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Strategic Planning

Public Investment Fund — Validating world-class performance management at the highest level

The world's most impactful sovereign wealth fund achieved Level V — Optimized across Strategic Planning, Performance Measurement, and Performance Improvement, independently validated by the GPA Unit.

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Integrated Performance

Tourism Development Fund — Achieving Level IV maturity in just three years after founding

Established in 2020, TDF achieved Level IV maturity just three years into its operations — and went on to win four awards at the GPA Unit's 2025 Performance Excellence Gala, affirming that institutional age is no barrier to performance excellence.

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Integrated Performance

Riyadh Airports Company — Turning a diagnostic into a transformation programme

The operator of King Khalid International Airport used a structured maturity assessment as the foundation of a broader performance transformation — and presented the results on the GPA Unit's global stage.

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Integrated Performance

Soudah Development — Building performance excellence from the ground up

A PIF-owned luxury mountain tourism developer received a full five-capability assessment, earning three award nominations at the GPA Unit's 2025 Performance Excellence Gala and sharing best practices on the global stage.

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Performance Measurement

Diriyah Company — Becoming the first organization to achieve Leading Maturity in Performance Measurement under Framework v3.0

The PIF giga-project behind Saudi Arabia's most significant heritage destination became the first organisation globally to achieve Level V in Performance Measurement under Framework v3.0.

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Employee Performance Management

Monsha'at — A focused assessment where depth mattered more than breadth

The SME authority chose depth over breadth, commissioning a focused Employee Performance Management assessment that delivered a concrete diagnostic and a structured improvement roadmap.

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Integrated Performance

The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA)- Reaching the top of the maturity scale across all five capabilities

Saudi Arabia's central authority for zakat, tax and customs achieved the highest possible maturity level across all five capabilities — a landmark result for public sector performance management.

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Performance Measurement

Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission (LPTC) — Earning Level IV recognition in performance measurement

A Saudi government body under the Ministry of Culture that earned formal recognition for Level IV maturity in Performance Measurement, affirming its commitment to institutional excellence.

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Integrated Performance

Red Sea Global — Setting a global benchmark for integrated performance excellence

The first company in the world to achieve Level V — Optimized across all five capabilities, setting a new benchmark for integrated performance excellence in the tourism and development sector.

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Strategic Planning

5 Ways Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 Sets the Benchmark for Strategic Planning and Execution

Analysis of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 demonstrating strategic planning excellence through multi-tiered architecture and cascaded objectives for organizations.

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