Walid Shukri went to King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, graduating in 1989 with a Bachelor’s Degree from the School of Industrial Management (with honors).  He also holds a CPA License from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.  He was also awarded the Governor’s Award of Academic Excellence.

After graduating from College in 1989, Walid joined the Deloitte Firm in Saudi Arabia and then relocated to Deloitte U.S.A. in 1993. In 1995 he returned to Saudi Arabia and had direct responsibility for various clients in the Oil and Gas (Saudi Aramco) Mining (Ma’aden) Petrochemical, Construction Engineering and Manufacturing industry. In 1999, Walid became a partner with AlJuraid/PWC. In 2003, he was selected by PWC Global to work on a poverty alleviation project with the United Nations in Moldova. In 2006, Walid became the Managing Partner of PWC Saudi Arabian practice and was part of the PWC Middle East Leadership Team based in Dubai. In 2010, he sold his interest in AlJuraid /PWC Saudi Arabia. In 2011, Walid became an advisor to the Ernst & Young, Oil and Gas Centre of Excellence in Bahrain.

Walid has served various accounting and audit-setting committees at the Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute of Management Accountants and regularly speaks at Corporate Governance Forums. Walid was a former instructor and regularly speaks at the MBA classes at King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals.

In 2012, Walid developed a Hotel in Madinah. In addition, in 2016 he established “Afaq Cold Storage” company in Jeddah and Manarat Jeddah Investment Company in 2019.

Walid currently serves and has served as a board member and chairman of various board committees of various companies. The companies are in various stages of maturity, ranging from family businesses to being listed on the stock exchange and global companies. The companies span various industries, i.e. Minning  Construction and Engineering, Hospitality, Utilities, Oil, and Gas, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Digital Business, Recycling and Real Estate.