The State owned Companies of the Ministry of Housing and construction faces significant challenges in the transition from a central social economy to a market based economy »

The Ministry of Oil has embarked on its modernization efforts in order to improve its business functions and to introduce international best practices. The first phase includes the ministry HQ and three key Oil companies and focuses on key functions such as finance, human resources, plant & asset management. »

The client a leading global drug manufacturer asked us to asses the consumer pharma' supply chain and distribution structure in a Middle East country on a nationwide level and to generate a comprehensive directorate of all pharmacies, wholesalers, medical agents, etc. »

Current accounting standards for the public sector do not provision for a proper market value representation of the assets of the stated owned companies. To enable the reform and PPPs of the state owned companies the market value of their assets needs to be determined with the leadership of a new Unit within the Ministry of Finance. »

While the country has large resources of minerals, the exploration and exploitation activities of those resource has been minimal in the last decades. A revision of the current mining and mineral strategy and the relevant laws are required in order to attract international investors and mining companies. »

Commercial strategy/ Pricing: Developed the two year commercial strategy and price plans for a major Middle Eastern mobile operator – including design and execution of a nation wide market research, market segmentation, development of price plan options, test of new price plan options, development of implementation plan (incl. IT and market communication). Impact: Annual revenue upside of 150-250 million USD expected through the introduction of the new price plans and marketing campaign »

Developing Performance Metrics/ Governance at the Ministry of Communications: The client struggled with a wide range of issues ranging from erosion of original fixed line base to substantial over-staffing and lack of skill development. The client asked for help with measuring the performance and developing the appropriate governance model. Impact: Full program management governance model were developed to serve as the standard guide for establishing programs within the ministry. The governance model was mapped into the overall ITC framework being implemented. Infrastructure deployment and contract awarding is no functioning and in action »

Assessment of the Educational System & Impact on Employment: Country is facing the highest youth unemployment in the region. The client asked for assessment of the performance of existing educational system to be able to allocate fund for the underperforming sectors. Impact: Interviews with key stakeholders and key gaps were identified between educational system output and labor market needs. Key areas where private sector could contribute where identified, including key barriers to such contribution and the needed enablers. Masterplan were developed for educational system reform, including the roles of different entities and stakeholders »

Large Scale Business Transformation of Leading Mobile Operator: Operator was experiencing tremendous growth with difficulty in managing operational challenges. The client asked for support with establishing and operating PMO to transform its strategy into a sustainable operating portfolio of work with a pragmatic organizational structure and administrative practices. Impact: Within the larger corporate family, the client moved from being a low contributor to cash flow and revenue, to being the number 1 contributor to the corporate operation. The client moved from supporting 500,000 customers to more than 10 million subscribers »

Commercial Turnaround: Conducted a quick commercial diagnosis and developed and implemented 5 short-term revenue improvement levers for a major mobile operator. Impact: Over 5 million USD revenue improvements realized in the first 6 weeks with an expected total annualized revenue upside of 50 -70 million USD. »