Name: Mohammed A. F. Alshankyty
Profession: Civil & Structural Engineer.
Nationality: Saudi Arabian.

Academic Qualifications:

1- Obtained the General Certificate of education Certificate - Scientific Section- from
Alaziziah Secondary School in Makkah (1968). He won a rare scholarship, for
Higher education in the U.K., at the time.

2- Obtained the Lower Cambridge Certificate of English from the European
Language and Educational Center in Bournemouth (1969) and the GCE A-levels in
Pure, Applied mathematics and Physics from South Dorset Technical College (1972).

3- From Sheffield University, U.K, he obtained a Bachelor of engineering degree
(1975) And a Master of Engineering (1977). Both degrees were in civil and Structural engineering and with the use of computer methods.

Training Courses:

1- A training course in Advanced Management- with excellence -from the Riyadh
Public Administration Institute in (1978). Management by Objectives was the Theme.

Practical Experience:

1- Appointed as a civil engineer (1977) and Acting Manager of Projects Management Department (1978) at the Ministry of Information (MOI) and thus
became in charge of the design and construction phases of the present MOI Complex including the imposing tower which has since become the Capital's
Land mark. This phase of his work required extensive traveling between Riyadh, Munich, Paris, New York and Los-Angeles to co-ordinate between the various
International participants. During this period he also supervised integrated Technical and housing complexes for radio broadcasting coverage stations in
Qurayyat and Dhoba cities, in addition to smaller projects in the Kingdom.

2- During his work at the MOI he was on a secondment for one year (1980) to one of the leading Saudi Consulting offices (IDEA Center), the office of Dr. Ziyad
Zaidan. This secondment enabled him to participate in the design, tendering, evaluation and supervision of Large projects such as, Safwa-AwamiaAnak-Algateef
road. The main difficulty here was the coordination between the Design team in Newark, New Jersey, four Municipalities and The Ministry of Transport. His other
Responsibilities included administrative work for infrastructure design for the Royal Commission in Yanbu and Embassy projects abroad.

3- He moved to the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (MOMRA) in 1981 and
was appointed the Mayor of Gizan Province (1981-1990). Under the new Mayor's leadership Gizan was transformed into a modern and beautiful city. The other
cities and villages of the province saw remarkable advancement (Gizan Province includes ten cities and more than 3000 villages). During this period the
following was achieved:

a- For the first time the government land ownership on important areas was ascertained through legal means; the absence of which was the Achilles heel of
development.

b- Extensive town planning was carried out in the province. In Gizan City alone,
over 7000 land parcels have been distributed among citizens not to mention lands
allotted for town planning.

c- The first sports stadium was constructed overlooking the sea in a beautiful environment. Large areas were allocated for infrastructure and services.

d- The administrative structure of the Municipality was developed both qualitatively and quantitatively in terms of resources, human and finical, and
in terms of reorganization. This task required a great deal of lobbying and effort, but when the job was done, the rewards were later appreciated by all in
light of the new progress in the region.

e- Upon his request, he was transferred to the General Directorate for MOMARA in the Western Province where he was appointed Deputy General Manager for
Administration and Finance (1990-1993) until he was seconded to the Saudi Automotive Services Company (SASCO) in 1993 as Assistant General Manager for
Motels and Petrol Stations and head of the Engineering Department. SASCO's responsibilities included:

1- Development of an extensive scheme of motels and petrol stations on various
roads and highways, choice of location, design, contracting, operation and maintenance. SASCO has a franchise kingdom wide.

2- Development of a franchise scheme for investors interested in participating in the construction and/or management of SASCO stations and Motels.

f- He resigned Public Office as off 30.1.1994.

g- Worked as Deputy General Manager for Al-Zaibag Contracting Company, for five months, to assist the owner and General Manager Shaikh M.N. Ben Jarallah during
a squeezing final stage of the construction of the large ABHA Bohairah Tourist Complex, a 5-Star Hotel with outdoor commercial services and recreational areas.
The task was completed, and the Hotel is operating now.

h- Started an engineering consultancy office (Civil Engineering) since 1999 at the City of Gizan.

 

h- General Manager at Alqabas Translation House of Jeddah since February 2001.
Other points:

- Computer literate.
Published four books of Poetry in Arabic (1982, 1985, 1990 and 1994. Member of the Makkah Literary and cultural Club and Member of the Gizan
Literary Club.

Chess player (non-professional), used to play for the University team.