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Short bio

Prateek Saxena is an Abu Dhabi-based business operator, builder and strategist. He serves as Group General Manager of Al Zaabi Group and works across the UAE real economy, with a focus on operations, strategy, financial discipline and practical AI adoption.

Medium bio

Prateek Saxena is an Abu Dhabi-based business operator, builder and strategist. He serves as Group General Manager of Al Zaabi Group, a diversified UAE business group with interests across healthcare, automotive, real estate, manufacturing, trading, e-commerce, education and other operating sectors.

Prateek studied Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and completed the Certificate in Global Management at INSEAD. His CMA studies are in progress. His work sits between strategy and execution: building the operating rhythm, reporting discipline, leadership systems and technology adoption needed to scale businesses in the real economy. He writes about business operations, finance, leadership, enterprise AI adoption and the systems that help organizations turn ambition into execution.

Long bio

Prateek Saxena is a business operator based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He serves as Group General Manager of Al Zaabi Group, a diversified UAE business group with interests across multiple real-economy sectors, including healthcare, automotive, real estate, building materials, contracting, manufacturing, trading, retail, e-commerce, food and beverage and education.

Prateek's work is focused on the operating layer of business: how companies actually run, scale and improve. That includes strategy execution, financial discipline, management reporting, leadership systems, digital transformation and practical AI adoption.

He began his career close to the operating floor, with early roles at John Deere and Bose Corporation in the United States. He later worked in corporate strategy at Delma Emirates Group before joining Al Zaabi Group in Abu Dhabi, where his responsibilities grew across operations, strategy and group management roles.

Prateek studied Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and completed the Certificate in Global Management at INSEAD, alongside executive education on business transformation and AI. His CMA studies are in progress. His point of view combines engineering discipline, financial rigour and practical management experience across operating businesses. He writes on prateeksaxena.me about business operations, leadership, the UAE real economy, enterprise AI adoption, harness engineering for AI agents and the management systems needed to turn ambition into execution.

Quick facts

  • Name Prateek Saxena
  • Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Current role Group General Manager, Al Zaabi Group
  • Education Purdue University (Industrial Engineering); INSEAD Certificate in Global Management (completed); CMA studies (in progress)
  • Core topics business operations, strategy, finance, leadership, UAE real economy, digital transformation, enterprise AI adoption
  • Sectors healthcare, automotive, real estate, building materials, contracting, manufacturing, trading, retail, e-commerce, food and beverage, education
  • Website https://prateeksaxena.me/
  • LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateeksaxena-uae
  • Last updated

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Prateek Saxena is an Abu Dhabi-based business operator and Group General Manager of Al Zaabi Group. His work focuses on operations, strategy, financial discipline, leadership systems and practical AI adoption across the UAE real economy.

Topics Prateek can speak on

  • business operations and execution
  • diversified group management
  • UAE real-economy sectors
  • enterprise AI adoption and AI transformation in operating companies
  • harness engineering for AI agents
  • management reporting and operating rhythm
  • financial discipline and decision making
  • leadership systems and accountability
  • strategy execution across sectors

Writing

Selected articles: Vibe Coding in a Suit, on building internal tools by briefing AI agents, and After the Prompt: The Operator's Harness, on why the operating system around an AI model matters as much as the model itself. More writing is on the Journal.

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