The Firm

A firm built on how institutions decide.

Governance-first logic, accountable integrated delivery, and a collective of institutional authority.

Purpose

To help GCC institutions govern transformation and master their information — turning decisions into measurable institutional performance.

Vision

To be the GCC's authority on institutional decision architecture — the firm institutions engage when scale has outpaced structure.

Institutional Philosophy

Governance precedes technology

Tools express governance; they never replace it.

Decisions over dashboards

We build the decision, not the display.

Evidence over opinion

Institutional choices rest on governed information.

Every engagement is structured by a consistent, governance-led delivery approach — requirements, execution planning, coordinated production, validation and structured handover, with named accountability at each stage. See how we work →
Leadership

A collective of institutional authority.

Founder & CEO
Dr. Manal Aladwani

Governance, information management and digital transformation. Leads BIM MENA's executive governance and decision-readiness work and integrates delivery across the firm's mandates.

Chairman
Dr. Khaled Mahdi

Public policy, national development, governance, and institutional strategy. Brings public-sector credibility and institutional authority at the highest level.

Senior Strategic Advisor
Dr. Salah Omran

Transformation delivery, operational excellence, project and portfolio performance, and enterprise implementation. The firm's delivery and implementation credibility.

Strategic Advisor — Enterprise Intelligence & Decision Systems
Bader Alabddan

Enterprise and institutional intelligence, AI-enabled decision systems, data readiness and executive decision support.

The leadership is supported by a strategic advisory network of senior experts across governance, delivery, housing and urban development, information, technology, and institutional risk. BIM MENA is built to be larger than any one individual.
Strategic Advisory Network

Specialist experience across housing, cities and institutional risk.

Senior advisors bring public-sector planning experience and specialist insight to BIM MENA's mandates — from housing strategy and sustainable urban development to cybersecurity, AI governance and digital trust.

Strategic Advisor — Housing & Urban Development
Arch. Naser Khraibut

Arch. Naser Khraibut is an architect and urban development professional who formerly served as Deputy Director General for Planning and Design at Kuwait’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW). His experience spans large-scale housing programmes, new city planning, and the integration of smart and sustainable approaches into urban development. He has contributed to regional and international discussions on housing and cities, including the World Urban Forum. At BIM MENA, he brings a public-sector planning perspective to advisory work on housing strategy, urban development and the adoption of digital practices in housing programmes.

Capability areas
Housing Strategy & Programme Planning
New Cities & Sustainable Urban Development
Digital Adoption in Housing Programmes

Strategic Advisor — Cybersecurity, AI Governance & Digital Trust
Dr. Hussain Aldawood

Cybersecurity and AI-governance advisor with over fifteen years guiding governments, regulators, and critical-sector institutions through secure digital transformation. Contributor to global governance through the United Nations Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity, and the Global Cybersecurity Forum. PhD in Cybersecurity.

Capability areas
Cybersecurity Strategy & Digital Trust
AI Governance, Risk & Responsible Adoption
Critical Infrastructure Resilience & Data Sovereignty

Why BIM MENA
GCC-built institutional understanding
Governance-first transformation logic
Genuine information-management depth
Executive-level advisory capability
Evidence-based decision architecture
Founder-led intellectual ownership
Delivery and implementation credibility
Institutional intelligence, AI governance and digital trust capability
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Let's examine how your institution decides.

Every mandate begins with a candid, confidential read of where your ambition and governance stand today.

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