Khaled El Merachli PhD
Thought Leader
Background
Beyond academia, Dr. Khaled has built a distinguished career spanning over 26 years, with 8 years in Strategic Organizational Development and 18 years in consulting with a leading global consulting firm. As a Senior Director and Regional Practice Lead, he specializes in driving strategic alignment of human capital programs and large-scale organizational re-engineering initiatives across diverse industries, including financial services, government, and multinational corporations. His expertise extends to EX (Employee Experience), culture transformation, and leadership development, ensuring that organizations cultivate high-performance environments that attract, retain, and empower top talent.
Dr. Khaled has successfully led transformational complex restructuring projects, integrating talent strategies, enterprise performance management systems, and total rewards frameworks to enhance workforce agility and organizational effectiveness. His ability to bridge academic insights with real-world business challenges underscores the faculty’s deep engagement with industry, ensuring that its thought leadership remains practical, impactful, and aligned with global best practices.
Areas of Expertise
- Organizational Development & Transformation – Leading large-scale organizational re-engineering initiatives to align business strategies with human capital objectives.
- Organizational Design & Operating Model – Structuring organizations for efficiency, effectiveness, and agility.
- Strategic Workforce Planning – Forecasting future workforce needs, ensuring the right talent is in place at the right time.
- Human Capital Strategy Development – Aligning HR initiatives with business goals, including talent acquisition, retention, and leadership development.
- Employee Experience (EX) & Culture Transformation – Designing programs that enhance employee engagement, productivity, and workplace culture.
- Career Architecture & Talent Development – Defining career paths, competencies, and development frameworks to support employee growth.
- Enterprise & Employee Performance Management – Implementing performance systems that align individual contributions with corporate objectives.
- Leadership Development & Succession Planning – Building leadership pipelines and ensuring continuity through structured succession frameworks.
- Total Rewards & Executive Compensation – Designing competitive compensation structures, incentives, and benefits programs.
Global Enhacements
Regional Expertise Across Multiple Markets:
- GCC & Middle East – Spearheaded large-scale organizational restructuring and talent strategy projects for government entities, financial institutions, and multinational corporations in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait.
- North Africa & Turkey – Led enterprise performance management, leadership development, and cultural transformation initiatives for organizations navigating evolving market dynamics.
- Central Europe – Provided strategic consulting on organizational alignment, talent management, and workforce planning to multinational firms expanding in the region.
- Lebanon & Levant – Developed and implemented comprehensive human capital strategies, aligning HR functions with business objectives in diverse industries.
Education
- D. in Business Studies (Management & Leadership) – Transcontinental University
- D. in Political Economy – Joint program by Swiss Management Center University (SMCU) & Central University of Nicaragua (UCN)
- Master of Science in Finance – Arts, Sciences and Technology University (AUL), Lebanon
- Bachelor of Business Management – Lebanese American University (LAU), Beirut, Lebanon
- Bachelor of Law – Beirut Arab University (BAU), Beirut, Lebanon