Ayman Mahana

Cairo, Egypt +201*-****-****

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Senior Human Resources Director/Business Partner

Proven success in building strategic HR partnership as well as leading, managing, and controlling HR operations

Accomplished and resourceful professional with comprehensive experience directing HR strategy, developing HR programmes, partnering with management to devise HR Strategies, and restructuring processes. Skilled in implementing cost effective solutions, developing policies, and delivering a wide range of resourcing solutions. Possess in-depth knowledge and understanding of strengthening employee relations by applying pragmatic approaches and best practices across organisations. Valued for high degree of integrity and building consensus across multi-location operations. Demonstrated professionalism, leadership, and adaptability to fast-changing environments. Ability to solve complex problems in stressful high-pressured situations by utilising good judgement skills.

Highlights of Expertise

Strategic HR Planning & Analysis

Reward Planning & Management

Staff Learning & Development

Talent Acquisition & Management

Organisation Development & Restructuring

Change Initiation & Management

HR & Business Partnering

Coaching & Consulting

Business & Commercial Acumen

Team Building & Leadership

Career Experience

Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros Group (AAB) - Doha, Qatar

Led, directed, and controlled overall HR and administration operations of the group to ensure adequate management of 3200 employees across all business lines in Qatar with budget of more than QAR 300M per annum.

GROUP DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES & ADMINISTRATION (Feb 2017 – Sep 2017)

Established guidelines and procedures to streamline day-to-day HR and administration activities and implemented best practices to manage a team of six direct and 70 indirect reports.

Strengthened professional relations with executive and senior managers to develop and execute strategy in order to identify and capture opportunities for improvement.

Expertly designed and developed an up-to-date HR programmes, policies, and procedures to maintain consistency of people practices across the group.

Barclays Bank Egypt (BBE) - Cairo, Egypt

Rendered expert services as part of the county executive management committee and Barclays Africa HR leadership team and held the accountability of people agenda for a workforce of 2000 employees.

Human Resources Director (Nov 2009 – Jan 2017)

Provided expert advice and recommendations on important human resource matter to bank’s CEO as HR business partner and trusted advisor. Headed a team of eight direct reports and 22 team members and supported in being creative and taking initiatives, also supervised all HR activities and reported directly CEO and Barclays Africa Head of HR. Steered efforts towards development and execution of strategic and business planning, resulting in increasing bank’s profitability from EGP 100M to approx. EGP 1B in 5 years. Built and strengthened professional relations with management team and constantly educating on HR processes and effectiveness.

Significantly reduced workforce from 3000 to 1500 within three years and Cost Income Ration (CIR) from 75% to c50% by restructuring the bank with a focus on “right size”.

Consistently improved “Employee Sustainable Engagement” score from 64% to 87% within two years by employing multiple change initiation and engagement programmes.

Facilitated managers in identifying and selecting potential candidate by introducing a new Talent Identification Programme which strengthened bank position as an employer of choice.

Delivered support in holding business together by developing HR infrastructure as well as introduced three new systems; SAP HR, Taleo (e-recruitment system), and LMS (Learning Management System) which minimised HR transactional cost by 30%.

BNP Paribas Egypt - Cairo, Egypt

Supported and encouraged bank’s growth strategy and operational efficiency by creating an enriched HR department as a business partner.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR (July 2005 – Nov 2009)

Led and directed a team of 26 professionals in streamlining functions related to growth, including HR policies and procedures implementation, learning and development interventions, and change programmes execution. Attracted experienced and competent talent from the market by introducing a new compensation and grading structure. Oversaw and managed overall HR disciplines which included recruitment, L&D, reward, operations, and OD.

Commenced a fresh graduates training programme in which hired 300 graduates within 2 years.

Rationalised and updated HR division and introduced the HR business partnership model and significantly changed HR focus from operation to strategic delivery.

Increased bank’s workforce from 240 to 1400 which aided business in increasing number of branches from 7 to 65 within four years.

Additional Experience

Head of Human Resources Commercial Bank (CBQ) - Doha, Qatar

Manager, HR Planning and Development HSBC Bank Egypt - Cairo, Egypt

Consultant, Compensation and Benefits Wachovia Bank - Atlanta, USA

Compensations and Benefits Analyst British Bank of the Middle East - Manama, Bahrain

Senior Consultant, Human Resource Management Systems Arthur Andersen - Manama, Bahrain

Programmer/Analyst Commercial International Bank - Cairo, Egypt

Education & Credentials

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Georgia State University – Atlanta, USA

Ain Shams University - Cairo, Egypt

Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com)

Certifications

Integral Coaching Programme - University of Cape Town – South Africa

MBTI Certified Practitioner - CPP, USA

Certified Assessor - a&dc, UK

Professional in Human Resources (PHR) - Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI), USA

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