Dr. Khalid Al-Yahya

GRM 2017 Workshop: Private Delivery of Infrastructure Services in the GCC: The New Political Economy of PPPs

Senior Research Fellow / Director - King Salman Center for Governance and Innovation / Palladium

Dr. Khalid Al-Yahya is Senior Research Fellow at King Salman Center for Local Governance, and Director of Palladium, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Al-Yahya is a leading expert in Strategy, Development Policy, and Governance with over 20 years of global and regional experience in government, consulting, and academia. His previous work focuses on areas related to public sector transformation and innovation, strategic planning and implementation, public-private partnerships, human capital and labor, competitiveness and sustainability. He has advised and led transformative projects with several governments and international development organizations including the Ministry of Finance, SAMA, SAGIA, Ministry of Labor, Aramco in Saudi Arabia; and Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Interior, Executive Councils in Dubai Government, Abu Dhabi Government, and Ajman Government in the UAE; the OECD, UN, UNDP, World Bank, Bill Gates Foundation, Shell Foundation, and Citi. He is currently Palladium’s Saudi Arabia country director. He has held senior leadership positions including the Managing Director of Accenture Strategy and Public Sector lead in the Middle East, Official at the MOF in Saudi Arabia, Director of Governance and Innovation in Dubai Government, and Associate at Harvard University Kennedy School (2008-2012), Assistant Professor at Arizona State University (USA) (2005-2008). Dr. AlYahya is an influential thought leader and has been a speaker in more than 110 international conferences and forums in 42 countries, and a regular commentator in TV news channels. He is a member of several international professional associations. He is also a certified instructor in “Strategic Thinking & Leadership”, "Public-Private 7 Partnerships", "Public Sector Innovation", “Knowledge Management” and “Public Policy Implementation”. He has more than 50 published works that were presented in international and regional venues including WEF, Government Summits, Harvard University, WB.