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Safae AkabouchSA

Safae Akabouch

Senior Consultant

€903/day
Dubai City, AE
8-15 years
Corporate strategy
Business development
Project Management
Pricing strategy
Strategic planning

Average response time: 1 hour

About Safae

Senior strategy consultant with deep experience advising sovereign entities on national transformation, public sector modernization, and large-scale value creation programs across the Middle East and Europe. My work spans economic development, healthcare-adjacent platforms, human capital and technology-enabled public services, supporting governments in building resilient systems and sustainable institutions. I have partnered with ministerial leadership and C-suite on complex, high-stakes initiatives aligned with long-term visions, with a strong focus on public value, societal impact and delivery excellence.
Public Sector
Real Estate
Telecommunications
Environmental and Sustainable Development
Consulting and Audits

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • ARTHUR D. LITTLE
    Senior Engagement Manager
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Worked extensively with Saudi prominent entities on strategic development, value creation programs, and operating model design
    • • Developed and monetized AI-driven value-added services for a government-led entity with direct relevance to health systems and national resilience to ensure long-term financial viability and societal impact while balancing competitiveness and public value; developed a robust pricing framework and assessed alternative delivery models (incubation within the core entity vs. launch of a fully owned commercial subsidiary), with services projected to generate ~SAR 250M cumulative net profit over five years.
    • • Led the end-to-end turnaround of a construction company, stabilizing performance across financial, organizational, and operational levers and transitioning the business to sustained growth across core activities and adjacencies; identified financial and operational efficiencies addressing up to 35% of Year-1 backlog revenue (SAR 1.5B) and mitigating cost overruns of up to SAR 570M.
    • • Supported a UAE defense entity on strategic contract renewals and operating model redesign, strengthening national capabilities, supplier ecosystems. and long-term institutional readiness.
    Corporate strategy Strategic planning
  • KEARNEY
    Senior Associate
    January 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Design and activation of the HH Executive Office for a prominent Saudi Governmental Entity
    • • Designed and activated the HH Executive Office operating model for a Saudi government entity enabling centralized oversight of national priority programs across economic development, social sectors and public service delivery using in-depth benchmarking and gap analysis across all target operating model dimensions; materially improved operational efficiency, while providing agile, high-impact support to the Boards and Committees function through rapid studies and executive briefings. Business efficiency and organizational rightsizing programs for multiple telco players in Saudi, Iraq, and Azerbaijan
    • • Led several initiatives driving both topline growth and cost optimization; key workstreams included workforce right-sizing, span-of control and organizational layering redesign, operating model simplification, process automation and RPA deployment, resulting in structurally leaner organizations, improved cost-to-revenue ratios, and enhanced scalability to support growth. Cultural policy conceptualization and design for the Strategy Deputyship within a Saudi Government Entity
    • ▪ Defined and developed 10+ national cultural targeted policies aligned with National Vision 2030 and leadership aspirations with clear delineation of boundaries between the Strategy and Policy Deputyships fostering organizational and operational efficiency.
  • EY-PARTHENON
    Manager – Transactions Strategy & Execution
    January 2021 - January 2022 (1 year)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Proven track record of advising clients on their Post-Merger Integration (PMI) and Carve-Out journeys Asset Sale of a 20 000+ towers portfolio across 6 Markets for a Middle Eastern Telecommunications player
    • • Led three market Carve-Outs from issuing the Information Memorandum to securing six non-binding offers from qualified investors. Evaluated individual and bundled sale scenarios to secure the binding offer that maximizes deal value. Acquisition of an Online Subscription Streaming platform by a large MENA Media Consortium
    • • Conducted a Software Due Diligence, revealing obsolescence risks that could impact deal value as part of an organic growth initiative, while identifying USD 5.7M in CAPEX cost overruns, leading to a revision of the transaction price.
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Education

  • Master of Science in
    NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF BORDEAUX - ENSEIRB MATMECA
    2016
    Master of Science in
  • Preparatory Classes, Mathematics and Physics
    INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RABAT – UIR
    2013
    Preparatory Classes, Mathematics and Physics

Skill set

AI and Advanced Analytics
Business Intelligence (BI) Strategy

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