Fatma Alraisi is a Human Resources professional specializing in talent management, succession planning, career development, strategic people development, and HR business partnering. With more than a decade of experience across leading Omani organizations, she has built a career focused on strengthening people capabilities and supporting the development of future leaders.

She currently serves as Head of People & Culture at OPAL Oman, where her experience in talent and organizational development supports a broader people-focused leadership role.

Leading People & Culture at OPAL Oman

Since April 2026, Alraisi has served as Head of People & Culture at OPAL Oman, taking on responsibility at the intersection of people strategy, organizational development, and employee capability.

Her appointment represents the latest stage in a career that has progressively expanded from HR operations and organizational planning into specialized talent management and people leadership.

Her professional focus is shaped by strategic people development, talent management, succession planning, and the HR Business Partnering model.

Building Expertise in Talent Management

Before joining OPAL Oman, Alraisi spent more than two years with OQ8, progressing through roles focused specifically on talent management and talent oversight.

She joined OQ8 as Senior Specialist, Talent Management in November 2023. In this position, her work centered on the development and management of organizational talent, building on her earlier experience in career planning and organizational planning.

In February 2025, she progressed to Acting Team Leader, Talent Oversight, taking on broader responsibility within the talent function until April 2026.

This progression reflects the increasing specialization of her career around identifying, developing, and supporting organizational talent.

A Career Built Around Career Development

Alraisi spent more than six years at Omantel, where she developed experience across several areas of human resources and organizational planning.

From August 2021 to October 2023, she served as Career Planning Specialist, focusing her career on employee progression and structured career development.

Prior to that, she served as Organizational Planning Assistant Specialist from 2019 to 2021 and HR Quality Assistant Specialist from 2017 to 2019.

These roles provided a foundation across HR quality, organizational planning, and career development before her transition into dedicated talent management leadership.

From HR Foundations to Strategic People Leadership

Alraisi’s professional journey began through early HR training experiences with Petroleum Development Oman and Omantel, before developing into increasingly specialized HR roles.

Her progression illustrates a career built through multiple dimensions of people management rather than a single HR discipline.

From HR quality and organizational planning to career planning, talent management, talent oversight, and ultimately people and culture leadership, her experience has increasingly centered on connecting organizational requirements with employee development.

Investing in Future Leadership

Talent management and succession planning are central areas of Alraisi’s professional expertise.

Her certifications include HR as a Business Partner, Talent Management, Succession Planning, and Managing High Potentials, complementing her practical experience across career planning and organizational development.

These areas are increasingly important to organizations seeking to build sustainable leadership pipelines. Effective talent strategies can help organizations identify capability, support employee progression, and prepare high-potential professionals for future responsibilities.

Alraisi’s career reflects this people-development perspective, with her professional focus extending from managing HR processes toward creating structured pathways for talent and leadership development.

A People-Centered Approach to Organizational Growth

At the heart of Alraisi’s professional profile is the belief that organizational performance is closely connected to the strength and development of its people.

Her experience across strategic people development planning, talent management, succession planning, career planning, and HR business partnering provides a multidimensional perspective on human resources.

Rather than viewing HR solely as an operational function, her career has increasingly focused on its role as a strategic contributor to organizational capability.

Supporting Oman’s Future Workforce

Alraisi’s professional journey has developed largely within Oman, giving her experience across major organizations and different stages of the HR function.

Her current role at OPAL Oman builds on this experience, bringing together her background in talent management, organizational planning, career development, and HR strategy.

As organizations continue to place greater emphasis on developing internal capabilities and preparing future leaders, professionals specializing in talent and people development have an increasingly important role to play.

Icons Oman Recognition

Icons Oman recognizes Fatma Alraisi for her contribution to talent management, strategic people development, succession planning, career progression, and HR business partnering, as well as her continued leadership in people and culture.

Her career represents a steady progression from HR foundations to specialized talent leadership—highlighting the importance of developing people, strengthening organizational capability, and preparing the next generation of leaders in Oman.

Developing Talent. Shaping Leaders. Strengthening Oman.