Meet Our Leadership
Wale Buraimoh
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Strategy Management Office
Wale is a seasoned professional with 24+ years of experience spanning software engineering, strategic project management, and management consulting across multiple industries and regions.
Career Highlights
Proven expertise across technology, business, and strategy
- 7 years
Systems Engineering
Barclay’s Bank
Developing and implementing major banking systems in the UK’s Electronics and Banking fields
- 7 years
Strategic Projects
Financial Services
Implementing major customer-focused projects as Project Manager and Strategic Projects Manager
- 19+ years
Strategy Consulting
Global Experience
Strategy & performance management for blue chip companies, public sector and SMEs across UK, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE
- Key Areas of Focus and Research
- Future Foresights
- Strategic Planning
- Operations Management
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Corporate Performance Management
- Professional Journey
Wale started his career 24 years ago, in the UK, as a Software Engineer in the Electronics and Banking fields where he spent 7 years developing and implementing major systems for Barclays Bank. He then progressed into a business role as a Project Manager and later a Strategic Projects Manager in the Financial Services industry where he spent another 7 years implementing major customer-focused projects.
Wale’s management consulting career commenced in 2005 with strategy & performance management projects and training and development for blue chip companies, public sector organizations and SMEs in the UK, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Wale has worked in the UAE since 2007, initially in the Utilities and Energy sectors, then as an independent consultant in the Financial Services sector and, since 2016, in the secondary and higher education sector where he has led the implementation of many projects and established functions and processes related to strategy, risk, performance and operations management.
Wale established The Strategy Management Office in 2023 and is now seeking to launch and expand the organization to provide strategy and related services in the Higher Education and other sectors.
- Recent Relevant Roles
Director, Strategic Planning & Risk Management
Leading Maritime Academy in the Middle East
Senior Manager, Strategic Planning & Risk Management
Leading Higher Education Institution in the Middle East
Lead Consultant, Strategy & Performance
Leading Defense Organization in the Middle East
Senior Consultant, Strategy & Performance
Leading Central Bank in the Middle East
Head of Strategy & Performance Unit
Leading Nuclear Energy Corporation in the Middle East
Consultant Manager
International Consulting Firm
- Education & Professional Qualifications
Executive Finance Programme
University of Oxford
Online Short Course · Delivered via GetSmarter
Economics for Business
MIT Sloan Business School
Online Short Course · Delivered via GetSmarter
Future Foresight Trainer, Influencer & Practitioner
The Futures School
MBA
Open University
Computer Science
South Bank University
- International Experience
UK
Jordan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
“Our mission is to empower organizations across the Middle East and beyond to achieve strategic excellence through evidence-based consulting, innovative thinking, and sustainable transformation. We help organizations establish and implement effective strategy management practices that drive measurable results.”
— Wale Buraimoh
Three practices. One accountable partner.
Founded in 2023 in Abu Dhabi, Thesmo Group brings strategy consulting, executive education and management AI together, so clients get advice, capability and technology from one coordinated team.