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Strategy & transformation consultant | PMO, operating models, performance management
I’m a strategy and management consultant with 10 years of experience across the Middle East and the Netherlands, including PwC, BCG engagements and government advisory. I help organisations turn strategy into execution: setting up PMOs, designing operating models, defining KPIs and building performance dashboards that teams actually use.
I take focused assignments of 1–8 weeks, on-site, hybrid or remote, part-time or full-time. Working languages: English and Arabic.
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Rotterdam-based venture builder operating its first venture (Nabati restaurant) and assessing expansion into FMCG, wellness products and digital applications. • Growth strategy & portfolio choices: Shape the holding's corporate strategy and evaluate new venture opportunities across FMCG, wellness and digital, assessing market potential, business cases and capability fit. • Investment & business case assessment: Build financial models and business cases to prioritise ventures and allocate capital. • Governance & setup: Led the legal, tax and administrative setup of Dutch BV structures, ensuring compliance with Dutch labour law, VAT and payroll. • Operations & technology: Advise on technology integration and supplier partnerships for the holding's first business unit
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), subcontractor — National Planning Council, Qatar | Jul – Dec 2024 • PMO Stream Lead: Led activation and implementation tracking for Qatar's Third National Development Strategy (NDS3) across 20+ government entities. • Strategic portfolio review: Oversaw the review of 400+ strategic projects for alignment with national priorities and digital goals. • Executive reporting: Delivered weekly readiness dashboards, risk assessments and executive briefings to the National Planning Council. • Capability building: Directed a nationwide knowledge-transfer programme of 10+ workshops for 300+ project managers. Confidential public-sector client, environment sector, UAE | Nov 2023 – Jul 2024 • Transformation leadership: Led the Transformation Management Office overseeing a portfolio of 9 strategic reform and sustainability programmes. • Corporate strategy: Developed a 3-year corporate strategy and performance management framework aligned to institutional goals. • Digital enablement: Led vendor evaluation and procurement for digital performance dashboards. Confidential public-sector client, municipal sector, UAE | Jan – Mar 2024 • Client-side quality assurance: Supervised a strategy and operating model engagement on the client's behalf, aligning consultant outputs with leadership objectives.
• Strategy-to-execution: Translated leadership priorities into technical and system requirements, acting as the link between the leadership office and IT implementation teams. • Performance management: Led the full lifecycle of a government performance dashboard, from KPI definition and RFP to implementation and user training. • Process redesign: Redesigned operational workflows using data insights to improve efficiency and drive organisational change.
• Strategy & policy: Led benchmarking and current-state assessment to develop a private-sector data-sharing strategy, policy options and impact assessments for a UAE digital-sector entity. • Post-merger integration: Designed post-merger operating models and institutional setup roadmaps for public entities in KSA, covering structure, interaction model, people, IT, legal setup and budget. • Customer-centric design: Developed operating models, customer journeys and process maps for a UAE education-sector entity. • Team leadership & development: Led engagement teams of 4-5 consultants; coached junior staff and trained summer interns in data analytics after completing PwC's Digital Accelerator programme. • Data & analytics: Led an internal project to build a single source of truth for people data, supporting well-being and retention. • Business development: Wrote proposals and built executive relationships, contributing to USD 2M in won revenue.
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Locatie Rotterdam
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Categorie Management & Consulting
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Lid Sinds 06-11-2026