Mohammed AlGhamdi, FCIArb, is a Saudi Arabian executive, entrepreneur, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, based in Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. He brings over two decades of leadership experience spanning civil engineering, industrial services, corporate governance, and early-stage investment, with a career rooted in the GCC's most demanding commercial and industrial environments.
Mohammed is currently the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AlRoshd Education Company, a Dammam based institution developing next generation K-12 schools in Saudi Arabia. In this capacity, he directs strategy, governance, and execution across a flagship campus development, drawing on a long track record of building and leading organisations from inception through to operational maturity.
Prior to founding AlRoshd, Mohammed co-founded and led United Najeed Holding, a diversified investment group through which he held board-level positions across multiple ventures, including OutFrame and Sena'at Fekr Training Center. He also served as Managing Director of Innovative Civil Projects Solutions Co., a specialised civil engineering company serving industrial clients in concrete repair, soil improvement, and maintenance across the Eastern Province. In parallel, he served on the Deals Committee of Oqal, one of Saudi Arabia's leading angel investor networks, where he evaluated and qualified startups for funding and provided mentorship to early-stage founders.
Earlier in his career, Mohammed held engineering roles at two of the world's foremost energy companies. At Saudi Aramco, he served as a Quality Engineer in the Project Inspection Unit, reviewing design proposals, quality plans, inspection and test plans, and contractor quality arrangements across industrial and community projects. At SABIC, he managed civil and industrial projects across multiple petrochemical plants in Jubail Industrial City, overseeing work from feasibility assessment through to final commissioning.
Mohammed began his professional career as a Maintenance Engineer at the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, where he managed maintenance activities across sixteen schools in Jubail Industrial City. In this role, he reviewed and approved proposals, invoices, and maintenance related scope of work, developing early expertise in contract administration, vendor coordination, and cost control competencies that have remained central to his professional practice throughout his career.
Mohammed holds dual Master of Business Administration degrees from London Business School and Columbia Business School, with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Finance respectively, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). He is also an active startup mentor at the KFUPM Entrepreneurship Institute, contributing to the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Eastern Province.
As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Mohammed's areas of professional interest in dispute resolution encompass commercial arbitration, construction and engineering disputes, and corporate governance-related claims. His combination of technical engineering expertise, commercial and financial acumen, and extensive board-level governance experience positions him to serve as an effective and impartial arbitrator in complex multi-sector disputes within the GCC and internationally.
