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Pragmatic, hands-on consulting firm specializing in business diagnostics, improvement, organization, and financial management. We offer expertise in corporate governance, digital strategies, coaching, and more. Contact us to take your company to the next level.
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Boutique independent business and financial consulting with a pragmatic, hands-on and results-oriented approach. Taking your company to the next level in performance, organization, and growth. Geneva +41 76 3425320 Beirut +961 71 774492
FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE • • Business diagnostics, improvement, organization and re-structuring • Special focus on SMEs and family businesses • Corporate Governance • Policies and procedures • Process maps and workflow optimization • Support to ISO:9001 and Quality Management in general • Digital strategies for business • Coaching, training and change management • • Corporate finance • Due diligence and valuation • Arranging financing – equity, debt and mezzanine • Financial management, interim CFO mandates • • Feasibility and market studies • Financial analysis • Business plan preparation • Fundraising • • IT projects • Selection and full implementation of business software core and peripheral applications • • Wealth Management • Portfolio Investment Advisory • Private Banking services • • Management Information Systems, Business Intelligence and dashboard design Special expertise in Risk Management: • Design of risk control and mitigation tools • Drafting and implementation of risk policies and procedures, authority matrix, etc.
Interim CFO assignments in portfolio companies and other advisory clients RAJA ABDALLAH Managing Director • Bachelor 1988 &Master of Engineering 1991 • MBA 1994 and CFA 2003 • McGill University, Montreal, Canada • Digital Strategies for Business 2018 • Seeders Masters in Business Angels 2017-18 • Twenty-nine years experience in engineering, heavy industry, project management, real-estate, construction, finance, banking, micro-credit and wealth management • Part-time lecturer at AUB 2009/2010 and frequently involved in teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. • Languages: English, French, Arabic, German and Spanish INDUSTRY- SECTOR EXPERTISE • Banking, financial servicesandmicro-credit. Strong network of Swiss and MENA banks. • Private equity and Venture Capital • Capital markets and trading • Real-estate and construction • Manufacturing and process industries • IT, ICT, technology and digital strategies
REFERENCE LIST REFERENCE LIST 2009 - 2010 Private banking Relationship Manager’s dashboard design and implementation, performance measurement and general MIS 2010 - Present Micro-credit company regulated by BDL: Founder, financial advisor, business development and current chairman/GM. Capital increase and investor hunting. 2009 - 2010 Murex Banking Risk Management Software Full RFP preparation and launching of tender documents, bid evaluation for Bank Audi group. 2010 - 2012 Industrial Machinery repair and Metal Foundry Business development and strategy advisor 2009 - 2010 Risk Management and investment guidelines, policies and procedures for insurer’s proprietary portfolio. 2010 - 2011 Business consultant full e-banking solution for major bank 2010 - 2011 Risk Management guidelines and procedures for insurance subsidiary’s proprietary portfolio. 2011 Setting up of wealth management company (incl. IT system selection) up to BDL license Helvetia Financial Company (Lebanon) 2011 Private Equity company and VC firm: Advisor for specific acquisition, industry expert 2010 - 2012 Wealth Management strategy, general advisory and general management
REFERENCE LIST REFERENCE LIST 2011 - 2013 Policies and procedures, general business consultant for this Swiss coffee trading powerhouse 2010 - 2013 Largest real-estate developer in Lebanon: Financial advisory and financial management for one of its Lebanon SPVs covering a large gated-community mixed-use project 2011 - 2012 Wealth Management strategy advisory, Policies and Procedures manual, IT core banking system 2012 Business plan for new financial management company 2010 - 2013 Construction and Contracting firm: Policy and procedures manual, executive committee, strategy and IT advisory 2012 - 2015 Oracle Middleware specialist: Financial advisory and daily financial management 2011 – 2012 Wealth Management and Investment Bank: Policies and Procedures manual, Compliance manual, strategy formulation and general advisory mandate 2012 - Present Real-estate fund management (France,Germany): General coordination and follow-up of sales activity, management reporting system and senior loan management on behalf of Bank Audi subsidiary 2012 - 2013 Lebanon franchise: Financial consultancy and advisor to CEO.
REFERENCE LIST REFERENCE LIST 2013 Middle-East Private Banking Core Banking System Market Search and commercial strategy formulation 2016 - present Working as financial and capital markets specialist with technology consutantActel Consulting: Miscellaneous studies on IT hosting services feasibility for Saudi stock exchange Tadawul, mega-datacenter project for OmanTel, sale of Indian Telco to private equity group etc. 2014 - 2016 Private Bank: Performance management system for relationship managers, coaching and monitoring. State-of-the-art MIS tools employed. 2016 - 2017 M&A Advisory firm and Multi-Family Office: General organization and application file for CMA license. 2014 - Present School Information Systems software house: Financial advisory services and expansion strategy. Seeking buy-out and expansion financing. Valuation and investor seeking. 2016 Multi-Family Office and merchant bank in Geneva, Switzerland: general advisory on organization, compliance and operations 2015 - 2017 Global paper trading and merchanting company: Organization, business development and financial advisory mandate. Valuation. New ventures and capital raising. 2015 - Present Advising various start-ups and early-stage companies on strategy, capital raising , financial management and general organization. BDL Circular 331 and the Lebanon Tech Ecosystem 2015 - 2016 As Economic and Financial Consultant, working with Caritas Lebanon on a number of development projects across Lebanon Member of Seeders 2016 and 2017 Angel Investor Group and Confideo MIT Venture Mentoring service.
REFERENCE LIST 2017-2018 Financial advisor to a number of start-ups in the ICT and technology space for this incubator/accelerator and VC fund based in Dubai. Investment Manager since November 2017 in charge of new round of investments and portfolio management procedure. April 2018 - present Advisor to the CEO on Business Development and New Ventures 2017-present Finance coach to a number of start-ups in the ICT and technology space for this accelerator affiliated to the ESA Business School 2017 Re-organization of Private Equity group, in-depth analysis of financial, corporate governance, risk management, regulatory and operational impacts 2017 Corporate governance re-engineering of privately-held multinational 2017-on-going Re-structuring and company sale mandate; valuation and investor hunting. ___________________________________________________ 2009-2010 Part-time Lecturer Managerial Economics (3rd, 4th year BBA students)