Freelance - Consultant
Freelance
Total years of experience :29 years, 8 Months
Multi-sector financial consultant in telecom, fast food, textile and construction projects
- Developed 8-year business plan;
- Performed valuation for the sale of an equity stake for different Companies;
- Provided guidance on the structure of a Telco transformation project.
Strategy & Business Planning
- Establish Company’s Corporate Strategy & Business planning; defining structure, objectives and R&R;
- Developing and managing the company’s medium-long term (3-5 years) Strategy & Business Planning;
- Integrate the developed strategic initiatives into the long-term business plan;
- Monitor Strategy performance against pre-set performance goals to ensure that progress is being made in the desirable direction and ensure that preventive/corrective actions are taken accordingly;
- Create budgeting guidelines before budget process launch;
- Lead the evaluation to determine the viability of different strategic opportunities, including TowerCo., Build to suit and exploring different M&A opportunities e.g. consolidation opportunities with different market players;
- Leading the development of Company’s 3G strategy plan;
- Lead and manage the Company’s cost efficiency initiative project; identifying costs with positive financial impact and pinpointing on saving opportunities through different methods/alternatives’ to be achieved;
- Conduct an in depth analysis on distribution channel performance and reformulate distribution channel strategy accordingly; and
- Assess the Company’s maximum willingness to pay for the 3G license.
Project Management Office - PMO
- Guide and overview the Company’s cross functional projects;
- Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
- Revamp the PMO function in developing and optimizing the Company’s processes;
- Introducing and implementing the RACI matrix in process;
- Introduce different controlling mechanism for each process during developing steps;
- Overview and follow up on the weekly management meeting material preparation.
Business Planning
- Leading the creation of a new strategy and business plan process to balance focus and ensure synchronization between the long & short term forecasts;
- Facilitating cooperation and alignment between subsidiaries and Holding company to develop consistent performance targets, including regular communication and frequent site visits to subsidiaries;
- Providing Business Plan development advice to subsidiaries, validating Business Plan financials, challenging inputs and ensuring that Business Planning feedback is acted upon;
- Supporting the CEO in business reviews through preparing detailed feedback on subsidiary business plans, and through insuring integration of all comments into new Business plan iterations;
- Leading consolidation of finalized and approved business plans;
- Working with external auditors in impairment analysis and maintenance of financial covenants
- Creating budgeting guidelines before budget process launch;
- Conducting Business Plan for M&A / Business development opportunities - including Non-GSM divestment opportunities;
- Preparing Business Plan and all other necessary information to be shared with e.g. Rating Agencies, Investment Banks;
- Managing/leading Business Planning and Corporate Strategy teams; and
- Monitoring industry evolution; analyzing key trends and implications.
Group Corporate Strategy
- Re-launching Group’s Corporate Strategy; defining structure, objectives, SOW and R&R;
- Support the Group’s CEO in developing and launching the group’s long-term strategy and priorities;
- Leading the development of the Group’s VMV and corporate strategy communication plan;
- Developing the Group’s strategic blue print (economic impact and implementation roadmap);
- Supporting the Group’s Chairman in communicating/presenting the Group’s Corporate Strategy;
- Conducting industry analysis, SWOT and competitive analysis and KPI benchmarking;
- Set guidance for the OpCos in line with HoldCo’s “aspirations” input for Strategy & Business Planning exercise; and
- Identifying and assessing strategic risks facing the group.
Business Planning
- Developing Mobinil’s Full Business Plan (5 year & 10 year windows) for majority shareholders (Orange & OTH), including projecting financial statements and evaluating company value
- Developing alternative Business plan scenarios - to determine optimal strategy - including developing sensitivity analyses,
Business Development
- Evaluating Business opportunities for Mobinil - including partnerships with 3rd parties and introduction of new business models
- Conducting Feasibility Studies to determine the viability of different strategic options for the company, including business cases for EDGE, 3G, WIFI, International Gateway, and a Fiber Optics Network
Business Profitability
- Constructing a full scale Profitability Model to assess the profitability of Mobinil products, brands, and tariff plans. This model was critical in identifying product profitability and in developing short and long-term strategic recommendations.
- Segmenting Customer Base (Personal Postpaid, Prepaid, and Business), using the appropriate methodology for each segment:
• Identifying profitable customers
• Pinpointing opportunities for turning around unprofitable customers through various methods, including shift in tariffs, to better meet the needs of such subscribers and hence to increase their value to the company.
Critical Projects
- Managing “The Low Cost Model Project” with McKinsey consultant, gathering required data and running different scenarios to test the impact of decreasing minimum cost of mobile ownership (reducing entry barriers and cutting minimum monthly spent) on subscriber growth.
- Developing “The Project Leader Financial Model” to assess the best scenario for the Company in its negotiation with the government to extend duopoly and to acquire 1800 MHz spectrum.
I worked for more than six years in business valuation, financial analysis, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and other activities including market research and strategy.
I was involved in a range of financial studies which included analysis of historical financial performance, development of computer models for the purpose financial projections; financial appraisal using various financial techniques for different sectors such as food & beverage, telecommunication, textile, manufacturing, industrial services and information technology.
My job duties included assisting the marketing department in preparing profiles of airplanes for different airlines. In addition I assisted in after sale service by preparing flight routes and suggesting optimum flight hours for various clients using a special program
Thesis: (Difficulties facing the valuation practice in Egypt)