Youssef Rifi, management consultant

Youssef Rifi

management consultant

McKinsey & Company

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
16 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months

management consultant at McKinsey & Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2017

• Central Bank - Payment regulatory framework: Defined the new payment regulatory framework
to govern the Fintech ecosystem for a Central Bank in GCC region
• Government VC - Economic Development: Developed the fund’s mandate, strategic objectives,
governance and organization structure. Assessed impact on country's VC deal flow and GDP
• Retail Banking - Growth Strategy & Digital Business Building: Established the 3 year payments
strategy for the retail department, Built a Mobile Payment solution for a major bank in GCC;
Established partnerships with key UAE economic players and built the business development
capabilities for the bank’s new Digital Factory
• Ministry of Culture - Org. & Governance: Supported the setup of the new ministry, in a GCC
country, by building the operating model for the cultural ecosystem and defining the governance
for the newly created Ministry of Culture, and its affiliated entities and authorities

Founder at Mabillon Business & Consulting
  • France
  • September 2012 to August 2015

• Led business development of Mobile Payment systems that increased contract by 40%
with Visa for services across 5 continents and won new contracts with retail banks
• Modeled pricing and business models 40+ to support the Head of Sales in Russia & CIS and
APAC regions; assessed customer impact of 5 year projects based on DCF analysis

Founder at Mabillon Business & Consulting
  • France
  • September 2012 to August 2015

• Led business development of Mobile Payment systems that increased contract by 40%
with Visa for services across 5 continents and won new contracts with retail banks
• Modeled pricing and business models 40+ to support the Head of Sales in Russia & CIS and
APAC regions; assessed customer impact of 5 year projects based on DCF analysis

Project Leader at BEIJAFLORE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
  • France
  • January 2008 to January 2012

fast-tracked to post-MBA role for achieving top performance ranking)-
managing 9 consultants
• Co-directed the writing, pricing and negotiation of contracts leading to several new multiyear
revenue streams (€3.5m); built and delivered internal education sessions for experienced
consultants (50+) - training delivered to teams from multiple firms
• Managed entire Moblie Financial Services products lifecycle; Increased coherence and
reliability of client product/service portfolio, key interface with R&D and Global Sales teams
• Established solutions' pricing policy and analysed potential positioning of products resulting in
the redesign of R&D process

Account Manager at CEGELEC (VINCI) - TELECOM
  • France
  • January 2006 to January 2008

Managing 15 Persons
• Appointed as Manager of an account (€2m per year) and improving relations with client;
audited portfolio and team functions yielding 60% cost savings; implemented incentive
structures that enhanced performance by 50%
• Coordinated design of 29 prototype sites for a Motorola project (1st Mobile WiMAX site in the
world in Orleans) -won 75% of sites in France (€300k revenue per year)

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at London Business School
  • January 2017

High school or equivalent, Optical Technology
  • at Ecole Supérieure d'Optique (Grande Ecole)
  • January 2006

Lasers, optics and telecom engineering

Specialties & Skills

CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MANAGEMENT
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL
MOTOROLA HARDWARE
NEGOTIATION
POSITIONING
PRICING