Ibai Corera joins Industrials practice of Roland Berger in KSA
Roland Berger has strengthened its team in Saudi Arabia with Ibai Corera, who joins as a partner in the Industrials practice.
Bringing over two decades of consulting experience in various areas of the industrials space, Ibai Corera will play a leading role in driving Roland Berger’s growth agenda in the sector.
“Joining Roland Berger is an exciting next chapter in my career,” said Corera. “I am enthusiastic about leveraging my experience to enhance Roland Berger's footprint in the dynamic Middle Eastern market, particularly Saudi Arabia.”
Corera has spent the past two decades at IDOM, a global engineering and consulting firm, where he was a leader in its management consulting business and played a pivotal role in establishing his previous consulting practices in Spain, Mexico, Colombia and most recently, Saudi Arabia.
Having been based in in Riyadh for the past four years, Corera has gained extensive local experience with structuring feasibility studies, developing public-private partnerships, and business development.
Among the projects he has worked on is helping the Royal Commission of the cities of Jubail and Yanbu with identifying potential investment opportunities in the industrial city of Ras Al-Khair related to metals, mining, and the maritime sector.
At Roland Berger, Corera will work on matters across a number of sectors, including industrial goods, metals and minerals, and infrastructure capital projects, especially in water and energy.
“Saudi Arabia is diversifying its economy and localizing value chains. Ibai’s expertise and profound understanding of the Saudi market enable us to strengthen our value proposition within our Industrials platform for our clients in the Kingdom.” commented Santiago Castillo, Managing Partner of Roland Berger in the Middle East.
“I am eager to collaborate with our clients to transform industrial possibilities into tangible successes,” conclude Corera.
In Saudi Arabia, Roland Berger is based in the King Abdullah Financial District. Its global headquarters is in Germany.