Ahmed Al Ahmed

• Initiate, design, execute and lead the overall IT portfolio strategy to enhance revenue • Advise on a consultative approach to the IT business needs • Uphold the values instilled within the business regarding IT solutions • Maintain stakeholder engagement that supports the strategy across all 16 diverse divisions and industries to create strong & independent solutions for Nakheel’s customers • Maintain and manage the full OPEX, CAPEX, & budget strategy for the Nakheel IT portfolio • Design strategies that focus on continuous improvement, resulting in cost reduction • Implement sustainable electronic applications that can focus on supporting the initiative to speed up corporate workflows

• Design the IT strategy by aligning the company’s business strategy & needs • Execute reduction strategies to reduce the operations cost successfully • Centralized corporate services, recycling existing resources and designed a scalable infrastructure • Instill and drive the division to become focused on creating customer & product-centric services • Prepared the divisions annual business plan, and present credible and sustainable plans • Research new innovative ideas to keep up to date with latest technologies & best practices • Mentor & empower team members through the exposure of opportunities to grow and succeed • Formulated the annual IT budget along with the CAPEX and OPEX heads of departments

• Led the network, system & database, service desk, configuration management & development • Centralized corporate services, recycling existing resources & designing a scalable infrastructure • Ensured successful project infrastructure implementation on key modules, fleet management, distress service, GPRS & billing systems with the IT development team on PLM (Product Life Management) projects • Approved IT technical evaluations, with the supply and contracts teams • Improved procedures & empowered the team to make operational decisions • Aligned the corporate strategy with the IT development and operations, applying the latest technology, ensuring simple process automation and empowering the staff with requisite tools and knowledge

• Appointed as the management representative for all Product Life Management projects and assumed responsibility for the smooth project coordination across all corporate departments • Steered the departments focus towards excellence in product lifecycle management, configuration management and process improvement across the technology division • Supervised major projects outside of the PLM areas and applied the standards of industry best practice • Evaluated the current processes under the purview and suggested enhancements for work simplification and optimization • Established quality standards across in key areas in the Technology Division • Nominated as the Best Team Leader for the year 2007 across Technology division