BasraDubaiIraq · UAE
Ahmed Saeed
- Business
- Operations
- Technology
- Law
Since 2013, running operations, administration, procurement and project coordination across the Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna oil fields — now in business development, between Basra and Dubai.
Complex operations rarely fail for lack of strategy. They fail in the details — the contracts, the people, the procurement, the paperwork.
Since 2013, Ahmed Saeed has worked at the end where it is actually decided — running administration, HR, procurement and project coordination for multinational contractors on Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna, three of Iraq’s largest fields.
It is work measured by what does not happen: the delay that does not occur, the penalty that is not incurred, the crew that arrives on time with valid permits. He now works in business development, writes on legal technology, and studies alongside the job.
The result is a profile that sits across four domains which rarely meet in one person: business, operations, technology and law.
- Career began
- 201313 years
- Sectors
- 5Energy to legal
- Markets
- 2Iraq ⇄ UAE
- Languages
- 5AR · EN · FA · RU · UR
Sectors
- Oil & Gas
- Engineering Services
- EPCC / Contracting
- Heavy Industry
- Legal Services
Five domains, one connecting logic
Business & Strategy
Business development, partnerships and commercial positioning — identifying where growth is actually available and building the relationships that reach it.
- Business development
- Partnerships
- Negotiation
- Market entry — Jordan, Egypt, UAE
- Commercial strategy
Operations & Projects
Administrative operations, project coordination, procurement and logistics — in oilfield and engineering environments where a late permit or a missing document stops work.
- Administrative management
- Project coordination
- Procurement
- Logistics
- HSE compliance
People & Organisation
HR systems, workforce planning, recruitment and policy — building the structures that let a project staff up quickly and stay inside labour law while doing it.
- HR management
- Workforce planning
- Recruitment
- Employee relations
- Labour-law compliance
Technology & Digital Transformation
Technology strategy from the operations side — business systems, process automation and practical AI applications, judged by whether they remove work rather than add it.
- Digital transformation
- Business systems
- Process automation
- AI applications
Law & Regulatory
Commercial compliance, contract administration and regulatory research — subcontractor agreements, company policies and keeping operations inside the rules of the jurisdictions they run in. Currently reading law in the evening programme at Al-Kunooze University.
- Regulatory compliance
- Contract administration
- Subcontractor agreements
- Company policies
- Regulatory research
Commercial and regulatory work only. The Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) is in progress, not completed — this is not legal practice, and nothing here constitutes legal advice or representation.
Five roles, three oil fields
- Aug 2024 — PresentCurrent
Business Development Partner
Raya Law FirmAn Ussus Group companyLegal ServicesBasra, Iraq
Leads business development and strategic partnerships for a legal practice, with regional expansion running into Jordan, Egypt and the UAE — applying an operator's discipline to a professional services firm.
- Nov 2021 — Jul 2024
Administration Manager
Sae-A STX Entech Co. LtdOil & Gas · EngineeringRumaila Oil FieldBasra, Iraq
Ran administrative operations on Rumaila with four teams reporting in — HR, IT, procurement and accounting — and drafted the subcontractor agreements that kept the work inside Iraqi law.
- Jul 2019 — Oct 2021
Administration & Project Coordinator
Sae-A STX Entech Co. LtdOil & Gas · EngineeringZubair & West Qurna Oil FieldsBasra, Iraq
Coordinated major oilfield contracts across Zubair and West Qurna — timelines, budgets, procurement, payroll and tax compliance on two of Iraq's largest fields at once.
- Jul 2015 — Jun 2019
Administration Manager
Tatwir Al-Rumaila Co.Engineering · Oilfield ServicesZubair Oil FieldBasra, Iraq
Directed administration for projects servicing Zubair, wrote the HR policy the company ran on, and supervised the site support teams that keep a field operation compliant.
- Oct 2013 — Jul 2015
HR Administrator
STX Heavy IndustriesEPCC · Heavy IndustryZubair Oil FieldBasra, Iraq
First professional role. HR and employee relations on EPCC projects at Zubair — staffing, grievances and disciplinary process, with Iraqi labour law as the practical constraint throughout.
Where the work happened
- 2013 — 2024Oil & Gas · EPCC
Oilfield Project Administration
STX Heavy Industries · Tatwir Al-Rumaila Co. · Sae-A STX Entech Co. Ltd
Over a decade inside oilfield and EPCC project delivery: contract coordination, procurement cycles, payroll, tax compliance, document control and the permitting that governs whether work can proceed at all.
Rumaila · Zubair · West Qurna
- Contract coordination
- Procurement
- Payroll & tax compliance
- Document control
- Permitting
- 2013 — 2024People & Compliance
Building the HR Function
STX Heavy Industries · Tatwir Al-Rumaila Co. · Sae-A STX Entech Co. Ltd
Workforce administration on projects that staff up fast and operate under Iraqi labour law — recruitment, employee relations, policy, and the compliance work that keeps a multinational contractor operating legally in-country.
- Recruitment
- Employee relations
- HR policy
- Labour-law compliance
- Workforce planning
- 2021 — 2024Operations Management
Multi-Function Management
Sae-A STX Entech Co. Ltd
Holding HR, IT, procurement and finance under one management line for oilfield project operations — the point at which administration stops being clerical and becomes the operating system of the business.
Rumaila
- Team leadership
- Expenditure control
- Asset management
- Government liaison
- Subcontractor agreements
- 2024 — PresentLegal Services · Business Development
Commercial Development in Professional Services
Raya Law Firm
Business development for a legal practice: partnerships, institutional relationships, and expansion into wider Middle Eastern markets — applying operational discipline to a professional services firm rather than an industrial one.
Iraq · Jordan · Egypt · UAE
- Partnerships
- Client acquisition
- Regional expansion
- Commercial strategy
Selected areas of work are presented at a high level where contractual confidentiality permits. Specific examples are discussed in a professional context.
All areas of workWhat the capability actually rests on
Operations
- Administrative management
- Project coordination
- Procurement
- Logistics
- HSE compliance
People
- HR management
- Workforce planning
- Recruitment
- Employee relations
- Team leadership & staff development
- Multicultural communication
Business
- Business development
- Partnerships
- Negotiation
- Commercial strategy
- Regional expansion
Technology
- Digital transformation
- Business systems
- Process automation
- AI applications
Governance
- Regulatory compliance
- Contract administration
- Subcontractor agreements
- Company policies
- Branch registration
- Regulatory research
Writing
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- Based in
- BasraDubai
- Availability
- Available for selected engagements