Work Exprience
The Executive Council – Government of Dubai (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) 2007 - present
Project Manager
OC&C Strategy Consultants – MESA (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) 2006 – 2007
Consultant in Strategy, Change Management and Investment
Assignments encompass various industries such as Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Media:
- Conducted a strategic review of a Saudi Oil and Gas services company
- Reviewed vision, mission and key objectives of the group
- Identified opportunities outlining segments of growth
- Developed strategic plan identifying way forward
- Participated in the first Saudi privately held refinery bid
- Performed a general demand assessment for refined products
- Identified potential partners to participate in an investment consortium
- Facilitated the merger of two oil refineries in Oman
- Reviewed current structures of the two refineries
- Developed a new organizational design for the final merged entity
- Facilitated a workshop with the management of both refineries to insure buy-in
- Developed a new performance evaluation system for the merged entity
- Contributed to the performance review for one of Abu Dhabi’s OPCO’s
- Identified Key Performance Indicators
- Developed a performance management and appraisal system
- Developed a strategic plan to establish a broadcasting company in Dubai
- Elaborated a complex financial model and ran a scenario analysis
- Led a research team and built a business plan
- Participated in planning and managing the different parties of a mixed used real estate development in Al Ain
Performed a freelance consulting project for a French NGO in Afghanistan
- Reviewed NGO’s processes, its relations with local and international donors
- Audited its accounts, created a project oriented accounting tool, and trained NGO staff to it
Visiting researcher
- Monitored the municipal elections in Jeddah, interviewed candidates and voters
- Studied the functioning and composition of the Saudi Consultative Council
- Led a series of interviews with Council’s members and with personalities from the Saudi civil society
- Performed a thorough analysis of the Council’s functions and evolution within the Saudi state apparatus
Change management and IT Transformation projects
- Design/build integrated reporting tools for the demand instruction process
- Led cost reduction analyses for major European insurance groups
- Assisted in developing website architecture and layout
Structured commodity finance, Metals Division
- Performed financial analysis of mining companies in developing countries
- Established industrial, financial and country risk reports
- Studied export pre-financing of commodities cases
Financial Analyst in the Fine Chemicals, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, and Cosmetics Division
- Established complex models and financial simulations
- Elaborated financial settings including LBOs, sharing and mergers
- Analysed investment reports and performed company valorisations
- Assessed the legal, financial and industrial environment of the deal
- Performed Strategic and financial analysis of industrial sectors and its principal stakeholders
- Followed-up the investment portfolio of the division
Department of Emission and Damage, Insurance mechanisms, emission and damage management
