As a leader of innovation in the Middle East, my ultimate goal is to establish a solid framework to harness national creativity and innovation by connecting the best minds across Saudi’s ecosystem and by establishing policies and platforms for idea management nationwide.

2022 – Current: Saudi National Institute of Health (SNIH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Director of Innovation

•  Leading innovation in the total healthcare landscape of Saudi Arabia by facilitating innovation frameworks that execute system and organisational creativity
• Transforming research outcomes into innovative business models that has impact and address current needs
• Implementing world standard practices of idea protection, investment and commercialization

2019 – 2022: KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY (KFMC), RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA Director of Innovation

• Leading innovation at one of the largest medical cities in the Middle East, reporting directly to the CEO
• Establishing the foundation of disciplined innovation which applies “Human-Centered Design” as a framework for driving value-based health solutions

2017 – Current: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT), CAMBRIDGE, USA Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Affiliate; Sloan School of Management

• Working with the MIT Innovation Initiative to implement social innovation culture and mindset in Saudi’s healthcare sector

  2005 - 2018: KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY (KFMC), RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA Senior Research Scientist; National Neuroscience Institute (NNI)

• Established the infrastructure of NNI Research Unit and the National Brain Tissue Bank

  2015-2016: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK Post-Doctoral Fellow, The University of Sheffield

• Worked at the only laboratory in the UK that generates neuro-progenitor cells from skin biopsies of patients with neurodegenerative disorders, investigating personalised medicine in human neurological diseases