Wahhaj Motawie

Chief Executive Officer

Eng. Wahhaj H. Motawie is the Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation, where he leads the Academy's transformation into a commercially sustainable and globally recognised aviation training organisation. He brings extensive leadership experience across aviation, human capital, shared services, organisational transformation and business operations. Before his current role he served as Chief People and Culture Officer at Saudi Air Navigation Services and held senior leadership positions at Petromin and Procter & Gamble. He holds an Executive MBA from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, has completed executive education programmes at Harvard Business School and holds a Board Readiness Diploma from IMD. His professional interests include aviation capability development, organisational transformation, corporate governance, human capital strategy and building sustainable education and training businesses.