Executive Leadership · Entrepreneurship · Real Estate
Saheb S. Khajah is a Kuwait-based executive, entrepreneur and advisor with a career spanning business setup, real estate, operations, project management and customer management.
An accomplished executive with extensive experience in Kuwait, Saheb has built his career around setting up operations, improving underperforming businesses and assets, and translating strategy into measurable operational and financial results.
His background crosses real estate development and asset management, construction, project management, technology, customer management and outsourced call-center services. Over the years, he has held senior leadership and entrepreneurial roles requiring organizational restructuring, workflow optimization, policy development, team building and full P&L responsibility.
His management approach combines an entrepreneurial mindset with disciplined execution: evaluate what exists, define stronger targets, build capable teams, and create practical systems that improve profitability, asset value and customer experience.
Selected stations from a multi-sector professional journey in Kuwait and the region.
Co-Founder & General Manager. Established the customer-management and outsourced call-center business from the ground up, developed its business plan, raised US$1 million in fully paid capital, built its technology and operating infrastructure, and grew a diversified client portfolio.
Real Estate Development Advisor, covering feasibility and development oversight for projects in Kuwait, Syria and Iraq; also served for six months as interim project and airport manager for Al Najaf International Airport.
Progressed through VP roles in Leasing & Technical Affairs and Development & Construction. Led asset-management restructuring, development feasibility, tendering and owner representation for major projects.
Technical Affairs Department Manager, responsible for revamping maintenance, facility management and technical support across multiple asset classes.
Started as a Mechanical Engineer and progressed to Project Manager, working on major public projects including Kuwait University Shuwaikh campus infrastructure and central plant, the new MPW headquarters, Telecom Tower and Bayan Palace.
Participated in post-invasion environmental data collection and analysis related to soil, air and coastal pollution; prior experience also included computer programming at the Central Bank of Kuwait.
Business setup, operations management, workflow optimization, process and policy development, P&L focus and organizational restructuring.
Real estate development, asset management, leasing, feasibility studies, CAPEX/OPEX planning, due diligence and property performance.
Project and construction management, tendering, contractor coordination, owner representation, technical affairs and project controls.
Business development, negotiation, market research, customer-care strategy, call-center deployment, service design and performance management.
Building performance-oriented teams, developing resources, setting challenging targets and creating practical environments for execution.
Experience spanning IT, technology infrastructure, e-commerce and digital service concepts alongside engineering and operational leadership.
Professional development has accompanied Saheb’s career from engineering through general management, finance, real estate and people leadership.
Harvard Business School Online
HRCI
HR, Real Estate Management, Call Centers, SMEs, Tendering & Contracting
PCDI, USA
Harvard Business School, Boston, USA
Faculty of Engineering, Kuwait University
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