Walid Lejmi | Senior Drilling & Business Leader

Professional Profile

Results-driven leader with 20+ years at the crossroads of field operations and commercial strategy across Africa. Proven ability to lead critical LWD/DD drilling programs onshore & offshore while building sustainable business growth across 30+ African markets for global leaders Baker Hughes and SKF Group. Expert multicultural team leader on global projects — with an established decision-maker network of 300+ contacts from technical to C-level across the continent.

Key Metrics

+100

Successful wells delivered

80%

High-Tech & complex directional profiles

+30

Countries managed

SKF Group · 5 active areas

+300

Decision-maker network · Technical → C-level · Africa

10+

Multicultural teams led across global projects

20+

Years cross-sector experience

Professional Experience

Senior LWD/DD Consultant & Team Leader 2019 → Present

Baker Hughes · North Africa

+100 successful wells — over 80% High-Tech and/or complex directional profiles (RSS, Motors, OTK, ATK, MTK, BCPM2, GaugePro)
Real-time well placement, reservoir navigation and LWD data quality assurance
Led 10+ multicultural Field Engineers — coaching, upskilling and delivery excellence across global programs

Services & Solutions Manager — North & West Africa 2015 → 2019

SKF Group · Full P&L ownership · 30+ countries · 5 main active areas

Full P&L management, sales strategy & business development for industrial maintenance solutions across Africa
Sold Condition Monitoring, rotating machine reliability & asset optimisation solutions to major industrial accounts
Led 10+ multicultural team members — training programs and client upskilling across 5 active regional hubs

Multiple Field & Management Positions 2008 → 2015

Baker Hughes · North Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa

GFE LWD/MWD: Directional Drilling, Wellbore Positioning, Reservoir Navigation — Onshore & Offshore deepwater
AR & Credit Manager (N. Africa Geomarket): led 10+ multinational team — credit analysis, contract management & financial reporting
Regional BHOS Champion · Africa: designed & rolled out operational management systems across all African product lines

Technical Supervisor 2005 → 2008

Vibratech · Tunisia

In charge of industrial control services (field operations): rotating machines monitoring & diagnostic, vibration & noise monitoring, non-destructive testing — ultrasonic inspection, infrared thermography

University Lecturer — Machinery Maintenance & Monitoring 2006 → 2019

INSAT Tunisia

"Methods & Means for Maintenance and Industrial Machinery Monitoring" — full course responsibility for future engineers

Global Footprint

Field operations & business development across Africa and beyond — hover a country to identify it

Home base (Tunisia)

Field operations & business

Other regions

Soft Skills

Leadership & Team Management

10+ people · multicultural · global programs

Crisis Management

High-pressure field & commercial operations

Negotiation & Sales

B2B · contracts · key accounts

Coaching & Mentoring

13 years as university lecturer

Complex Project Management

Multi-country · multi-stakeholder

Intercultural Agility

20+ African countries · trilingual

Technical Skills

Drilling Systems

LWD / MWDDirectional Drilling RSS & MotorsWell Placement Reservoir NavigationDrilling Dynamics OTK · ATK · MTK · BCPM2GaugePro · SDK · TTKOnshore & Offshore deepwater

Industrial & Reliability

Condition MonitoringRotating Machines Vibration AnalysisInfrared Thermography Ultrasonic NDTAsset Optimisation

Business & Management

P&L ManagementBusiness Development Key Account MgmtContract Management Credit AnalysisProcess Optimisation

Engineering & IT

Process DesignSimulation Tools VB · C++ · PascalMS Office Suite

Education & Languages

Education

M.Eng. — Instrumentation & Plant Maintenance
INSAT Tunisia · 2005

Research Associate · UTT France · 2004

Languages

Arabic

French

English