Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Seasoned strategy professional with consulting experience combined with senior corporate roles and technical education. 20 years experience in the TMT industry Experience in corporate strategy, commercial and technical due diligence, transformation, networks and infrastructure, regulations, post-merger integration, business & Capex planning. Delivered and led 30+ engagements across Europe, Africa, Middle East and South America.
Part of e&'s Group Strategy, Strategic Partnerships manages the relationship with e&'s key partners spanning technology, knowledge and sustainable development. The role has been established to ensure that we are maximising the value of our key relationships. Partnerships are an enabler of e&'s transformation to a global technology group and the functions manages and coordinates those key strategic relationships at the group level. I have been leading e&'s Group startegic partnership program with AWS since Q2 '24.
e& International oversees and supports e& telecom operations outside of UAE. We are a team of industry experts with a variety of backgrounds such as technology, strategy consulting, finance and law. Our goals are to support the growth and to continuously improve the efficiency of our businesses by bringing new perspectives, global best practices, and rigorous analytical approach to decision making. In my role as Technology Economist I worked directly with e& chief officers and top management of our operations on: • Strategy and economics • M&A • Capital allocation • Technology efficiency Key projects lead and/or worked on: PPF Telecom acquisition, Telenor Pakistan acquisition, Pakistan 1,800 MHz spectrum acquisition, e& Group infrastructure strategy, Vodafone investment review, Mobily infra asset review, fixed broadband access economics and roadmap, Maroc Telecom wholesale.
Orion Towers is a fully owned subsidiary of PTCL focused on passive mobile infrastructure of Telenor Pakistan
World’s largest global strategy consulting firm with an exclusive focus on TMT. Winner of multiple TMT Commercial Due Diligence Adviser of the Year awards. I led consulting teams in day-to-day client engagements and worked with Partners on business development opportunities. I worked with top-tier institutional investors (Blackstone, KKR, Carlyle, Warburg Pincus, Cinven, Permira, General Atlantic, EQT) as well as leading European operators (e.g. Orange, Telia) Select M&A engagements: • Commercial advisory to a debt arm of a PE firm on a loan to Unify AG • Buy-side commercial due diligence on Telecity & Equinix merger remedy package in London and Amsterdam for a PE investor • Commercial due diligence on OVH for a PE investor • Commercial due diligence on 1&1 hosting for a PE investor • Buy side commercial advisory on the acquisition of FS VAS in Brazil by Carlyle • Buy side technical advisory on the €200m acquisition of Invitel by CEE Equity Partners • Buy side commercial advisory on the acquisition of Adamo by EQT • Buy side technical advisory on the minority investment in Via by Daimler • Buy side advisory on the acquisition of a European colocation provider by an infrastructure fund Select strategic engagements: • Synergy quantification of a potential cable & mobile merger in Ukraine • Review of the Polish Pay-TV market for two leading cable operators • FTTH Capex optimisation for a Nordic incumbent • Support in arbitrage proceedings for a European mobile operator • Cost-focused B2C sales organisation transformation of an European incumbent leading to 20m EUR annual COGS and Opex savings
FTI Delta (previously Delta Partners) is a specialist TMT strategy consulting firm. Originally focused on emerging markets, the company became one of the leading TMT strategy boutiques globally. Started as Associate and promoted to Senior Associate and Manager. Based in Johannesburg (2011-14) and Barcelona (2014-15). Worked with leading operator groups in Africa and the Middle East (MTN, Etisalat, STC, Telkom SA, Econet, Cellnex and others). - Delivered and led 10+ strategic & transformational engagements across 7 countries - Deep experience in network strategy (fixed and mobile), Capex planning and optimization infrastructure management - Member of the regional management teams supporting business development activities - Member of the Network and Infrastructure Practice
PwC TICE (Technology, Information, Communications and Entertainment) practice in Poland. Worked with all mobile and fixed operators in Poland in areas of: - Organisation - Commercial and technical due diligence - Market analysis - Business processes improvement - Regulations - Project and program management - Post-merger integration Involved in 25+ projects in various capacities (analyst, workstream leader, project manager)