Dr. Ahmed Sedky | Senior Vice President - Procurement
AL GHURAIR

Dr. Ahmed Sedky is a well-rounded Senior Vice President – Procurement at Al Ghurair Investment and a Doctor of Business with over 25 years of experience across multicultural Groups in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United States, the UK, and Egypt. His experience includes construction, real estate, engineering, facility management, manufacturing, energy, commodities, raw materials, heavy machinery, healthcare, technology systems, retail and malls, and petrochemicals. He is a transformational leader skilled in building and uplifting team capabilities and skills. As an expert in setting strategies and engineering processes, he successfully transformed and uplifted the maturity levels of Procurement and Supply Chain Functions across reputed Groups, driving optimization and digitization while revolutionizing operational processes. He is a Doctor of Business from a United States-based university with a concentration in Project Management, Organizational Leadership, and Business Sustainability. He holds a master's degree in Management of Foreign Trade Logistics and Supply Chain Management, certified in International Supply Chain Management by IPSCMI – the United States, a certified Change Practitioner applying the ADKAR Model by PROSCI – the United States, and certified in coaching and mentoring by ILM – UK. Besides being a Procurement and Supply Chain leader, Dr. Sedky is a published Scopus-listed academic author who has cooperated with global publishers. His research and knowledge are extensive in Supply Chain Management, Procurement Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Organizational Leadership, Engineering, Business Sustainability, Strategy Management, International Business, Foreign Trade Logistics, quantitative and qualitative methodologies in solving business problems, analyzing market trends, and managing special projects and strategic initiatives.