Accenture, a leading global professional services company, has appointed Khaled Al Dhaher as its country managing director for Saudi Arabia.

In his new role, Al Dhaher will be responsible for managing operations and driving Accenture’s digital consulting strategy in the kingdom, said a statement from the company. Prior to this, Al Dhaher was the managing director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s business in Saudi Arabia.

Omar Boulos, regional managing director of Accenture in the Middle East and Turkey, said: “Al Dhaher’s wealth of experience will help us continue to deliver our promise to clients: to make them future-ready, world-class institutions and embrace the government’s transformation and innovation agenda as outlined in Saudi Vision 2030,” he added.

On his new role, Al Dhaher said: ““My priority is to work closely with our clients in the public and private sectors as well as our partners in the kingdom to create robust solutions and achieve tangible economic growth,” he added.