Currently available · selective work · 2026 Malé · GMT+5 · 04:23

Ahmed Fahud.

Faudii · Imagineer N°01

Malé · 2024 26⁺

Currently available · 2026 26⁺

An Imagineer from the Maldives. Solving complex problems across hospitality, EdTech, and integrated marketing — for twenty-six years and counting.

— Currently building

oala.app Oaga Resort Mundu Hiyaal fieldwork

26⁺

Years in practice

14

Roles · 1998–now

5

Atolls · field research

2

Active ventures · 2026

01

Practice · 1998 — 2026

A working life across fourteen roles.

From a school graphic designer to co-founding the country's first art resort and a Dhivehi-language learning app for children. Each role taught the next.

Graphic designer · Centre Piece '99

Secondary school commissions · Malé

PrintStagecraft

Production manager · Mezzo Band launch

Mezzo Mode · Olympus concert hall, Malé

IdentityBroadcastStage

Part-time instructor, videography

National College of Art (NCA) · Malé

TeachingPedagogy

Wedding videographer & commercial producer

Ahmed Fahud Studio · self-established

CinematographyBrand Films

Creative head, production

Atoll Television & Radio Atoll

BroadcastMusic Video

Technical & creative director · Underwater Cabinet

Commissioned by President Mohamed Nasheed

LiveClimateWorld-First

Acting MD · Maldives Creative Hub framework

Maldives Entertainment Company

Community connector · five atolls

Addu · Gaafu Dhaalu · Baa · Raa · Shaviyani

Field ResearchEthnography

Agricultural island manager

Northern Maldives · Shaviyani Atoll

AgricultureSustainability

Project manager · island reclamation

5 islands reclaimed in Malé Atoll

ConstructionPeople Ops

Co-founder · Oaga Art Resort

With chairman Mr. Ahmed Nashid · ADK Group

HospitalityBrandArchitecture

Co-founder · oala.app

With Shiuz & Maa

EdTechDhivehiChildren

02

Selected Work · 2009 — 2026

Four projects, four lives in one practice.

A live underwater cabinet meeting. A children's app in Dhivehi. The first art resort in the Maldives. An unrealised national framework on the shelf.

— 01 In Production · 2024–

oala.app — a Dhivehi school in your pocket.

A learning application for Maldivian children, ages 3–11. Critical thinking and Dhivehi Language Arts, taught in the language they speak at home. Building what the national curriculum hasn't.

— 02 Open · 2022

Oaga Art Resort

The first true art resort in the Maldives. Open-community model, Gallery Rooms for resident artists, theatrical dining, and the country's first authentic local spa experience.

— 03 Delivered · 2016–19

Five Islands, reclaimed.

Project-managed the reclamation of five islands in Malé Atoll for resort development. Hired and trained a generation of young Maldivians into surveyors, carpenters, MEP technicians.

— 04 Concept · 2010 · awaiting

Maldives Creative Hub — a strategy on the shelf.

A national framework for the creative industries — drafted at Maldives Entertainment Company, shelved by the political turmoil of 2011. The fieldwork from five atolls still informs every project that came after.

03

Writing · Mundu Hiyaal

Notes from a practising mind.

Long-form writing on instruction design, experience design, and the cultural moment in the Maldives. Some pieces in English. Some in Dhivehi. None in a hurry.

Aerial of Malé island

ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ މިއޮތީ "ގުރުޑު" ވެފަ.

Dhivehi 2024 · 9 min read

Children at Oala workshop

Instruction Design

Bridging the Learning Gap: Oala's mission in nurturing a love for Dhivehi.

English 2024 · 12 min read

A-Frame Cabin at Oaga Art Resort

Experience Design

Crafting a Maldivian stay.

English 2023 · 8 min read

04

Contact · Begin a conversation

Resourceful problem-solving, delivered together.

Consultancy and training for hospitality groups, education ventures, and communications campaigns that need both strategic clarity and someone who has actually built it before.

— Direct line

faudii@oala.app ↗

— Engagement Process

i.

Status Audit

A thorough discussion to uncover your goals, pain points, and the opportunities hiding inside them.

ii.

Strategic Analysis

Independent diagnosis. Where the system is leaking. Where it is quietly working.

iii.

Collaborative Brainstorm

Working sessions with your team — building the vocabulary together so the strategy survives long after I leave.

iv.

Strategic Roadmap

A clear, concise document with actionable recommendations and a phased plan you can defend.

"Let's talk about what you're actually trying to build — not just what you want to launch."

Begin a Status Audit · ↗