GPMF 2025 Speakers

Abdullah Abdulkarim

Governor at Saudi Water Authority

Abeer Albashiti

Founder and Managing Director at Larimar

Afaf Jassim

Director of Strategy and Future Department at Dubai Civil Defense

Akram Elnagar

Training & Change Expert at Hill International

Alaa Zeitoun

Strategy Advisor at Zeitoun Advisory

Alberto Osman

Managing Director at P3GQA

Alex Adamopoulos

Chairman & CEO at Emergn

Alex Osterwalder

Founder and CEO at Strategyzer

Alexander David

CEO at Value Matrix

Alexander Pattyn

COO at certN

Alexandra Klimenko

CEO and Founder at Soft Skills Lab

Ali Al Khabouri

CEO and Co-founder

Ali AlShamrani

Project Development Director at RUA ALMADINAH

Alshaima Abdullah Alshayeb

Founder & Chairwoman at Saudi Women Engineers Society

Americo Pinto

POGA Managing Director at Project Management InstituteProject Management Institute

Amin Al Jaber

Chief Information Officer at Nesma & Partners

Amireh Amirmazehri

CEO at PMO Solutions

Amjad Abdo

Planning Manager at Saudi Diyar Consultants

Atif Rashid

Resilience Coach at Inspire1 IV Consulting

Belal Deiranieh

Chief Executive Officer at SYSTRA Arabia

Ben Breen

Global Director Construction & Vice President, APAC at PMI

Bruno Morgante

Founder & CEO at Mantegora

Cem Cesur

Projects Manager at VA Tech WABAG GmbH

Charles Igwe

Program Manager at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Christoph Hirnle

Managing Director at Meisterplan

Col. Ahmed Hassan Alhefeit

Director of Initiatives and Projects Department at Dubai Police

Dana Nassif

Assistant Project Manager at AECOM

David Alabi

Chief Strategy Officer at The Strategic Project Leader

Dirk Withake

Business Unit Director / Chapter President at Frequentis AG / PMI Austria Chapter

Dr Nina Krajnik

Psychoanalyst | Business Consultant | Co-Founder at Global Clinical Institutions

Dr. Carsten Tautz

Founder and CEO at CuttingEdge Advisory FZ-LLC

Dr. Fahad Adel Ghonaim

Chief Technology Architect, Multicloud Platforms, Cloud and Digital at Solutions STC

Dr. Hanaa Namankani

Assistant Professor at College of Computing and Information Technology

Dr. Nadim K. Nassar

Executive Director at Specialized Industrial Services Company

Dr. Roy Mikhael

Associate Director at KPMG

Dr. Saadi Adra

Founder & CEO at ADVISORS

Dr. Wilson Guilherme Ramalho da Silva

General Manager for Downstream Programs at Petrobras

Eileen Roden

Director and Co-Founder at House of PMO

Elena Boheme

Development Director at Metrix Projects

Elmohanad Elsayed

Professor at Hult International Business School

Eman Deabil

PMO and Strategy Professional

Eng. Abdullah AlQahtani

VP of Training Strategy

Eng. Abdulrazzaq bin Subhi Al-Aujan

Government Expenditure & Projects Efficiency Authority (EXPRO)

Eng. Badr M. Burshaid

Chairman & President at Global Project Management Forum 2025 Chairman President of Project Management Institute, KSA Chapter

Eng. Fahd Bin Muhammad Al-Jubair

Mayor of the Eastern Province

Eng. Fawaz Al-Rabiah

CEO of the National Transformation Program

Eng. Saleh Al-Dosari

Senior Vice President of Engineering and Procurement BL, PDC at Saudi Electricity Project Development Company (PDC)

Eng. Sultan bin Saleh Al-Sudais

CEO of Saudi Electricity Project Development Company - PDC

Eren Ozdemir

Disciplined Agile Expert at PMI

Fadwa Saad Abdulrahman AlBawardi

Founder/CEO at FSAB Consulting

Fahad Alosaimi

Sr Vice President at Saudi Bin Laden Group

Faisal J. Abbas

Editor in Chief

Fauaz Labadi

Transformation Management Unit Partner at PwC Middle East

Fawaz Tunkar

Director of PMO & Performance Management at Film Commission / MoC

Firuza Nasibzade

Project Manager at Institute of Project Management

Fola Alabi

CIO, Chief Innovation Officer at Strategic Project Leader Inc

Frederic Casagrande

Vice President, Capital Excellence at TAQA Distribution

George Avrmescu

Group Accountant at Rendall & Rittner

H.E. Dr. Margarete Schramböck

Former Minister & Board Member

H.E. Eng. Badr Al-Dulami

Vice Minister of Transport and Logistics Services for Roads Affairs, Acting CEO of the General Authority for Roads

H.E. Eng. Khalid Al-Salem

Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu

H.E. Eng. Suleiman Al-Mazroua

CEO of the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NDLP)

Halio Rodrigues Costa

CEO FOUNDER at FLEKS

Hamad Al Zamil

Deputy Vice President at SWA

Hamzeh Awwad

CEO at AJi Group

Hanny Alshazly

Regional Managing Director- Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Project Management Institute (PMI)

Hans Nilsson

Chairman of Advisory Board at 7startup

Hassan AlBalawi

CEO at Wakecap

Hatem Shehab

General Manager at Bright Future Consulting

Hesham Albabtain

General Manager of EPMO

Hilal Mengi

Managing Director at Dune Studio

Huda Nabil Aldabal

Associate Engineer at Saudi Aramco

Husam Al-Dossary

Project Quality Manager at Saudi Aramco

Ian Sinclair

Head of project & Development Services KSA at Knight Frank

Imad Alsadeq

Transformation Delivery Partner at EY MENA

Imtenan Almubarak

Executive Director at KAPSARC

Iris Meinl

CEO & Coach for Digital Transformation at NextGen Digital Advisors

Ivan Alves Moreira

Senior Program Manager at Logicalis Group

Ivan Vaptsarov

Founder & Consulting Lead at PM Peer Ltd.

Joe Castner

VP, Global Ecosystems at Oracle

Joe Pusz

CEO at The PMO Squad

Joshua L Kanner

Sr. Director, Product Strategy at Oracle

Katharina Kugler

Advisor and Consultant at UNIVERSE Enterprises LLC

Khalid Alomar

CDO at WhiteHelmet

Laila Al Hadhrami

Chairwoman at Women Future Cities

Lan Phan

Master Trainer at COMMUNITY OF SEVEN

Latifa Baba

Special Advisor at Government of Canada

Laura Barnard

Chief IMPACT Driver at PMO Strategies

Lee Lambert

CEO at Lambert Consulting

Liudmila Prozorova

CEO at Quantum Leap

Lloyd Skinner

CEO at greyfly.ai

Luke Goetting

Future of Work Expert & Global Keynote at Gen Z @ Work Speaker

Maiza Pimenta Goulart

Portfolio Capital Project General Manager at Petrobras

Margarete Schramboeck

Board Member & Former Minister at Aramco Digital

Mariia Belova

Project manager

Marko Golob

Head of IT PMO at SIJ d.d. and PMI Slovenia

Maryia Oayda

Psychoanalyst | CEO

Mbonu Chinedu

Senior Programme Manager at British High Commission, Abuja, Nigeria

Mei Yin Lin

Lead Program Manager at University of Texas at Arlington

Meshari Al Musayid

Project Director at KAFD

Michael Hannan

Founder & Principal Consultant

Minister - H.E. Majed Huqail

Minister of Municipalities and Housing

Moetaz Soubjaki

Consulting Manager at PwC Middle East

Mohammed Ali A. Hammad

X Program Director at Saudi Aramco

Mohammed S. Alsurf

Founder and President at Sustainability Professionals of Saudi Arabia

Mona Akram Zgheib

Managing Partner

Mubarak Al-Otaibi

Senior Vice President of Projects BL at Saudi Electricity Project Development Company (PDC)

Murat Aydin

Co-Founder & CEO at Excellence Talks

Musleh Alameri

Executive Managing Officer at Acwa Power

Nader Almutairi

Corporate Sustainability Officer at Academy Of Learning (AOL)

Nadja Fertasi

Founder at Thrive with EQ

Nasser Abdullah Alqahtani

Student at King Saud University

Nawaf Alwadaah

Associate Engineer at Saudi Aramco

Nofal Abdul Hadi

Senior Project Manager

Paul Telling

Owner/ Founder at The Visual Storytellers Group

Prof. Raphael Albergarias

President at IPMA Brasil

Rayyan Alhassan

Transformation and Strategy General Manager at Ministry of Culture - Heritage Commission

Razan Al-Ajmmi

Skydiver Coach & Entrepreneur at Saudi Skydive Agency and ThirdEye Agency

Saadi Adra

Founder & CEO

Saleh Khalaf AlDosari

Vice President of Engineering and Procurement

Sameh Makky

PMO Project Manager at Albabtain Contracting Co.

Sami AlHamza

Deputy for Technical Affairs and Projects at Saudi Water Authority

Shadwa Elkady

Digital Transformation Project Manager & Implementation Lead

Sharekh AlSharekh

Vice President For Technical Affairs And Projects at Saudi Water Authority

Sherief Elabd

Director, Industry & Customer Advisory Strategy at Oracle

Stuart Easton

CEO & Co-Founder at Stuart Easton

Susana Mendes

Senior Project Manager at Servinfor

Tamer Elleisi

Partner at PwC Middle East

Taryn Ash

CEO/Founder at Nudgez

Tayfun Can Kucuk

Executive Director , International Business Development at MEXT Technology Center

Thomas Vu

Chief Innovation Officer at Creta

Tony Prensa

CEO/Founder at TP Global Business Consulting LLC

Yahya Abu Shal

Senior Vice President at Saudi Aramco

Yanzi Liu

Director of Business Development at Anxinsec Technology

Youmna Naufal

Director of Communication at APCO

YoungBae Moon

Senior Vice President at Bloomtechnology

Yuwon Kim

CEO at NAVER Cloud

Yvonne Winter

CEO at FlyNow Arabia Ltd.