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PwC Middle EastSenior Manager | Strategy & Transformation
Apr. 2024Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSenior Manager/Associate Director in Strategy Consulting within Consumer Industrial Products & Services (CIPS) practice that comprise of five priority industry sectors: Transportation and Logistics, Construction and Real Estate, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Consumer Products • Led enterprise-strategy programs for sovereign entities and conglomerates, shaping value-creation roadmaps that aligned capital allocation, governance, and growth objectives across portfolios worth $10B+
• Appointed Strategy CoE Lead Transport & Logistics, driving sector thought leadership, developing local core knowledge assets, priority sector topics and shaping PwC’s T&L strategy agenda across GCC priority markets while enabling consultants through structured learning and capability-building programs
• Identified and quantified strategic opportunities across logistics, transport, and digital sectors using benchmarking, scenario modelling, and commercial analytics to guide national and board-level decisions.
• Designed regional market-entry and localization strategies, strengthening regulatory alignment and enabling public–private cooperation to improve competitiveness
• Led the Integration Management Office (IMO) for two logistics operators across 120+ facilities and 4,000+ employees, overseeing 35 consultants across 10+ functional workstreams (Strategy, Commercial, HC, Operations, Finance, Shared Services, Legal, Tax, GRC, Digital) Selected projects include (but not limited to):
• Delivered GCC-wide land transport market assessment, identifying multimodal (road–rail–freight) initiatives to enhance logistics connectivity and shape investment priorities
• Directed strategic reviews for national transport authorities, improving service efficiency, customer satisfaction, and operational performance across traffic management and registration centers (+15% efficiency)
• Delivered a fleet renewal strategy for a major marine services provider in the UAE (~48 vessels)
AccentureBusiness Strategy Manager
Nov. 2022Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPart of Products Strategy practice which includes seven industries: consumer goods & services, retail, industrial, life science, aerospace & defense, travel & hospitality and automobiles
AccentureStrategy & Consulting Manager (Freight & Logistics, Real Estate, Industrial & Tourism)
Aug. 2022 - Apr. 2024United Arab EmiratesPart of Products Strategy practice which includes seven industries: consumer goods & services, retail, industrial, life science, aerospace & defense, travel & hospitality and automobiles Helping global C-suite clients in delivering value to shareholders. Below are selected projects :
1) Corporate Restructuring & Turnaround for ICT, Large Industrial & Construction Conglomerates
2) Digital Transformation Strategies for Oil Companies & Large Petrochemical Producers
3) Growth Strategy for Maritime Shipping & Chartering Companies
4) Growth Strategy, Operating Model & Processes and Governance Structure for SEZs & FTZs
5) Setting up JVs, SPVs and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) for Defense & ICT Sector
6) Corporate Development, Growth Strategy and Supply Chain Initiatives for Energy Companies
7) IP Valuation, EduTech & Growth Strategy for Education Sector
8) Organizational Strategy for Ports, Airports and Cruises in Travel & Tourism Sector
9) Market Entry Strategy for various corporations in different industries
10) Operating model for large UAE Real Estate Developer: Helping in creating shareholder value and enabling competitive agility by partnering with boards, CEOs, and C-suite executives to define and answer their most strategic business questions, including growth, profitability, technology-driven transformation, M&A, operating models, and sustainability
AccentureBusiness Strategy Consultant (Freight & Logistics, Real Estate, Industrial & Tourism)
Jul. 2019 - Sep. 2022United Arab Emirates
Fort McKay First NationStrategic Portfolio Investments (JV with Brookfield Asset Management Fund)
Aug. 2017 - Jul. 2019United Arab EmiratesWorked for Investment fund of Regional Government in Canada:
• Managed a portfolio of 10 companies in Oil & Gas / Energy with $1.7B in revenues in last 5 years in Logistics, Procurement, Civil Construction, Earthworks, Workforce Accommodation, Petrochemicals, Industrial Services,and Industrial Parks.
• Delivered M&A advisory support for potential acquisitions, new market entry, management buyout support, corporate finance services, Divestiture services, recommendations for increasing shareholder value and analyze business combinations
• Provided deal transaction support by assessing financial risks, synergies, operations, commercial and strategic rationale and responsible for sourcing and executing on accretive JVs and investments
• Conducted market, operational, and competitive analysis on portfolio companies, annual strategic planning progress including landscapes, benchmarking, profitability, maximizing value creation, reducing costs via operational/organizational improvements and implementing changes
• Partnered with Brookfield executives to design long-term growth and value-creation strategy
ShellSenior Analyst, Contracting & Procurement
May. 2016 - Aug. 2017Fort Mcmurray•Leveraged engineering expertise and management / financial training to manage flow of inventory and related processes
•Developed and implemented optimized company-wide purchasing practices; screened and negotiated with key suppliers
•Managed $284M in inventory across 120K annual transactions to support a daily output of 270K+ barrels of oil; realized savings of $10M+ in working capital through improved inventory management, stock redeployment and KPI optimization.
ShellProcess Automation & Controls Engineer
May. 2012 - Aug. 2016Fort Mcmurray•Acquired operational and technical expertise while learning the operations of multi-billion dollar oil / manufacturing entity; developed operating procedures, business processes, maintenance methods, and process control improvements
•Conducted inspection of $500K Water Control and Pressure Protection System Modification Projects and managed SOPs for safety standards deployed across 1K+ systems supporting 250K+ barrels / day of oil production
•Led various operational improvements resulting in a $400K annual cost savings; key contributor to control loop analysis project which improved plant performance by ~15% upon implementation
EmpiricsCo-Founder / Board Member
United Arab Emirates•Empirics Asia is the world's largest open-access knowledge platform publishing and bringing you the collective insights of Asia.
•To date, Empirics Asia has already published over 1 million open-access articles and is a strong supporter of the open-access initiative.
•In June 2021, Empirics launched the world's first AI run "Crowd-Published" Knowledge Podcast that carefully curates, selects and publishes the most relevant knowledge - a first of its kind where an AI will run a podcast channel aimed at educating humans
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)Engineering (Instrumentation & Control Systems)
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
BC HydroAsset Management Engineer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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