Industry Consultative Panel

Terms of Reference

Purpose – The Industry Consultative Panel have the following functions and duties:

To support the college in continuously improving its work placement and community activities that lead to productive relationships;
To ensure that industry and employer stakeholders are involved appropriately in introducing new academic programmes and reviewing existing ones as per job market requirements;
To provide input on Gulf College graduate attributes to ensure that they meet the requirements of the job market;
To provide guidance and advice to develop the College curriculum to ensure that it is compatible with industry needs and international standards;
To suggest on-demand skills and technologies to be incorporated into the college extracurricular activities;
To advocate and promote the College programmes;
To support the College’s academic activities and initiatives.

Membership – The Industry Consultative Panel comprises:

Deputy Dean – Academic Affairs & Research, Chair
Director, CARC, Deputy Chair
Director, CPSR
Director, CTCR
Heads of Faculties (FCS and FBMS)
Head – Industry and Community Relations, Member & Rapporteur
Programme Leader – PSD
9 Industry Representatives

Frequency – The Panel shall meet twice a year.

Reporting bodies – Reports to the Academic Board.

Industry Consultative Panel (ICP) members

No	Name	Organisation	Designation	Notes
Gulf College
1	Prof. Ali Hamed Al-Badi	Academic Affairs & Research,	Deputy Dean-Academic Affairs & Research	Chairman of the Panel
2	Mr. Mustafa Al-Abedwani	Centre for Admissions, Registration and Communications (CARC)	Director	GC MEMBER Deputy Chair
3	Dr. Khalid Abu Zayed	Faculty of Business & Management Studies	Assistant Prof /Head of Faculty	GC MEMBER
4	Dr. Samsudeen Shaffi Abubucker	Faculty of Computing Sciences	Head of Faculty	GC MEMBER
5	Mr. Rizwan Jawahar Ahmad	Postgraduate Studies Department	Programme Leader	GC MEMBER
6	Mr. Nasser Al Hinai	Centre for Training and Community Relations (CTCR)	Acting Director	GC MEMBER
Industry representative
7	Mr. Ahmed Abdullah Harib Al Habsi	Royal Flight	Director of Operations and Marketing at Al Habsi Football Academy Chairman of Al Mudhaibi Club 20218-2022 Director of Commander’s Office, Royal Flight	Sports
8	Dr. Salim Nasser AL Riyami	SMEs Development Authority	Head of Studies Department	Entrepreneurship and Innovation
9	Eng. Maqbool Salim Al-Wahaibi	Oman Data Park	CEO	Technology sector
10	Mr. Khalfan Khamis Al-Khusaibi	ASYAD	In Country Value lead	Logistic sector
Alumni representative
11	Ms. Amani Al Zadjali	Ahlibank	Ambassador	Banking sector
12	Mr. Yousef Ahmed Al Kindi	PDO	Senior corporate new technology portfolio planner	PG graduates Oil and Gas sector MBA
13	Ms. Sana Al- Mamaria	OmanAir	officer	Logistic sector
14	Mr. Otbah Al-Harmali	Oman Academy for SMEs	Head- Oman Academy for SMEs	Governmental sector