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Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer

Wale Buraimoh

Wale brings more than three decades across software engineering, strategic project management and management consulting in the United Kingdom, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

7 yrsSystems engineering at Barclays Bank, building banking and electronic systems
7 yrsStrategic projects in financial services, delivering customer-focused initiatives
19+ yrsStrategy consulting across the UK and Middle East

Selected roles

Director, Strategic Planning & Risk ManagementLeading maritime academy, Middle East
Senior Manager, Strategic Planning & Risk ManagementLeading higher education institution, Middle East
Lead Consultant, Strategy & PerformanceLeading defence organisation, Middle East
Senior Consultant, Strategy & PerformanceLeading central bank, Middle East
Head of Strategy & Performance UnitLeading nuclear energy corporation, Middle East
Consultant ManagerInternational consulting firm

Focus areas

  • Future foresight
  • Strategic planning
  • Operations management
  • Enterprise risk management
  • Corporate performance management

Education

  • Executive Finance Programme, University of Oxford · 2021
  • Economics for Business, MIT Sloan · 2021
  • Future Foresight Trainer, The Futures School · 2019
  • MBA, The Open University · 1997
  • Computer Science, South Bank University · 1990
Business leadership

Leading the business in the UAE

The SMO Group of Companies · Abu Dhabi

Wale Buraimoh

Head of the UAE businesses

Leads The SMO, Thesmo Events and Thesmo.AI in the United Arab Emirates.

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