Who’s Who: Dr. Mansour bin Saleh Al-Yami, Saudi ministry of transport’s deputy minister for support services

Dr. Mansour bin Saleh Al-Yami

Dr. Mansour bin Saleh Al-Yami has been the Saudi Ministry of Transport’s deputy minister for support services since 2019. The ministry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, recently launched a campaign to vaccinate its employees and their families against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an initiative he said was important in stopping the spread of the virus.
Al-Yami gained a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from the Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and a Ph.D. in health management from the University of Sheffield, in England, in 2013.
In 2015, he attended major project management training programs at Harvard University, successfully completed a leadership and project management course at the London Business School in 2017, and the following year took part in positive leadership training through the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
He has served as head of the supreme promotion committee and chairman of the training and scholarships board at the Ministry of Transport since 2019.
Prior to joining the ministry, he had been the acting director general of human resources planning at the Ministry of Health where, in 2014, he was head of training and academic affairs.
Al-Yami is a member of the consultative councils of both Majmaah University and Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz University.
He has also been a member of the executive council for education and training at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), a body that regulates and decides on matters related to accreditation, training, and assessment in line with SCFHS rules and bylaws accredited by its board of trustees.