Abdullah Khalid Al-Gadi has been the executive vice president of shared services and corporate affairs at Advanced Electronics Co., a Saudi Arabian Military Industries company, since 2019.

Al-Gadi has held responsibilities in senior and executive management positions across the corporate affairs, engineering, shared services, human resources and corporate strategy functions since joining AEC as a software engineer in 2006.

Al-Gadi was previously the senior vice president of human resources, from late 2018 to 2019, responsible for fostering a unified, value-based culture aligned with the company environment and its brand identity by developing and enhancing HR programs, learning and development and employee relations, resource allocation, KPIs and budgets. During this tenure, AEC won the Best Culture of Learning category at the 2019 LinkedIn Talent Awards for the MENA region.

Al-Gadi held the role of vice president of engineering services in early 2018. He successfully managed and developed strategic capabilities and enablers across the different engineering services sections including strategic planning, product design, quality assurance and problem resolution.

Between 2012 and 2018, Al-Gadi served as senior manager for ICT leading information and communications technology programs delivery, building technical capabilities, as well as developing and overseeing annual strategic plans. He also served as the IT governance lead from 2008 to 2012, heading AEC’s endeavors to define and improve processes and procedures, CMMI-L3 implementation, audits, inspections and reviews.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from King Saud University in Riyadh, in 2006. He has also attended several technical and management courses during his career.