In addition to the vast portfolio of projects executed over the past twenty-five years, a noticeable proud achievement was during the pandemic, Faisal Al Awadhi worked closely with Team Bahrain to provide a wide range of services to meet the rapidly changing needs of local communities. Networks, contacts and experience were all leveraged to provide a service that was both flexible and effective in the shot term and highly resilient in the medium to long term.
Not only did he help provide strategy, execution and delivery to deal with the immediate impact of COVID-19, Faisal also took a longer term view. Key industries like entertainment and tourism were shutdown overnight, resulting in a severe impact on individuals, businesses, the economy and the quality of life so many of us rely on and had previously taken for granted. By utilizing his proven and widely respected seeing beyond concept, he took a dynamic approach that looked past the so-called ‘new normal’ caused by the virus and began to deliver ideas and insights that would reimagine what the entertainment and tourism industries could become .