Syed Kashif K. Haqqi is a chief financial officer and transformation executive whose career spans the boardroom, the operating side of private equity, and the redesign of national systems. He has delivered exit sales and debt-funding transactions exceeding $1.2bn, as well as multiple other projects totalling over $600mn. He is a senior adviser leading the national water finance transformation at the Saudi National Water Company, a PIF-owned utility serving over 25mn people and operating an asset base valued at over $40bn. He oversees a $160mn transformation portfolio.

His board and committee record spans the regional corporate board of Aspen Healthcare, reporting to the US global board; the audit, nomination and remuneration, and investment committees at Risk Capital Partners; the PPP and steering committees at the Ministry of Health; the finance transformation committee and the finance business design authority at the National Water Company; and the $500mn+ Quantum Leap oversight committee at The London Clinic.

Between 2017 and 2024, he served as a senior adviser, leading the national health finance transformation at Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health as part of the Health Sector Transformation Programme under Vision 2030. He helped corporatise a $32bn budget across 20 care delivery groups, spanning value-based care, payer-provider models, and the underlying capital and accounting architecture.

Previously, he held chief financial officer roles at Aspen Healthcare Group in London and at Fakeeh Healthcare Group in Jeddah, and served as an operating partner at Risk Capital Partners in private equity. Across these mandates, he delivered more than $550mn in transaction value, a 25-year, $300mn sale-and-leaseback, 43 per cent EBITDA growth, and a more-than-2x private equity exit.

He began at The London Clinic on Harley Street, where his financial planning work included the $120mn Cancer Centre, taking it from feasibility study through to the Royal inauguration.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and the Institute of Leadership and Management. He is an assistant professor of health economics at Alfaisal University in Riyadh.

He writes for Forbes Middle East, Dawn, ACCA's AB magazine, and MedEdge MEA, and edits The Executive Dispatch, his governance and reform briefing.

He is a loving father of a daughter, a keen golfer, and a mentor to emerging finance leaders.