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Faculty & Experts

Practitioners, faculty, specialists and sector experts.

Highpro's standard is set by who teaches. Our faculty are practitioners first — leaders who have carried transformation themselves — supported by executive faculty, functional specialists and sector authorities who bring depth to every diagnosis and design.

The Faculty Architecture

Four kinds of expertise, one standard.

Highpro assembles the right expertise for each intervention — practitioners, faculty, specialists and sector experts — so the institution learns from people who have done the work, in the sector it is being done in.

Faculty

Practitioners

Leaders who have carried transformation themselves — and who teach from experience, not theory. They bring the reality of the boardroom into the room.

Faculty

Executive Faculty

Senior faculty who develop leaders around judgment, strategy, governance and execution — the capabilities that produce organisational consequence.

Faculty

Specialists

Functional and method specialists — finance, risk, technology, operations, people — who bring depth to the diagnosis and the design.

Faculty

Sector Experts

Sector authorities who understand the specific pressures, regulations and trajectories of each of the 30 sectors Highpro serves.

Practitioners First

Faculty who have carried transformation themselves — not only studied it.

Every Highpro faculty member has led real institutional change under real constraint. That lived judgement is what separates a Highpro classroom from a theoretical one.

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The Senior Practitioners

Twenty practitioners. One standard.

The senior practitioners who lead Highpro programmes — practitioners first, faculty second. Each has carried transformation inside institutions before teaching it. Matched to programmes by category and sector so your leaders learn from people who have done the work in the sector it is being done in.

Dr. Amira Halabi

Dr. Amira Halabi

Programme Director · Systemic Risk

PhD, Financial Systems · London School of Economics

Systemic TransformationRegulatory ArchitectureRisk Governance

Rebuilds the institutional architecture beneath the balance sheet — aligning regulatory intent, board mandate and operational reality into one coherent system.

Former Director of Systemic Risk at a Gulf central bank. Led the post-2008 regulatory architecture rebuild across three jurisdictions. 18 years in financial supervision and institutional reform.

James Okonkwo

James Okonkwo

Lead Faculty · Operational Excellence

MBA, Operations · INSEAD · Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Operational TransformationProcess ArchitectureLean Execution

Diagnoses the operational chain end-to-end and re-engineers the few load-bearing processes that determine institutional throughput.

Former Chief Operating Officer at a pan-African manufacturing group. Reengineered production systems across 14 plants in 7 countries. 15 years in industrial operations and process transformation.

Dr. Mei Lin Tan

Dr. Mei Lin Tan

Faculty Chair · Structural Transformation

PhD, Organisational Design · Stanford Graduate School of Business

Organisational DesignStructural RealignmentCapability Architecture

Redesigns the institutional spine — reporting lines, accountabilities and capability centres — so strategy can actually travel through the organisation.

Former Senior Partner at a global strategy firm, leading organisational design across Asia-Pacific. Advised 12 national agencies on structural reform. 20 years in organisational architecture.

Col. (Ret.) David Forrester

Col. (Ret.) David Forrester

Senior Faculty · Strategic Leadership

MA, Defence Studies · King's College London · Senior Service College

Strategic TransformationExecutive LeadershipBoard Governance

Forges executive alignment around a single transformation thesis — and installs the governance rhythm that holds it in motion.

Retired Colonel with 25 years in national defence strategy and institutional reform. Led capability transformation programmes across military and civilian agencies. Former advisor to three defence ministries.

Dr. Fatou Ndiaye

Dr. Fatou Ndiaye

Lead Faculty · Service Quality & Consistency

PhD, Service Operations · University of Geneva

Service Quality SystemsConsistency ArchitectureExperience Standards

Engineers the consistency layer that turns variable service into a dependable institutional standard — measured, managed and sustained.

Former Head of Service Excellence at a global hospitality group. Designed service consistency systems across 60+ properties in 20 countries. 16 years in service quality and experience transformation.

Rajiv Menon

Rajiv Menon

Faculty Director · Digital & Systemic Transformation

MBA, Technology Strategy · MIT Sloan

Digital TransformationPlatform EconomicsSystemic Change

Connects digital capability to systemic business-model shift — so technology investment converts into structural advantage.

Former Chief Digital Officer at a multinational telecommunications operator. Led platform transformation across 9 markets. 17 years in digital strategy, platform architecture and systemic business-model change.

Dr. Lena Petrova

Dr. Lena Petrova

Senior Faculty · Governance & Structural Reform

PhD, Institutional Economics · Central European University

Governance ReformStructural EconomicsInstitutional Design

Reconstructs the governance and structural foundations that let institutions absorb change without losing coherence.

Former advisor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Led governance reform programmes across 8 national institutions. 19 years in institutional economics and structural reform.

Samuel Adeyemi

Samuel Adeyemi

Programme Director · Operational & Service Transformation

MSc, Service Management · University of Manchester

Operational SystemsService DeliveryExecution Discipline

Builds the operational discipline and service rhythm that move an institution from intention to consistent delivery.

Former Director of Operations at a pan-African retail group. Led operational transformation across 200+ outlets. 14 years in operational excellence, service delivery and execution discipline.

Dr. Khalid Al-Rashid

Dr. Khalid Al-Rashid

Senior Faculty · Strategic Transformation (Energy)

PhD, Energy Economics · University of Oxford

Energy StrategyNational Oil Company ReformTransition Architecture

Aligns energy strategy with national transition mandates — engineering the strategic and operational systems that carry national oil and gas institutions through the energy shift.

Former Vice President of Strategy at a national energy company. Led the strategic transformation of two Gulf energy institutions through the transition. 22 years in energy strategy and institutional reform.

Prof. Aisha Mohammed

Prof. Aisha Mohammed

Faculty Chair · Systemic Transformation (Healthcare)

MD, PhD, Health Systems · Johns Hopkins University

Health System ReformSystemic TransformationInstitutional Healthcare Design

Rebuilds the systemic architecture of healthcare institutions — connecting clinical, operational and financial systems into one coherent, measurable whole.

Former Director-General of a national health service. Led the systemic reform of a 40-hospital network. 20 years in health system design, clinical governance and institutional transformation.

Chen Wei Zhang

Chen Wei Zhang

Lead Faculty · Operational Transformation (Manufacturing)

MEng, Industrial Engineering · Tsinghua University

Advanced ManufacturingOperational TransformationIndustry 4.0 Architecture

Engineers the operational systems that move manufacturing institutions from legacy production to intelligent, data-driven throughput.

Former Head of Manufacturing Excellence at a global automotive group. Led the Industry 4.0 transformation across 8 plants. 16 years in advanced manufacturing and operational transformation.

Dr. Maria Santos

Dr. Maria Santos

Senior Faculty · Structural Transformation (Government)

PhD, Public Administration · Harvard Kennedy School

Public Sector ReformStructural RealignmentInstitutional Architecture

Redesigns the structural architecture of government institutions — so policy intent travels cleanly from mandate to delivery.

Former Secretary of State for Administrative Reform in a Latin American government. Led structural reform across 15 ministries. 18 years in public sector transformation and institutional design.

Olusegun Babatunde

Olusegun Babatunde

Programme Director · Strategic Transformation (Financial Services)

MBA, Finance · University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Financial StrategyBank TransformationBoard Governance

Rebuilds the strategic thesis of financial institutions — aligning business model, regulatory mandate and market position into a defensible competitive architecture.

Former Group CEO of a pan-African banking group. Led the strategic turnaround of two regional banks. 25 years in financial services strategy and institutional transformation.

Dr. Priya Sharma

Dr. Priya Sharma

Lead Faculty · Service Quality (Healthcare)

MD, MPH, Healthcare Quality · University of Melbourne

Healthcare Service QualityPatient Experience SystemsClinical Consistency

Engineers the quality and consistency systems that make healthcare delivery measurable, dependable and patient-centred across every site.

Former Chief Quality Officer at a multi-site hospital network. Designed patient experience systems across 25 facilities. 15 years in healthcare quality, service consistency and clinical transformation.

Thomas Anderson

Thomas Anderson

Lead Faculty · Operational Transformation (Logistics)

MSc, Supply Chain Management · Cranfield University

Logistics OperationsSupply Chain ArchitectureNetwork Transformation

Re-engineers the operational and structural architecture of logistics institutions — so the network, not just the nodes, delivers.

Former Chief Operations Officer at a global logistics operator. Led network transformation across 30+ countries. 18 years in logistics operations, supply chain architecture and institutional transformation.

Dr. Zainab Al-Hassan

Dr. Zainab Al-Hassan

Senior Faculty · Systemic Transformation (Education)

PhD, Education Policy · University of Cambridge

Education System ReformInstitutional DesignKnowledge Architecture

Rebuilds the systemic architecture of education institutions — connecting curriculum, governance, operations and outcomes into one coherent learning system.

Former Vice-Chancellor of a national university. Led the systemic reform of a 12-campus higher education network. 19 years in education transformation, institutional design and knowledge systems.

Marcus Lindqvist

Marcus Lindqvist

Lead Faculty · Operational Transformation (Technology)

MSc, Technology Management · KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Technology OperationsPlatform ReliabilityDigital Operational Systems

Engineers the operational systems that make technology institutions reliable at scale — replacing heroic effort with engineered, measurable delivery.

Former Head of Site Reliability Engineering at a global technology platform. Led operational transformation across 4 data centre regions. 14 years in technology operations, platform engineering and digital transformation.

Sari Wijaya

Sari Wijaya

Senior Faculty · Service Quality & Consistency (Tourism)

MBA, Hospitality Management · Cornell University

Tourism Service SystemsDestination QualityExperience Consistency

Designs the service quality systems that make tourism and hospitality institutions deliver consistent, measurable experiences across every touchpoint.

Former Vice President of Guest Experience at a Southeast Asian hospitality group. Led service transformation across 40+ properties. 16 years in tourism, hospitality and experience transformation.

Dr. Emmanuel Kone

Dr. Emmanuel Kone

Faculty Chair · Strategic Transformation (Development)

PhD, Development Studies · University of Oxford

Development StrategyInstitutional ReformMulti-stakeholder Governance

Aligns the strategic architecture of development institutions — so mission, mandate and operational reality move as one system toward measurable impact.

Former Country Director at a major multilateral development institution. Led institutional reform programmes across 12 African nations. 21 years in development strategy, institutional transformation and multi-stakeholder governance.

Catherine Whitfield

Catherine Whitfield

Senior Faculty · Structural Transformation (Infrastructure)

MEng, Civil Engineering · Imperial College London · FICE

Infrastructure ReformStructural ArchitectureInstitutional Delivery Systems

Redesigns the structural and delivery architecture of infrastructure institutions — so large-scale projects move from intention to completion through engineered, accountable systems.

Former Director of Infrastructure Delivery at a national development authority. Led institutional reform across 3 major infrastructure programmes. 20 years in infrastructure, construction and institutional transformation.

Faculty in the Programmes

Every programme is led by senior faculty.

Faculty are matched to programmes by category and sector — so the leader learning transformation in financial services is taught by practitioners of financial-sector transformation. Faculty profiles are surfaced on each programme page.

Take the Next Step

Learn from practitioners of transformation.

Explore the Highpro programme library — and the senior faculty matched to each programme.