Strategic Projects Director (Strategy, Investments, Merger and Acquisitions, Venture Capital)
Obeikan Investment Group
Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months
• Successfully executed 10+ M&A deals (end to end from deal sourcing to closing and integration/exit) on both the buy and sell side in the EMEA region
• Successfully established Joint Ventures and Partnerships with large multinationals across manufacturing and digital businesses
• Defined and prepared Corporate Strategy for the Obeikan Group and its 28 companies
• Cascaded corporate strategy to Group companies and guided them in the execution and implementation of strategy
• Administer in-depth due diligence, business analysis, recommend valuation for all new portfolio investments, Venture Fund opportunities and other investment opportunities as well as new and existing portfolio investments for the Group
• Conducted numerous feasibility studies and prepared reports to assess the viability & growth opportunities for new investments, projects and business lines while identifying business risks, assessing the impact, monitoring the mitigation plans
• Prepare analysis and reports for the Board of Directors for Obeikan Group as well as for Joint Ventures with international companies
• Prepare and review all NDAs, PPMs, IMs LOIs, SPAs, JV Agreements for the Group
• Conduct market research, analyses and insights into the latest industry trends both in-house and with external research firms and consultants
• Developing and implementing Digitalization / Industry 4.0 (IoT) Strategy and Digital Transformation for the Group
• Building a Partner Eco-system for Digitalization and implementing Proof of Concept (PoC), Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Minimum Marketable Product (MMP)
• Advised and consulted a large multinational FMCG Company in GCC on enhancing their Logistics & Distribution System
• Carried out a Due Diligence for Middle East based Private Equity for project worth USD 117 M
• Provided strategy consultation and financial analysis and evaluation to a large Chinese Automotive Manufacturer on their Partnership project with a Middle East based company
• Lead as Head of Operations for multiple strategic business units in Saudi Arabia along with the overall achievement of the set/planned business targets keeping financial health of the organisation
• Efficiently planned and executed new business strategies for the business and increased profitability by 16% in 2 years by implementing new revenue generation models
• Successfully negotiated with logistics providers and successfully saved logistic expenditures by 33% and increased the profit from Value Added Services by 89% in 2 years
• Consistently achieved 100% conformance to Service Level Agreements in contracts and customer service levels
• Lead as Head of Operations for multiple strategic business units in Saudi Arabia along with the overall achievement of the set/planned business targets keeping financial health of the organisation
• Efficiently planned and executed new business strategies for the business and increased profitability by 16% in 2 years by implementing new revenue generation models
• Successfully negotiated with logistics providers and successfully saved logistic expenditures by 33% and increased the profit from Value Added Services by 89% in 2 years
• Consistently achieved 100% conformance to Service Level Agreements in contracts and customer service levels
INTERNSHIP:
Company: Tata Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur, India
Project Title: Study and Recommendations on Vendor Rationalization at Tata Steel Ltd
• Recommended new strategies for the business in the changing business environment to Thermax India Ltd
• Conducted feasibility study and suggested a priority list for setting new warehouses of Dabur India Ltd
• Performed detailed analysis of retail industry in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India for Bharti Comtel Ltd