Khalid Fahad Al-Huzaim was recently appointed as deputy minister for shared services at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia.

He also serves as an independent board member at the SITE company and the Saudi Industrial Development Fund.

Al-Huzaim has been an executive board member for the Saudia Medical Services since 2019.

Prior to that, he served as the executive vice president of the management and regulations holding group at Saudia airline from May 2019 to April 2021.

Al-Huzaim also worked as group chief human resources officer for Al-Rajhi Bank from 2015 to 2019.

Al-Huzaim is a senior human resources leader with more than 20 years of generalist and specialist experience gained mostly with top banks in the Kingdom.

Al-Huzaim was the vice president of human resources at the Riyad Bank from 2008 to 2014 where he developed HR strategy and operating plans, achieving integration between HR and the business division.

He began his career as a supervisor in Vela Marin, Saudi Aramco in 1999.

He has been instrumental in leading, designing and implementing a variety of HR initiatives focused on partnering the human resource function with operational and business requirements. These initiatives spanned the entire range of HR function, from leadership development agenda through Al-Rajhi Academy to improving the overall quality and service of HR function.

Al-Huzaim also led large-scale recruitment initiatives and employer branding campaigns.

He earned an MBA in business from George Washington University in 2005, and a bachelor of computer engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1999.