Mohammed Alkaltham has been the general director of the Saudi Ministry of Finance’s budget planning department since March.
He is currently working on developing a new budget framework for medium-term financial planning (MTFP), an extension of the annual process involving three to five-year budget horizons aligned to national priorities and fiscal strategy.
Building an MTFP framework would streamline the Kingdom’s forward planning by bringing the country’s budget in line with key government spending targets and increasing collaboration between relevant authorities, Alkaltham said, creating a clear vision of public finances over the medium term.
He joined the Ministry of Finance in May 2019 as an executive adviser in the budget deputyship department. Between 2018 and 2019, he was the senior business development manager at Saudi joint stock company Elm, providing a wide range of ready-made and customized digital solutions to clients in the Saudi government.
From 2015 to 2018 he held the position of program manager at Advanced Electronics Co., delivering energy technologies and solutions, and worked for two private finance companies between 1999 and 2005.
Alkaltham gained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from King Faisal University in 1999, a master’s degree in business administration, specializing in accounting, from Johnson and Wales University in the US, in 2009, and a certificate as a certified estimation professional in 2019.
Who’s Who: Mohammed Alkaltham, general director of the Saudi Ministry of Finance’s budget planning department
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Who’s Who: Mohammed Alkaltham, general director of the Saudi Ministry of Finance’s budget planning department
Winners of 27th King Salman Award for Qur’an Memorization to be crowned this week
- The awards ceremony of the men’s event will take place on Friday at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, the day after the winners of the women’s event are honored
- Total prize pool for the competitions, organized by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance between Feb. 13 and 17, is more than SR7m
RIYADH: The winners of the 27th annual King Salman bin Abdulaziz Award for the Memorization, Recitation and Interpretation of the Holy Qur’an will be honored during special ceremonies this week.
Prince Faisal bin Bandar, the governor of Riyadh Region, will attend the culmination of the men’s event, held under the patronage of King Salman, on Friday at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The awards ceremony for the women’s event, held under the patronage of Princess Fahda Al-Hathleen, spouse of King Salman, will take place at the same venue on Thursday.
The total prize pool for the competitions, which were organized by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance and took place between Feb. 13 and 17, is more than SR7 million ($1.87 million). Three winners will be crowned in each of the male and female categories.
Abdullatif Al-Alsheikh, the minister of Islamic affairs, dawah and guidance, who is also the general supervisor of local and international Qur’anic competitions in the Kingdom, said the contest has become one of the most notable competitions of its kind.
