Operator · Builder · Strategist

Prateek Saxena

Group General Manager, Al Zaabi Group
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Different sides.
One perspective.

I work where strategy, people and technology meet, to make the complex work as a whole.

Explore my work Vibe coding in a suit
The perspective cube, with six abstract artworks waiting to align.

THE PERSPECTIVE CUBE

Bringing the pieces together.

Six perspectives behind how I think.

0:00 / 0:30
What does the cube mean?

Different perspectives, coming together into a coherent whole.

Identity
A point of view of my own.
Curiosity
Keep asking. Keep exploring.
Expression
Give ideas a clear form.
Connection
See how the pieces relate.
Clarity
Find what matters.
Possibility
See what could come next.

16+years of operating experience
11sectors across the UAE economy
Purdue · INSEADengineering & executive education
Abu Dhabi · UAE
Prateek SaxenaABU DHABI, UAE

The person behind the perspective

Engineering mind.
Operator’s instinct.

I began close to the operating floor. Today, as Group General Manager of Al Zaabi Group, I work across strategy, financial discipline and the systems that help a diversified business grow.

My perspective connects an engineering education at Purdue, executive education at INSEAD and more than sixteen years of operating experience.

More about my background Media kit & biography

01 / The Journal

Thinking out loud.
From the inside.

All writing
01

Featured · Most read

Vibe Coding in a Suit

How a UAE business operator started building software by briefing AI agents instead of writing code. I call it vibe coding in a suit.

02

In a Suit · No. 2 · Jul 2026

I Don't Code. I Brief Agents.

Agentic AI from the operator's chair: how business operators and teams turn intent into working software by briefing AI agents, not writing code.

03

In a Suit · No. 3 · Jul 2026

The Monday Morning Preflight

How AI agents turn Friday's loose ends into Monday's operating rhythm. Demos are easy. Monday morning is the test.

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02 / Selected work & writing

Ideas meet
the real world.

The people, partnerships and milestones behind the work. Six moments with leading brands.

Selected moments with leading brands, from 2024 to 2026.Explore all stories

03 / Experience

Sixteen years,
floor to boardroom.

Education & executive learning

  1. May 2021 - Present

    Al Zaabi Group

    Group General Manager

    Lead the strategy and operations of a diversified group across 11 sectors, driving growth, operating discipline, and digital/AI transformation across the portfolio.

  2. 2017 - 2021

    Al Zaabi Group

    Operations & Strategy Manager → Dy. General Manager

    Rose through the group, from running multi-company operations and group-wide strategy to Deputy GM.

  3. 2010 - 2017

    Delma Emirates Group

    Corporate Strategy Officer

    Strategic and financial operation of five companies spanning infrastructure construction, capital-market investments, manufacturing, venture capital, real estate and trading.

  4. 2009 - 2010

    Bose Corporation

    Operations Analyst

    Operations analysis at one of the world's most respected engineering brands.

  5. 2009

    John Deere

    Process Engineer

    Where it started: on the manufacturing floor as an industrial engineer.

04 / Education

Engineering mind,
business craft.

  • INSEAD

    2023

    Certificate in Global Management

    Executive study at one of the world's leading business schools.

  • Purdue University

    2005 - 2009

    B.Sc., Industrial Engineering

    The engineering lens behind how I run businesses: systems, operations and process.

  • INSEAD

    2024

    INSEAD Executive Education: AI & Digital Transformation

    incl. "Transforming Your Business with AI", "Digital Transformation", "Strategy in the Age of Digital Disruption"

    The formal grounding behind the writing on enterprise AI.

  • Institute of Management Accountants

    2015

    Certified Management Accountant (CMA), in progress

    Currently pursuing Part 2 of the certification.

05 / Conversations worth having

Bring a challenge.
Find a way forward.

For people connecting ambition with the work of making it happen.

A good conversation is a good beginning.

What are you
working on?

prateeksax@gmail.com

Introduce yourself, the challenge and the outcome you have in mind.
We can start by email to see whether a conversation would be useful.

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