Brian Cozzolino Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

London Area, United Kingdom

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Played a key role in all aspects of company operations, with responsibility for driving the attainment of company performance targets.• Director and founder of Gulf Intelligence’s Intelligence Unit (GIQ), creating industry, government, and country analyses while harvesting data in real-time to provide private sector clients with actionable intelligence for business-critical decisions throughout the GCC. Started a unit with a business plan and targets for the first five years of operation.• Worked closely with clients to enter a new market or new market segment, established networks of key relationships, acquired on-the-ground research and intelligence, and created market growth strategies. • Supported clients in creating and putting sustainability strategies into action. Designed platforms that assist business leaders on how to navigate transformation, from monitoring to implementing and making progress towards sustainability.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Led team responsible for defining and implementing product strategy while overseeing GI's product planning and development processes. GI Product Development offers a portfolio of client-centric solutions catering to stakeholders' unique needs.• Managed clients' entire product development cycle, from concept and design to market rollout and adoption by stakeholders.

Uae

• Managed projects across GI’s Consulting, Strategy, Intelligence, and Publishing business units with clientele across multiple sectors.• Developed market entry and growth strategies for private sector clients seeking to advance their business objectives to sync into government networks, capture market share and overtake competition. • Created national strategies and action plans for public sector clients to establish benchmarks and advance government policy in energy security, human capital development, education reform, and innovation readiness. • Produced advocacy campaigns for public sector clients to align industry stakeholders on public policy decisions and reduce bottlenecks for implementing new government energy initiatives and national programmes.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America

• Opened new country assignments, developed short and medium-term country strategies, established key relationships, and conducted initial market analyses as an In-country Project Lead.• Managed in-country project teams, oversaw project timelines and budgets, ensured project milestones were met, and acted as the primary liaison with company HQ. • Provided strategic advisory and consulting services to private sector clients, including market entry strategies, growth strategies, competitor analyses, and due diligence research.• Led analysis for oil and gas, infrastructure, and technology sectors for projects in the GCC, Southeast Asia, and South America, conducting sector-specific company analyses and comprehensively researching industry financial, economic, and political factors. • Conducted interviews with high-level executives, government ministers, heads of international organisations, and NGOs.