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Egypt

Egypt

• Ensure that overall company strategy confines with overall company budget and lead the strategic planning cycle. • Ensure the development of a monthly forecast for the whole year to measure Actual Vs. Budget figures. • Monthly assessment of the achievement of the company budget through in-depth gap analysis. • Enforce proper controls on spending at departmental levels through the targets set at the budget level or the updated forecasts. • Develop quarterly presentations to the BOD on financial results and prepare a monthly presentation to the CFO for the ExCom.

Netherlands

• Protected $10B revenues in telecom products, digital portfolio, and E-payments in 11 countries - 210 million customers. Delivered a 3-year capability program to increase OPCOs controls maturity providing an additional benefit of $310 M.• Directed the Group-wide RAFM function, assuring adequate controls, investigations, and compliant financial reporting with IFRS, SOX, and FCPA books and records provisions through an end-to-end assessment of processes.• Launched the Group center of excellence and optimized big data and analytics platform to implement AI, ML for telecom fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF).

Netherlands

• Streamlined processes & launched a Global Shared Service Center managing controls and reconciliations, reduced IT footprint – Headcount by 30% – associated OPEX.• Established a centralized test call generator for fraud bypass detection slashing OPEX by 80% while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of detection services.• Executed a communication plan to promote a risk awareness culture and embed control thinking into the organization.

Netherlands

• Centralized reporting capabilities to aid standardization of risk tracking, KPI settings, and control coverage.• Defined policies and standards for RAFM Teams, trusted advisor to senior leaders, ensuring organization-wide compliance.• Assessed OPCOs in relation to the leading practices and developed best practices, held trainings to align standards and elevate maturity levels.

Zimbabwe

• Directed RAFM activities, setting goals, and providing updates to executives. Supervised three teams in charge of revenue assurance, Fraud & credit control.• Designed and integrated Standard Operating Processes for revenue leakage investigations, identify the root causes, and mitigate the risk of losses.• Established an in-house RA system observing network and billing points of revenue leakages and detecting fraudulent activities prevented +$5M of fraudulent traffic.

Egypt

• Assessed 12 OPCOs with Revenue assurance leading practices, developed recommendations, held pieces of training to align standards, and left up the maturity levels.

Egypt

• Translated and aligned strategic business partnerships into contractual terms and agreements. Increased wholesale pipeline opportunities by $2M.

Egypt

Increased Roaming revenues by 6% through designing a fully automated reconciliation.

Leading Strategic Projects

Activities and Societies: Managing projects in terms of mastering complexity and uncertainty, motivating teams, and managing stakeholders.

Master Of International Business Administration (Miba), Global Management, 3

Activities and Societies: Thesis was in the “Major Causes of Breakdown in Mergers & Acquisitions”

Bachelor Of Commerce, Accounting And Finance