Technology Magazine December 2019 | Page 236

AL GIHAZ HOLDING

FATHI MUGHRABI , CIO OF AL GIHAZ HOLDING , ON THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME REAPING REWARDS AT THE ORGANISATION

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S audi Arabia ’ s Al Gihaz Holding incorporates a group of companies in different domains , from power solutions contracting / manufacturing and communications , through to security solutions and creative design . The group is actively diversifying and acquiring more businesses to adapt to economic changes in the region .

Digital transformation at Al Gihaz informs – and is informed by – that changing operating model , as CIO Fathi Mughrabi explains : “ Before , the company was dependent on projects coming from big companies like the Saudi Electricity Company , Aramco and others . We were not concentrating on marketing and business development . Usually , we were approached by the customer . Now , we are going to the customer through different channels and trying to understand and formalise the requirements to form new projects .”
DECEMBER 2019