FIFA’s Blueprint for Saudi Giga-Projects How do you manage nearly a billion dollars in revenue across 257,000 hospitality packages with zero audit findings?

In this episode of THE EXECUTION GAP, host Mohammed Younus (Business Growth Lead) sits down with Rami Khattar, the Former Financial Director for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.

Rami oversaw one of the world’s most complex financial operations under intense global scrutiny, achieving a flawless audit record with oversight from FIFA and Deloitte.

As Saudi Arabia scales unprecedented mega-projects like NEOM, Qiddiya, and the Red Sea, the financial stakes have never been higher.

Traditional project finance isn't enough; these giga-projects require the "mega-event" precision that Rami mastered in Qatar.

In this episode, we bridge the gap between billion-dollar vision and flawless execution:

The Zero-Discrepancy Framework: What financial controls actually work when there is zero margin for error?

ERP Migration Under Pressure: Why Rami led an AX to Dynamics 365 migration during the World Cup operations rather than waiting for a calm period.

Governance for Giga-Projects: Closing the gap between international standards and the reality of building multi-entity frameworks from scratch.

Real-Time Visibility: How to move beyond month-end reports to manage billion-dollar burn rates in real-time.

About The Execution Gap: The podcast where finance leaders who have managed billion-dollar operations share the brutal reality of what works—and what doesn’t—in the world of mega-projects and Vision 2030.

This one doesn't.

Episode 001 is live.

I asked Alex Malouf—Senior Director at a PIF-backed, 400,000-home mega-project—the question nobody asks:

"When Qiddiya's theme park opened December 31, 2025 - people had talked about it for YEARS. What made them finally believe?"

His answer: "Seeing is believing. You can't spin your way out of execution."

35 minutes.

Zero corporate filter.

Just the truth about what it takes to turn promises into proof.

One quote that stopped me:

"Reputation is built on 90% action and 10% talk." International investors don't believe announcements anymore. They believe delivery."

This is THE EXECUTION GAP.

Where Saudi mega-project insiders say what they're NOT supposed to say.

Hosted by Mohammed Younus

D365 Financial Systems Consultant | World Future Company | KSA.

Next Episode: FIFA World Cup CFO on managing $960M with zero audit findings - and what Giga Projects financial controls are missing.

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In this episode of The Execution Gap, Mohammed Younus sits down with Josef Nierling — Managing Director of Porsche Consulting Italy, 20 years on the Global Leadership Team, and a speaker at Davos — to answer the question most leaders refuse to ask: Why does strategy die between the boardroom and the floor?

This is not theory. This is the execution model behind one of the world's most consistent performance machines — and what it means for a $3 trillion transformation like Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. If you lead a company, a function, or a transformation programme — this conversation will change how you think. ──────────────────────────────────────── ⚡ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ──────────────────────────────────────── → Why 70% of transformations fail before implementation even starts → The one question every leader must answer before launching change → How Porsche executes at the level it promises — consistently, at scale → Why Europe has the best ideas but struggles to scale them → Why most companies are not ready for AI (even if they think they are) → The biggest hidden risk inside Vision 2030 and mega-projects ──────────────────────────────────────── 💬 KEY INSIGHT ──────────────────────────────────────── "Transformation fails not because the strategy is wrong — but because the organization never activates." "Better 80% today than 100% never." — Josef Nierling, Porsche Consulting Italy | Speaker, Davos ──────────────────────────────────────── 🌍 WHY THIS MATTERS NOW ──────────────────────────────────────── Saudi Arabia is deploying over $3 trillion into national transformation. Europe has the world's best consulting and engineering frameworks. Both are facing the same challenge: Turning excellence into scalable, repeatable execution. The Execution Gap exists everywhere. This episode shows you how to close it. ──────────────────────────────────────── 🎯 WHO THIS IS FOR ──────────────────────────────────────── • CEOs and board members • CFOs and finance transformation leaders • CIOs, CTOs, and heads of digital • Transformation leads and programme directors • Anyone running an ERP, AI, or large-scale change programme ──────────────────────────────────────── 🔔 SUBSCRIBE ──────────────────────────────────────── The Execution Gap brings you unfiltered conversations with leaders who don't just design strategy — they execute it. New episodes every Thursday, 8am Riyadh time. Subscribe → youtube.com/@ExecutionGap ──────────────────────────────────────── 📩 WORK WITH US ──────────────────────────────────────── If this conversation made you rethink your transformation: Mohammed Younus works with enterprise leaders at mega-project scale — helping them build the operational infrastructure that turns strategy into execution across ERP, AI, data, and large-scale programmes. 📧 mohammed@worldfc.sa 🌐 World Future Company | Wrexim Technologies ──────────────────────────────────────── 🎙️ ABOUT THE GUEST ──────────────────────────────────────── Josef Nierling Managing Director, Porsche Consulting Italy Global Leadership Team | Speaker, Davos 20+ years building execution systems at global scale ──────────────────────────────────────── 🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST ──────────────────────────────────────── Mohammed Younus D365 Finance Architect | ERP Growth Lead Host, The Execution Gap World Future Company | Wrexim Technologies Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ──────────────────────────────────────── #ExecutionGap #Leadership #DigitalTransformation #Vision2030 #ERP #AI #Strategy #CEO #CFO #PorscheConsulting #Execution #NEOM #GCC #SaudiArabia #BusinessStrategy #Davos #OrganizationalChange #TransformationLeadership

It is who is failing quietly.

I sat down with Eric Kimberling — 25 years, 1,000+ ERP projects, expert witness, author of Welcome to the Machine.

I gave him one piece of evidence he said he had never considered.

In the West — when an ERP fails — there is a pension fund to file a lawsuit.

In the GCC — there is sovereign immunity.

The failure gets absorbed. The consultant gets the next contract.

He paused. Then said:

"The machine was built to profit from organisations like Saudi organisations. It is designed for high spending with limited accountability."

Three trillion dollars. NEOM. ROSHN. The Giga-Projects.

This is the conversation the GCC needed three years ago.

The next best time is today.

Full episode live now — YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. Link in first comment.

@Eric Kimberling — thank you for saying publicly what the industry says only in private.

Which landed hardest?

A — The machine profits from your failure

B — Sovereign immunity = no accountability

C — Hidden failure costs more than declared failure

D — The single question he gave at the end

#ERP #CFO #Vision2030 #DigitalTransformation #TheExecutionGap #SaudiVision2030

Eric Kimberling is the CEO and Founder of Third Stage Consulting Group, expert witness in ERP litigation, and author of Welcome to the Machine — available now on Amazon. 🔗 Order Welcome to the Machine: amazon.com — search Eric Kimberling 🔗 Third Stage Consulting: thirdstage-consulting.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erickimberling

The Execution Gap is a leadership series for CFOs, Finance Directors, and transformation leaders across Saudi Arabia, the GCC, UK, and USA.

Host: Mohammed Younus — D365 Finance Architect, World Future Company, Riyadh

📧 mohammed@worldfc.sa

🌐 youtube.com/@ExecutionGap

#ERP #DigitalTransformation #CFO #SaudiVision2030 #Vision2030 #ERPImplementation #TheExecutionGap #EricKimberling #SAP #D365 #Oracle #Consulting #GCC #NEOM #ROSHN #Saudiarabia

🎙 THE EXECUTION GAP — Episode 003 Dr. Marc Bandemer Chairman, Integer Wealth Global Group World Economic Forum Member 35 years structuring institutional capital across 11 jurisdictions Luxembourg · London · North America · South Africa ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: → The $100M Leak — why perfect investment structures collapse when ERP data cannot survive due diligence

→ What a Perpetual Financial Machine actually is — and why 99% of investment structures never become one

→ The Western financial system — has it been living off a reputation it stopped earning 20 years ago?

→ "Arrogance and greed resulted in recklessness. The system is not changing." — said on record

→ The core moral divide between Gulf capital and Western capital — in one sentence that changes everything → Wealth as a trust with social obligations — not private property

→ What a man who moves institutional capital actually does with it — faith, empowerment, and the Victoria Lilly Foundation.

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WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR: CEOS, CFOs and finance directors managing programmes up to the highest level + Institutional investors evaluating Gulf and emerging market capital Government transformation leaders inside Vision 2030 Finance professionals who want to know what execution actually costs

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THE EXECUTION GAP is where the leaders building Saudi Arabia's transformation — and global institutional finance — speak honestly about what execution costs. In credibility. In governance. In the decisions nobody sees being made.

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