Minerva is an education consulting practice focused on helping investors and school groups build and operate outstanding schools. Grounded in over 15 years of experience, establishing +40 new schools and commercial transforming +70 operational private schools in the MENA region, we help both school groups and investors realize the full commercial potential of their educational assets. We’ve built a proven system that helps overcome the key barriers to growing outstanding schools, helping drive enrolments and retention whilst developing a unique school identity and brand. Our clients range from some of the largest K-12 groups in the region, international private investment funds, international school brands looking to establish a foothold in the region and up and up-and-coming regional school operators looking to expand their market share.

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• Responsible for the global procurement function of the largest K-12 education provider in the world and tasked with developing and managing the growth of the Procurement Department. • Responsible for developing and managing strategic sourcing activities globally for GEMS Education through leading the delivery of large, complex and multi-site projects and Business Support contracts.• Maintaining strong partnerships with strategic vendors, meeting stakeholder product needs on a timely basis and evaluating and recommending new products to enhance product and service standards and increase profitability.

• Responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing detailed fit out and delivery schedules for 42 schools in the UAE and 15 schools worldwide. • Developing relationships with strategic distributors and shipping partners around the world to facilitate the global growth of the organization • Monitoring supplier performance and assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.