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- Al-Sadoun has over 17 years of experience in project management
Thamir bin Abdullah Al-Sadoun is the CEO of the National Transformation Program (NTP). The NTP released its annual report on Sunday reviewing its achievements during 2019. Al-Sadoun lauded his team鈥檚 efforts to achieve the program鈥檚 goals under the guidance of the country鈥檚 leadership.
Al-Sadoun has over 17 years of experience in project management. He obtained a bachelor鈥檚 degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona in 2002. Al-Sadoun continued his education with a master鈥檚 degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 2008.
He started his professional career at Saudi Aramco as a communications engineer in 2002. Al-Sadoun held several key positions in the state oil company until 2016.
During his long stint at Aramco, he managed global resources for different contracts in various international locations and directed diverse teams of professional engineers and construction managers in critical projects.
Al-Sadoun left the company as a senior project manager to join the Delivery and Rapid Intervention Center as its director. The center supports the Council of Economic and Development Affairs in its work with executive bodies to achieve the goals set in the Vision 2030 reform plans. It assists with designing, implementing and achieving new initiatives.
In January 2018, he was promoted to become the executive director of the center and became its director general in February 2019.
He joined the NTP in November 2018 as its chief executive officer.