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FORe WORD CEO’s Great Focus on Succession
Planning & Career Development at K&A

Perfectly equipped with a solid strategy and a
great passion for what we do, we drove things
forward at K&A. We redefined our vision to the
future and realized the need to implement certain
changes that will allow us to achieve this vision
of being the partner of choice for our clients.
In order to achieve that, a new Transformation
Program called K&A One was launched in 2015
to turn K&A into one seamless, well positioned
company in an increasingly competitive market.
This has been a comprehensive and extensive
initiative that will benefit our local clients with an
immediate access to globally integrated design
teams, standardized project delivery with tailored
and responsive service to further enhance K&A’s
offerings and service.
K&A One Transformation Program is already
providing measurable satisfaction internally.
Today, our employees benefit from improved
career growth. The new operating model
and organization structure have been clearly
defined, bringing people closer and, at the
same time, defining roles and responsibilities.
The new job descriptions with clearly stated
roles, responsibilities, competencies and
accountabilities, will not only drive employees to
focus on performance but will also enable us to
target our star performers at an earlier stage in
their career.
Most importantly, throughout the Transformation
Program, we ensured to safeguard the unique
K&A culture and spirit created by our founders,
all while fostering a culture based on improved
learning, capability building and knowledge
sharing.

Najib Khatib, PhD

Chief Executive Officer