Description

Experienced consultant and entrepreneur with a proven track record in strategy, transformation, commercial due diligences, and SaaS business development.

Open to remote, hybrid and in-person roles in Europe and Middle East; based in the UAE with UK/EU citizenship.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Norwegian Bokmål
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Dubai City (up to 50km)

Various
Freelance consultant
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Freelance consultant supporting clients with strategy, transformation, PMO, and diligence work remotely and in the Middle East
The Boston Consulting Group
Consultant
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2023 - January 2025 (2 years)
London, United Kingdom
Principal Investors and Private Equity (PIPE): Select Due Diligence projects
Conducted 70+ primary research interviews to assess industry-wide and customer-specific spend outlook in the video games development industry, forecasting revenue & margin growth of an IT services player in support of a £2b+ acquisition
Conducted 50+ primary research interviews to assess the competitive positioning of a globally-leading B2B benefits management software in support of a £1b+ buy-side private equity transaction
Delivered value creation plan for subsidiary of c.$10b portco of leading global asset manager; modelled base and upside P&L forecasts down to EBITDA level and presented findings to C-level portco executive team and asset manager Partners
Leading Leisure & Entertainment Company: Customer segmentation
Designed and deployed a comprehensive survey for 10,000+ customers, gathering insights on needs, motivators, buying behaviors, and spend profiles within the leisure and entertainment market
Partnered with Global Insights Director to develop stakeholder engagement plan, including presenting segmentation insights to the CMO and CSO to ensure leadership buy-in of results and enable organizational alignment
Major European Airline: Operations Transformation
Worked closely with Director-level client leadership across 8 operational groups to achieve c. 30pp improvement in on-time performance through management of 100+ prioritized initiatives
Established 50+ person Operations Decisions Support team reporting into COO, including defining scope and roles, creating job descriptions and workplans, developing materials for budget approval, and supporting initial hires with 30-day plans
Led RFP process for $10m+ suite of digital optimization tools incl. flight scheduling, ground worker assignment, and more
Developed Alteryx and Tableau dashboard to track core performance KPIs for stakeholders from COO-2 to Board level
EventRaptor
Co-Founder
TECH
August 2020 - December 2022 (2 years and 4 months)
Co-founded virtual event management B2B SaaS; bootstrapped to $200k+ in revenue within first 12 months
Owned product management and feature roadmap, including improving user onboarding flow and event hosting experience to enable 1,000+ virtual events hosted on platform to date serving 100,000+ event attendees
Launched marketplace for host-speaker matching, leading to 2,500+ published profiles in EventRaptor speaker directory