Dr. Ahmed Hawsawi, PhD (Saudi Arabia)

Dr. Ahmad Omar Hawsawi is a Certified Global Nurse Consultant, keynote speaker, and Chief Nursing Officer whose long-standing career has focused on strengthening nursing practice, advancing healthcare transformation, and promoting high-reliability organizational cultures. His areas of expertise include healthcare leadership, nursing workforce development, patient experience, quality improvement, patient safety accreditation, organizational excellence, and clinical and research bioethics. 

Dr. Hawsawi earned his PhD in Nursing from MAHSA University, a Master of Nursing from Monash University, and a Master of Bioethics from King Saud University. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFNM–RCSI), and an alumnus of both the Harvard Business School Senior Executive Leadership Program and the International Council of Nurses’ Global Nursing Leadership Program (GNLI 2023). 

In addition, the following GNLI Alumni and Certified Global Nurse Consultants will be observing the GNLI sessions and working closely with the regional facilitators, as part of their facilitator training.