads through a full corporate transformation. Result: a 30% improvement in operational efficiency.
The Puzzle-Building Method
Every module adds one piece to a real participant project. By the final session, participants walk away with a complete, ready-to-use project management plan.
Every session ends with something the participant can use on Monday.
Bring this experience to your transformation. Live online, in-house, and embedded consulting across the UK, Ireland, and the GCC.
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