Middle East Technology Excellence Awards

Madan Mohan has more than 19 years of experience providing Cybersecurity, information security, Data Privacy and IT risk management consulting services to global organisations. He is responsible for growing and delivering technology advisory services, including Cybersecurity, Cyber & Information security consulting, Managed security services, Cyber regulatory compliances and internal audits.

Madan has extensive experience working with organisations' boards, CXO and various teams, including IT, Cybersecurity and internal audit teams. He has delivered a number of highly complex cybersecurity engagements to clients. He has served clients in various sectors, including Government Agencies & wealth funds, Government Agencies, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Telecom, Real Estate and construction, Education and Manufacturing sectors.

Jawad is a Partner at Roland Berger and heads our Technology Media & Telecom (TMT) practice in the Middle East. He brings over 25 years of strategy consulting and industry experience with a primary focus on the TMT and digital space. Jawad recently moved to KSA to spearhead our Riyadh office and help accelerate Roland Berger’s regional ambition in the Middle East.

Prior to joining Roland Berger in 2019, Jawad worked in strategy consulting in the US and the UK, and then moved to the Middle East in 2010. He established and ran an international strategy consultancy firm’s Middle East practice based out of Dubai, and then took up an executive role at a UAE telecom player as the head of the Digital Business unit. He subsequently founded and ran a couple of digital start-ups before returning to management consulting.

Based on his extensive experience and deep knowledge, Jawad advises his TMT sector clients on a wide range of strategic topics, such growth strategies in adjacencies, business & operating model development, performance improvement, digital transformation, and the development and launch of new businesses & services. In addition, Jawad advises clients across sectors on digital transformation, based on his corporate and start-up experience in new digital services development and digital transformation of customer experience and channels.

Jawad graduated from Cornell University, NY with a Master’s in Engineering Management & Manufacturing (a joint program by the Johnson Business School & College of Engineering), and holds a BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is a UK national but has worked extensively across Europe, Middle East & Africa and the US.

Summary of experience
With over 20 years of executive leadership experience, Haifa has driven financial and digital transformation across private and public sectors in Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Canada, and the USA. She was part of the founding team of RSM UAE in 2000 as IT Manager and later returned to lead regional digital initiatives.

Haifa is leading RSM UAE Digital Transformation strategy, focusing on Client, People, Technology and solution pillars.  Most recently, Haifa served as Senior Digital Transformation Expert at the Oman Tax Authority, where she led the modernization of tax administration through technology, process re-engineering, digital audits, and KPI-driven performance frameworks, elevating frontline service efficiency and taxpayer experience. Under her leadership, governance maturity rose from 61% to 80% in one year, earning her the Excellence in Digital Transformation Award (2025).

Significant Projects / Roles 

• Directed the Oman Tax Authority’s digital transformation initiative 2024-2025, successfully modernizing core tax administration functions and elevating organizational governance maturity by 19%, setting a new benchmark for public sector efficiency.
• Led the digital transformation of the Nazdaher Program’s Strategic Investment Development pillar 2022-2024, converting 105+ opportunities into a centralized digital pipeline and facilitating the onboarding of over 400 projects, including 15 strategic Mega Projects
• Spearheaded the launch of Phase II 2022-2024 of the 'Invest in Oman' platform, significantly enhancing investment transparency, streamlining project tracking mechanisms, and driving higher investor engagement through improved digital accessibility
• Played a key role and architected the design of 'Triple 25’ model of Oman Foreign Trade Framework 2024, creating a comprehensive policy structure to benchmark Oman’s trade performance against international best practices and drive export growth.
• Spearheaded the development and design of the 2021–2025 Strategic Roadmap for Salalah Sanitary Drainage Services Co., establishing a comprehensive five-year framework to guide organizational growth and operational excellence, defining long-term objectives and modernizing the company’s operational roadmap.
• Pioneered ERP systems and enterprise-wide performance management at Oman Environmental Services (be’ah).
• Served as an adjudicator for the prestigious Oman Entrepreneurship Award 2019, assessing high-potential ventures for the competition's main prize and supporting the growth of Oman’s startup ecosystem.
• Led the Telcom sector mega projects corporate transformation, restructuring, application solution (Oracle ERP, PoS, performance management, Early retirement formworks.

Professional Affiliations & Credentials

• Certified Sustainability (ESG) Practitioner, CMI Institute | 2021
• Revenue Assurance Certification, Oman | 2011
• Internal Audit Training Certificate, UAE | 2000

Education

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Change Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK | 2008–2010
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Double Major: Computer Information Systems & Finance, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA | 1985–1989
   

Hadi has 15+ years of consulting experience focusing on national digital transformation and digital economy development. He works closely with digital government authorities and key sectors across the GCC to drive progress through comprehensive and innovative strategies, policies, programs, and plans.

He specializes in enhancing digital service design and delivery, digital governance and resilience, and operational efficiency, with the ultimate goal of positioning these nations as global digital leaders and contributing to our region’s success. He brings a wealth of expertise in digital transformation and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (including Machine Learning and Generative AI), with a particular emphasis on the government and TMT sectors.

With a background in computer and communications engineering, complemented by certifications across different domains, he brings a robust technical perspective combined with strategic business acumen, empowered by the extensive resources and expertise of the PwC network.
 

Leading a Team which involves services like Tax, Transfer Pricing, ESR, Outsourcing Services, Accounting, IT Consulting and Software Developments.

His wide experience helps clients to identify the pain areas for IT setup at micro level. He is designing the integration between multiple software in one organisation. He is into Business Intelligence and management reports for decision making and various analysis of the product. Assisting clients in Measuring
the productivity of the department and over all organisation. Assisting the client from beginning to evaluate ERP requirement, Choosing appropriate ERP, Selecting vendor for ERP, Monitor ERP implementation.

Since last 30 years Mr. Binit is catering industries with system design of ERP, IT Project management, Business advisory and measure organisational growth by evaluating IT investment. Providing his service as functional consultant, managing the outsourcing for IT activity, Accounts and Payroll. His expertise in building the system for the client how are IT savvy and setup environments in the organisation to drive through information technology. IT risk management