Description

Consulting leader and C-suite advisor with 14 years of experience shaping enterprise-wide change across national energy companies, utilities, and asset-intensive industries by leading programmes of up to 25 professionals with direct stakeholder accountability at Executive and board level. I combine deep sector knowledge with exceptional systems thinking to define the strategies, transformation architectures, and value realization roadmaps that leaders can own and sustain. My work spans the full arc from strategy definition and operating model design to digital enablement, asset management, and operational excellence driving full business turnarounds and supporting industry operators with asset value maximization while navigating the energy transition landscape.

My approach is grounded in a simple conviction: durable performance improvement requires a realistic strategy, the right systems to execute it, and a governance structure that values accountability, clarity, and impact.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Dubai (up to 50km), Abu Dhabi (up to 50km)

Self employed
Independent Transformation & Strategy Advisor
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
United Arab Emirates
Advising on selective engagements in asset-intensive industries across the GCC with mandates covering transformation strategy, operating model design, digital roadmap development, and energy transition.
Developing a public thought leadership practice on organisational transformation and high-reliability governance, in collaboration with the Sahab Collective Writing Academy by building a voice on how GCC energy organisations build the capacity to sustain transformation.
energy transition operational excellence Go-To-Market Business development Project Management
dss+
Senior Manager — Strategy, Risk & Operational Excellence
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2024 - December 2025 (1 year and 11 months)
Middle East
Owned GCC Oil & Gas key accounts driving $10Mn in sales over two years (200% of target) through a mix of new opportunities and diversification of existing accounts.
Served as de facto transformation chief of staff to the COO of a Gulf-based GTL company — owning quarterly board reporting, monthly operations and technical assurance reporting, and program leadership for a full business turnaround.
Owned the full 2-year design & implementation of a national oil & gas company transformation directing a team of 25 managers, consultants, and experts across operating model redesign, governance restructuring, operational efficiency, and EBITDA improvement:
– Revisited corporate strategy in alignment with 2030 vision, JV mandates, and desired areas of focus – Diagnosed and redesigned governance structures, committee architecture, and organisational wiring — replacing inherited complexity with clear lines of accountability and decision authority.
– Conducted a full capex portfolio review and redesigned the investment strategy, explicitly aligning it to decarbonisation goals, asset efficiency, and long-term energy transition positioning.
– Implemented a comprehensive Asset Management System underpinned by a digital roadmap designed to outlast the program and embed as operating infrastructure.
Led the setup of Transformation & PMO offices for two GCC energy & infrastructure sector operators — building the required governance for sustained change where none previously existed.
Partnered with C-suite leaders at national energy companies across Qatar and UAE to define multi-year strategic priorities and develop business transformation roadmaps — navigating politically sensitive stakeholder environments and broad institutional footprints.
Served as a development leader to 5 consultants & 2 Managers since 2024 — mentoring through technical and client-facing capability growth.
dss+
Manager — Strategy, Risk & Operational Excellence
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2021 - January 2024 (3 years)
Middle East
Directed technical diligence engagements to support asset valuation and value extraction strategies for metal smelters and refineries across the Middle East and Africa— bringing operational rigor to transactions where sector insight determined investment logic and lifecycle extension strategies. Total deal value $10Billion; 5 industrial assets.
Led complex transformation engagements across oil & gas and Power & utilities, managing teams of 15+ across Production, Maintenance, HSE, IT, Projects, and Capital Excellence — consistently delivering in politically sensitive, high-stakes institutional environments.
Led cross-regional studies on energy optimization & transition across an integrated oil and gas and petrochemical value chain in Europe identifying $50M+ in non-Capex energy savings across 10 plants—directly influencing corporate investment and supporting scope 1 and scope 2 emission reduction.
Led an integrated production planning study across a full GCC oil & gas value chain (upstream, midstream, downstream) — identifying improvement synergies and designing a dedicated production planning and optimisation function.
Enhanced and shaped thought leadership and offerings as part of the Energy Management and decarbonization group at dss+
Served as a development leader to 3 consultants since 2020 — mentoring through technical and client-facing capability growth.
Speaker at key industry conferences: ADIPEC 2023 and QPSS 2024