"Kirk-Dale leads Strategy & Transformation for IBM Saudi Arabia. Prior to holding this position he was a Partner in KPMG UK's Management Consulting practice and was stationed in Saudi Arabia for five years. Kirk-Dale's began his career with British Petroleum based in London. His specialty is strategy execution. His career spans senior advisory roles in strategy formulation and execution, corporate turnarounds and change management. Kirk-Dale manages a diverse client portfolio spanning a range of industries including oil and gas, aviation, research and development, public sector and Islamic banking. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School, holds a Masters degree in Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis from the University of Oxford, and a jointly awarded MBA from New York University - Stern Business School, the HEC School of Management, Paris and the London School of Economics."