MENA’s Top 10 Tech Leaders of 2025

Abdulla Alawadi, General Manager of Strategy and Change Management at Kuwait International Bank, is redefining organizational transformation with ESSAM.AI. This agentic AI platform automates process improvement, bridging the strategy-implementation gap, enhancing efficiency, and empowering teams globally. Alawadi’s innovation exemplifies how technology, insight, and entrepreneurship can drive lasting business change.

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Abdulla Alawadi: Revolutionizing Process Improvement while Transforming Banking

Abdulla Alawadi: Revolutionizing Process Improvement while Transforming Banking

Senior managers gather around gleaming conference tables, precisely laid out pages of strategic plans, and high-flying change roadmaps in boardrooms worldwide. Five-year plans, digitization initiatives, and culture transformation initiatives are

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