Awards & Recognition
★1st Place Winner 2024 Digital Book Today Award in Business category
★1st Place Winner Literary Global Book Awards in Business - Motivational
★Gold Award Winner Literary Titan Award in Leadership category
★Finalist American Writing Awards in Business - Management & Leadership
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents (Siemens AG Germany 2005-2007, Alcoa/Arconic US 2008-2017)
→First CEO of NEOM, Saudi Arabia's $500 billion megacity project (2017-2018), now advisor to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
→Founder and CEO of K2Elevation, investing in tech and biotech firms
→Author of leadership book 'Leading to Thrive' published November 2024
→Currently with AllergoSan USA, involved in probiotics/biotech
→Advisory roles to multiple US Presidents, member of Council on Foreign Relations
→PhD in Strategic Management from University of Würzburg, Germany
→Nearly 40-year career spanning pharmaceuticals, consulting, industrial giants, and tech investing