Basar Advisory · Riyadh, KSA

Ibrahim H.
Alsalem

ChE · MSc Imperial College London · BSc University of Michigan

Applied economist and behavioural strategist with 8+ years across Saudi public institutions and the private sector. I turn complex data into decisions.

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Areas of focus

MSc Economics & Strategy for Business — Imperial College London

BSc Economics & Psychology (Dual) — University of Michigan

ChE Chartered Economist — GAFM · ID 81690725

About

Where economics meets behaviour

I'm an applied economist with a background that sits at an unusual intersection: rigorous quantitative training and a deep grounding in behavioural science. Numbers tell part of the story — understanding how people and institutions actually behave tells the rest.

Over 8+ years across Saudi Arabia's public and private sectors, I've built econometric models at national scale, led cross-government analytical workstreams, and translated complex data into decisions that reached ministerial and executive leadership — including the Ministry of Economy and Planning, Saudi Tourism Authority, Elm, and Takamol Holding.

My work spans policy analysis, demand and market modelling, commercial analytics, and behavioural strategy. Currently advising GCC private-sector and institutional clients through Basar Advisory, and open to senior roles where economic rigour and behavioural insight drive real decisions.

Experience

Selected career

Nov 2025 – Present

Basar Advisory

Independent Economic Consultant

  • Market research, consumer segmentation, and willingness-to-pay modelling for a market entry engagement (GCC/Jordan)
  • Advising KSA private-sector clients on market feasibility, demand modelling, and Vision 2030-aligned expansion strategy
  • Active econometric and sectoral modelling practice in R and Stata

Nov 2023 – Nov 2025

Ministry of Economy and Planning

Economic Expert — Labour Market Policy

  • Lead economist for the labour market team; primary point of contact across cross-government workstreams with 10+ government bodies
  • Built and maintained end-to-end quantitative models in R covering the entire Saudi labour force
  • Owned three flagship workstreams: unemployment modelling, remittance forecasting, and shadow-economy analysis
  • Produced policy briefs and research outputs reflected in national strategy documents, reaching the highest levels of government

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023

Saudi Tourism Authority

Assistant Commercial & Data Insight Manager

  • Led data mining and executive dashboard development for the inbound tourism portfolio
  • Produced economic impact analyses and revenue forecasts supporting multi-million SAR investment decisions

Jun 2019 – Dec 2021

Elm Company

Senior Analyst, Programs & Planning

  • Led financial planning and project reconstruction across the department's contract portfolio
  • Designed KPI scorecards adopted across the department; consolidated enterprise-wide budget and performance data

Sep 2015 – Sep 2018

Takamol Holding

Business Intelligence Analyst

  • Built BI infrastructure; served as analytical advisor to three VPs within the Saudi Employment Department
  • Developed econometric models in R and Stata supporting national labour-market and Saudization policy analysis

Methods

Econometrics Time series ARIMA Regression Impact evaluation CGE/DSGE Demand modelling Cost-benefit analysis

Tools

R Stata Python SQL Power BI Tableau Excel R Shiny

Domains

Labour markets Macro policy Behavioural economics Commercial analytics Tourism economics Vision 2030

Languages

Arabic — native English — native

Credentials

ChE — GAFM MSc — Imperial BSc — Michigan

Contact

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Available for advisory engagements, research collaborations, and senior roles across the GCC and internationally.

ibrahimhalsalem@gmail.com

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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