Arif Rizwy — CEO
"Enterprise leader delivering national-scale growth, industrial ecosystem development, and P&L transformation across mobility, industrial, and diversified business platforms in GCC and emerging markets". I am an enterprise growth and transformation leader with 35+ years of experience building, scaling, and monetizing businesses across the GCC and emerging markets. My career has been defined by one consistent mandate: converting strategic ambition into disciplined execution that delivers measurable P&L impact, enterprise resilience, and long-term shareholder value. I have led large-scale growth, commercialization, and transformation initiatives across automotive, mobility, industrial, and distribution ecosystems; partnering with Boards, sovereign stakeholders, OEMs, investors, and diversified business groups to unlock new revenue pools, strengthen localization, and build future-ready operating platforms aligned with national economic transformation agendas. My leadership focus areas include: • Enterprise growth, turnaround, and P&L scale-up • Industrial ecosystem development, localization, and value-chain optimization • Commercial platform creation including lifecycle, aftermarket, and channel monetization • EV, mobility, and industrial transition strategies across multi-country markets • Cross-functional transformation integrating product, sourcing, commercial, engineering and operational excellence. Across my leadership journey, I have scaled businesses delivering multi-fold revenue expansion and sustained profitability improvement, built high-margin lifecycle revenue engines, and implemented governance-driven execution models enabling complex multi-stakeholder programs to move from concept to commercialization with speed and discipline. Currently, I engage selectively with mobility, industrial, and diversified business initiatives in the GCC as an advisor while remaining open to Board-mandated operating leadership roles (CEO / COO / Managing Director / Business Head) where enterprise growth acceleration, transformation at scale, and long-term value creation are strategic priorities. I welcome conversations with Boards, sovereign-linked platforms, investors, and diversified groups seeking leadership that combines strategic foresight, operational depth, and execution credibility to build the next phase of enterprise growth across the GCC and international markets.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in the Automotive and Mobility sectors with a focus on enterprise transformation.
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Experience: 30 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Enterprise Transformation
- Growth Strategy
- P&l Leadership
- Product Management
- Business Development
- Market Research
- Digital Marketing
- Predictive Analytics
- Sales Management
Career Highlights
- 35+ years of experience in enterprise growth and transformation.
- Led large-scale initiatives across automotive and mobility sectors.
- Expert in P&L transformation and localization strategies.
Work Experience
Confidential
Independent Advisor (9 mos)
Ceer
Senior Management Global Sourcing (2 yrs 11 mos)
Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]
National Head-Accessories,VAP & Customisation Business (8 yrs 10 mos)
DGM-Business Development. Product Planning. Product Development Accessories & VAP (2 yrs 11 mos)
Sr.Brand Manager -Marketing Services CRM &MR (3 yrs 11 mos)
Regional Manager (1 mo)
Assistant Sales Manager / Section Engineer (1 yr)
Sales Engineer (3 yrs)
Toyota Oman
Manager Service Marketing, Toyota & Lexus - Saud Bhawan Group, Muscat (6 yrs 7 mos)
NAGPUR GAS DOMESTIC APPLIANCES AND SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Sales Promotion Executive (1 yr)
Education
Postgraduate diploma at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's
BE at BE (Mech ) Nagpur University
Diploma in Engineering at Govt. Polytechnic,Nagpur (Board Of Technical Education,Mumbai,Maharashtra)
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Nagpur University
Diploma of Education at Government Polytechnic College
