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• Strategy Development and Business Expansion o Co – developed the 3YR corporate strategy achieving 1.5x active users and 2x revenues year-on-year o Co – developed the 1YR and 3YR business plan – along with the VP of Finance – across our operating markets o Managed a $15m expansion budget expanding the business in three additional African markets in 24 months; coordinated the execution across Marketing, Finance, HR and Business Operations• Business Operations, Org. Design, Performance Management, Market Insights o Revised the business’ operating model by redesigning the HQ / countries accountabilities’ matrix – P&L / KPIs ownership, goal setting and execution responsibilities, reporting lines, headcount / FTE ratios by function o Standardized the monthly and quarterly reporting cadence - with Finance, the structure of the information presented, the resulting actions / key takeaways and the follow up o Restructured the product and tech operating model, reducing headcount by 25% and costs by ~ 35% o Introduced OKRs performance management framework, reducing the planning process from ~ 2m to 3 weeks o Build a framework to track our competitors’ actions across product offering, marketing activities, and acquisition trends o Business cased the selection of a new payments’ solution provider across our operating markets o Streamlined the data analytics operating model, achieving bottom line improvements of c. $1.2m / year o Setup the strategic partnerships’ capability, achieving bottom line improvements of c. $2m / year• Chief of Staff o Right hand to the CEO – designing and managing strategic initiatives / projects touching the whole company o Led the executive management meetings, ensured alignment of quarterly / annual goals / OKRs across teams, established the business performance reporting cadence, drove the interaction with investors, regulators

• Led the commercial due diligence of two SHUAA Capital subsidiaries (business model, operating model, org. design)• Created and executed a restructuring plan, removing 65% of bottom-line costs and preparing the businesses for sale

• Founded a boutique management consulting firm to provide strategy and operations advisory services to banks• Grew the team from 4 FTE to 16 FTE in the first two years, generating revenue of c. $6m per annum• Clients – HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs• Strategy & Expansion o Developed the growth strategy of the B2B payments and lending businesses of a corporate bank o Created and executed the Brexit strategy for a global banking group, ‘protecting’ ~ $70bn of assets o Planned and delivered the setup of a new banking entity in Europe, from licensing to going ‘live’• Business Operations & Digital Transformation o Restructured the customer segments of a commercial bank, improving sales to cost by 35% o Designed the 3YR digital roadmap for a global retail bank, removing $1.7bn in run rate costs o Built an enterprise data analytics solution to create a single customer view, boosting sales by 20% p.a.• FinTech – Formulated the fintech partnerships strategy for an US bank, enabling investments of approx. $50m

• Led corporate strategy, restructuring, transformation, and M&A projects, in the banking and FMCG sectors• Originated project sales of ~$3m per annum and growing the team by 12 consultants over three years • Strategy & Expansion o Developed the 3YR international growth strategy for a leading Israeli banking group o Restructured a UK banking group and created a new legal entity in Europe o Created the Nespresso UK market entry strategy, achieving ~ 10% market share at Y2• Business Operations & Digital Transformation o Reduced the run rate of a retail bank by $2.3bn to fund its digital transformation o Delivered a 30% reduction of the ‘back office’ cost base of an international banking group o Mapped and overhauled a UK bank’s customer journeys / SOPs, achieving ~40% in capacity uplift o Overhauled the customer segments of a large European insurance group to enable its Post Merger Integration• M&A – Headed the commercial due diligence of acquisition targets for Accenture’s clients (multiple projects)

• Provided advisory services to corporate / investment banks, funds, and asset managers on the pricing and valuation of fixed-income and complex derivatives products

• Supported the design and implementation of capital and risk management frameworks – Basel II, MiFID, CRD II – in clients’ operating models, treasury systems, financial and regulatory capital reporting

Military service• Responsible for creating and administrating classified documents, analyses, and reports • Participant in 3 national tactical exercises• Graduate of the Marines training school - Level 1, October 2008