About the Firm

BIM MENA Strategic Advisory.

An institutional advisory firm working with governments, enterprises, and universities across the GCC — bridging academic rigour and practical mandates in digital governance, BIM, and smart-city transformation.

About BIM MENA

An advisory firm built on how institutions decide.

BIM MENA Strategic Advisory works with governments, enterprises, and institutions across the GCC on digital governance, institutional decision architecture, and digital transformation. The firm's conviction is simple: technology rarely fails on its own merits — institutions fail to govern it.

The work spans both worlds this field demands — academic rigour and practical delivery. The firm draws on a published research record in lean construction, building information modelling, and the role of artificial intelligence in the built environment, and on experience introducing BIM into university curricula and convening regional platforms on digital adoption in the Gulf.

From that foundation, BIM MENA developed the IDAF Framework — the Institutional Decision Architecture Framework — the proprietary method that now anchors every advisory engagement.

Leadership & Advisory

Leadership & Advisory.

Executive leadership guiding institutional transformation across the GCC.

Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Manal Aladwani
Digital Transformation & Institutional Strategy

Founder of BIM MENA Strategic Advisory, leading the firm's work in institutional transformation, digital governance, BIM strategy, executive education, and smart-city advisory across the GCC. Her work combines academic depth, strategic vision, and implementation-focused transformation frameworks.

Chairman · Strategic Advisor
Dr. Khaled Mahdi
Strategic Governance & Public Policy Advisor

Provides strategic guidance on governance, institutional policy, public-sector transformation, and executive-level decision frameworks. His experience supports the firm's long-term vision for sustainable institutional modernisation in the Gulf region.

Senior Strategic Advisor
Dr. Salah Omran
Business Transformation & Institutional Development

Supports the firm's strategic initiatives in business transformation, institutional development, operational structuring, and executive advisory programmes across public and private-sector environments.

The Firm in the Ecosystem
Strategic Advisory

BIM MENA

BIM MENA is a strategic advisory firm specialising in digital governance, BIM and digital construction, and smart-city development across the GCC.

The firm serves as the institutional vehicle through which its advisory work is delivered — and stands among the organisers of the Gulf Digital Building Forum, alongside the Union of Kuwaiti Engineering Offices.

What Guides the Work

Principles the firm holds to.

01

Governance before tools

Every platform decision is a governance decision first. The technology follows the architecture, never the reverse.

02

Rigour over rhetoric

Advice is grounded in research and evidence. Clear facts are presented even when they challenge the brief.

03

Durable, not dependent

Success means an institution that can decide well on its own — capability that outlives the engagement.

04

Built for the Gulf

Frameworks are designed for the GCC's institutional context — bilingual, regionally fluent, and culturally grounded.

Selected Track Record

A record across practice and academia.

Doctorate

PhD — Digital Construction & Project Management

Doctoral research positioning digital methods within institutional and project governance.

Research

Published academic record

Peer-reviewed work on lean construction and BIM in Kuwait, and on AI and BIM in Gulf education.

2024

GCC BIM Conference & Expo

Organised and led a regional convening on digital adoption in the built environment.

Academia

Curriculum & teaching appointments

Introduced BIM into university curricula; ongoing adjunct professor and lecturer roles.

Practice

The IDAF Framework

Developed a proprietary method for institutional decision architecture, now anchoring all advisory work.

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