Tasked with setting up a new Marketing Consulting practice in the region for Baker Tilly as part of the newly established broader consulting practice in Saudi Arabia. Simultaneous responsibility to develop the business across all consulting lines and manage client relationships in the kingdom.

Collaborated with martech companies, start-ups and ad agencies seeking to penetrate GCC markets or service existing business leveraging my personal network. Won local pitches and collaborated to improve product development of ad-tech startups based in the US, GCC & India.

Consistently delivered on all KPI’s that included: Achieving & maintaining Market position, Client retention and growth, New Business, Financial Performance, Product integration and development, Managing People and Building Effective Teams, Developing Direct Reports and Others Successfully set-up and grew both Bahrain & Qatar offices at different times, each from a single person operation to the largest agency in each market within the first 3 years, delivering $30 million per annum in… Show more Consistently delivered on all KPI’s that included: Achieving & maintaining Market position, Client retention and growth, New Business, Financial Performance, Product integration and development, Managing People and Building Effective Teams, Developing Direct Reports and Others Successfully set-up and grew both Bahrain & Qatar offices at different times, each from a single person operation to the largest agency in each market within the first 3 years, delivering $30 million per annum in client billings, running campaigns across 25+ markets. Launched & grew various new GroupM digital platforms, technologies and consulting projects, often delivering the largest MENA client for many of these. Collaborated and won significant pitches with WPP affiliated agencies like Ogilvy, Y&R, JWT, Asda’a BM & many other independent ones outside the WPP network. Retained by Vodafone Qatar despite corporate level re-alignment in 25 other countries. Won performance bonuses 5 years in a row from Vodafone and the largest performance bonus worldwide in 2019. Maintained high approval and reputation ratings YoY across clients overseen by Aprais & Ebiquity.Brief list of clients won in Qatar: Qatar National Bank, Vodafone Qatar, Doha Bank Group, Al Jazeera Media Network, beIN Sports, Qatar Foundation, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar Museums, Landmark Group (Retail), Brief list of clients won in Bahrain: Gulf Air, Batelco, Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Credimax, Jawad Business Group, Al Rashid Group, Bank Al Jazira (KSA), Jenan Real Estate (KSA)Grew to become the local point man for GroupM for all their agencies in major pitches, commercial & administrative negotiations and legal matters. Increased earned & retained income, set up SLA’s with vendors, broadened the vendor network, renegotiated & improved major commercial agreements. Got the largest ever performance bonus on a major global client. Exceeded challenging targets for programmatic & digital spends. Show less

Role In Brief: Part of the team that relaunched the Bahrain Tribune Newspaper. Responsible for ideating and implementing programs that helped boost subscriptions, readership and advertising revenue.Achievements: Developed, presented and got buy-in from both internal stakeholders and clients for innovative subscription and reward programs and digital initiatives for both Bahrain Tribune and sister publications. Increased subscription and readership by over 100% in the first 6 months.

Role In Brief: Rehired to revamp the dwindling reprographic business of the company. Ideated, proposed and got board buy in to set-up a new division to provide IT enabled services to the Media & Graphic Art industry in the GCC region. Portfolio included- Digital Asset Management solutions, Active Media Server Software for organizations as an application service provider. Distribution of solutions throughout the GCC & beyond developed by partner companies in Germany, Finland, Singapore and the… Show more Role In Brief: Rehired to revamp the dwindling reprographic business of the company. Ideated, proposed and got board buy in to set-up a new division to provide IT enabled services to the Media & Graphic Art industry in the GCC region. Portfolio included- Digital Asset Management solutions, Active Media Server Software for organizations as an application service provider. Distribution of solutions throughout the GCC & beyond developed by partner companies in Germany, Finland, Singapore and the UK.Achievements: Modernized the dying reprographic business, taking it into the digital and DAM business space. Established partnerships and created cutting edge solutions for digital asset management solutions between vendors based in Europe and clients in the GCC and India. Show less

Role In Brief: Key business development & client servicing contact for the company. Involved in the design & production of print, outdoor & audio-visual projects. Client experience: GPIC Urea Project, Gulf Air 50th Anniversary, Aluminium Bahrain, ARIG, First Islamic Bank, Al Ahlia Insurance, Memac Ogilvy, Fortune Promoseven among many others.Achievements: Hired to set-up the first digital printing unit in Bahrain and grew the business exponentially. Role expanded to handle key… Show more Role In Brief: Key business development & client servicing contact for the company. Involved in the design & production of print, outdoor & audio-visual projects. Client experience: GPIC Urea Project, Gulf Air 50th Anniversary, Aluminium Bahrain, ARIG, First Islamic Bank, Al Ahlia Insurance, Memac Ogilvy, Fortune Promoseven among many others.Achievements: Hired to set-up the first digital printing unit in Bahrain and grew the business exponentially. Role expanded to handle key clients of design division as well. Promoted thrice within 3 years Show less

Role In Brief: Coordinated brand launches, corporate identity design, events, promotional and corporate campaigns for DHL Worldwide, ANZ Grindlays Bank and Taneja Aerospace & Aviation Ltd.Achievements: Won client & internal acclaim for the launch campaigns and related events for the DHL Jumbo Junior throughout South India.