Certified Advisor & Member
🏭 Sectors
Experience Across Multiple Sectors
33+ years across different environments: the management principles hold, while the challenges change with each sector.
- 🏭Manufacturing
- 📡Telecommunications
- ♻️Environmental Services
- 🏨Hospitality & Tourism
- 🎓Education & Training
- 🚗Automotive
- 🎬Media & Entertainment
- 🏗️Construction
- 🌾Agriculture
- 🏅Sports Management
- 🏠Home-Based Business
- 🤝Nonprofit Enterprises
- 🏛️Government Sector
Companies in My Business Circle
Relationships built on trust, grown into joint collaboration
💼 Career
Over Three Decades of
Executive Leadership
A career spanning diverse sectors in senior leadership positions at regional and international levels.
🏛️ Private Practice - Strategic Advisor & Independent Board Member
Sep 2025 — Present
- Founder and Head of the Unmasked Entrepreneurship Intellectual School
- Founder of the Early Entrepreneurial Failure Theory and the Six-Dimensional Failure Model
- Founder of APAM and SITOS Systems
- Author of the Unmasked Entrepreneurship trilogy
🏢 CEO
Sep 2023 — Jan 2025
Paradigms Advisory | Bahrain
- Led a management consulting firm serving business owners and organizations
- Won and delivered consulting engagements and projects, generating commercial gains
- Carried the Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) over from a SMOHFI Advisors product into Paradigms and developed it
⚗️ Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Apr 2021 — Oct 2022
American Gene Engineer Corporation — Biotech, Pharma & Genetic
Engineering | New York, USA
- Developed the company's business model and designed business processes across MENA and Europe
- Led development of a $300 million USD regional business initiative
- Built regional sales strategy and enhanced P&L in coordination with the NY headquarters
🏢 Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Apr 2019 — Feb 2021
SMOHFI Advisors — Business Advisory, Management Consultancy &
Training | Bahrain
- Established the company to support business owners, entrepreneurs, and multi-generational families navigating business complexities
- Generated over BHD 113,000 in sales with a 65% net profit margin using very limited resources
🏢 CEO — KalamSaha Project
Feb 2011 — Mar 2018
AlAali International Business Cooperation — Media, PR & Events
Management | Bahrain
- Designed and established the KalamSaha business model in healthcare awareness and events management
- Officially recognized by Bahrain's Supreme Health Council and Ministry of Health for leading the KalamSaha initiative
- Grew client database by 30% in year 2, achieving 35% ROI, and 300% ROI by year 4
- Engaged 460+ physicians of various nationalities to publish articles on the platform
⚙️ Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Jan 2009 — Dec 2010
Universe Environment BSC · Universe Projects International ·
Arteko Engineering | Bahrain
- Managed a group of companies and unified the organizational and operational structure between entities
- Secured a BD 2 million investment to establish Bahrain Environment BSC
- Co-founded Recycling for Charity and disseminated recycling concepts across 80+ educational institutions
🏢 Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
May 2008 — Nov 2008
AHA Global Access Group WLL — B2B Trading & Project Management |
Bahrain
- Led company strategy and secured 2 business deals worth $19.6M USD in the first 5 months
- Generated approximately 27% profits equivalent to $5.29 million USD
🏛️ General Manager — Business Development Community Member
Jun 2007 — Apr 2008
Abdul-Aal Group Holdings — Conglomerate Business Group | Bahrain
- Led operations, marketing, sales, and profitability for a diversified group of companies
- Personally achieved BD 635,000 in debt collections
- Cleared 10+ years of redundant stock worth BD 300,000 at 25% profit margin
- Founded 3 new companies: Abdulaal Bentonite, Abdulaal Commercial Services & Abdulaal Rent a Car
🏢 General Manager (GM)
May 2000 — May 2007
Merit International Trading — B2B Trading & Project Management |
Bahrain
- Co-founded the company, holding the highest responsibilities next to the Managing Director, leading a team of 23 across 5 offices in Bahrain, India, Saudi Arabia, Dubai & Istanbul
- Managed international business and ventures across the MENA region
- Brought average annual business of $10M USD with average 35% net profit
📡 Logistics Coordinator & QM Coordinator — MENA Region
Jan 1998 — Nov 1999
Lucent Technologies — AT&T | World's Largest Telecom Company |
Bahrain
- Managed the complete supply chain for the Middle East & Africa region from manufacturing orders to customer delivery
- Led the ISO 9002 certification project as the company's representative for the MENA region
- Developed a logistics system that reduced DHL dependency by 20%, saving ~BD 70,000 annually
🏭 Store Keeper — Executive In-charge
Nov 1991 — Jun 1997
Savola Bahrain Company | Cooking Oil & Ghee Manufacturer
- Managed warehouses, inventory control, and warehouse planning across multiple product lines
- Implemented MRP II manufacturing resources planning achieving zero-tolerance inventory management
- Reduced stock requirements by 35% in spare parts and raw materials