Khaled Alharbi Email Address

Senior Vice President Operations

SAR, as a new name in the domestic transport market seeks to satisfy market requirement by providing the best advanced railway services encompassing transport of passengers, freight, minerals and transit services between the neighbouring countries. The Railway will link a number of cities, neighbouring areas and villages which will lead to their development socially, economically, industrially, agriculturally and commercially. In the future this will help also to establish advanced industries in most of the regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.\r\nfor more information, would would like to invite you to visit our website : www.sar.com.sa

Senior Executive with core capability in engineering project delivery and large scale operations management . I am currently championing operating models maximizing growth & value creation as an entrepreneurial P&L owner and BU leader. Skilled in strategic planning , projects finance solutions , business development, market engagement and the introduction of products/services that catch the attention of clients, I translate sophisticated business and engineering strategy into functional roadmaps that maximise commercial outcomes. Over the course of my career, I have orchestrated an imposing track record of success with Saudi Railway Company (SAR) pioneering end-to-end mega supply chain, logistics, transport, Infrastrucutre and engineering projects and spearheading initiation and management of profitable, sustainable, and growing E2E supply chain, logistics, and transport operations as highlighted below: 1. Headed operations integration , people , process , customer service , safety , & staff transition as a steering committee member overseeing a corporate merger creating Saudi Railway company . 2. Delivered on North-south Railway network projects valued at SR 18 bn underpinned by major transport contracts for phosphate , bauxite , molten Sulphur , phosphoric acid and passenger services. 3. Trailblazed greenfield creation of a SR 1.3 bn freight and intermodal business , personally concluding major contracts , with Saudi Aramco , Sadara Chemical company , SABIC , and Ma'aden . A builder of world-class operating environments, I am an influential leader known for delivering explosive growth, operations excellence, and effective mega project delivery. Respected and trusted, I sat on the Board of Saudi Railway Polytechnic and was Chairman of Saudi Railways Investment & Business Development Committee, and Risk/Crisis Management & Safety Committees. Fluent in Arabic & English, I hold a BSc. (Mech.Eng.), from King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals. I am a Graduate of Executive Programs with Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, MIT, Columbia Business School, INSEAD, Caltech, and the University of Dresden in Germany . Key areas of intrests and expertise : Transport , Infrastrucutre and Engineering . In addition , I have wide experience in Project and Asset Finance solutions and business modeling [ Joint-Venture , PPP / concession , Capital budgeting and large-scale programs delivery ]