AYMEN JAAFAR

aymen jaafar

Advisor And Independent Strategy And Management Project Leader at Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Bio Summary

■ Business engineer and an experienced strategy, management and people advisor, with over 14 year-experience in managing projects in GCC and North Africa, for public and private sectors and NGOs

■ Worked for leading consulting firms and investment funds in the region (Arthur & Andersen, EY, Swicorp, PwC)

■ Successfully led many national policies, sectoral strategies and transformation programs for Governments, public agencies and International Financial Institutions

■ Achieved substantial transformation programs for private firms in different industries, aiming to design their strategies and improve their performance (designing operating models, reorganization, policies and procedures development, etc.)

■ Led strategies design and implementation in financial sector for leading banks, pioneer financial institutions, and investment funds in Middle East and North Africa and ran national studies on the financial and banking sector opportunities and challenges

■ Led +15 teams and managed business development and client accounts

■ Delivered projects in different industries: public sector (public policies, education, investment promotion, job creation, regional development, entrepreneurship promotion, education and vocational training, etc.), finance and banking, ICT, manufacturing

Employment History

Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi

Advisor And Independent Strategy And Management Project Leader

Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi

January 2022 - present

Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

PwC

Strategy And Management (expert)

PwC

January 2019 - December 2020

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Managed consulting projects between UAE and Riyadh as part of the strategy and operations unit of PwC advisory department, and contributed to the commercial development of the firm Key entities ■ Civil Defense, Saudi Arabi ...see more
Swicorp

Director

Swicorp

January 2014 - December 2018

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Developed and operated the advisory activities of Swicorp group financial advisory and consulting Key entities ■ World Bank, North Africa ■ International Labor Organization ■ Strategic Research and Studies Center ...see more
EY

Manager

EY

January 2011 - January 2014

Tunisia

Performed as a manager within the Strategic Unit of EY Advisory office in Tunisia Key entities ■ World Bank, North Africa ■ European Union Commission ■ German Cooperation Agency (GIZ) ■ Soussa Technology and Digital ...see more
Arthur D. Little

Senior Consultant

Arthur D. Little

September 2007 - January 2011

Morocco

Worked within the business line "Industry and Services" of Arthur Andersen Advisory Key entities ■ Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) ■ Regional Investment Agency of Taza-Hoceima-Taounate ■ Ministry of Education ...see more

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:
Leading the transformation program of the support services for a governmental department: - Run the assessment of support services functions (HR, IT, Finance, Procurement & General Services, Communication) - Conduct a benchmark on the leading and best-in-class practices for the listed functions - Design the roadmap for the support services transformations and detail the proposed initiatives - Design and align on the governance to implement the transformation roadmap

Industry: Public Sector

Project Description:
Designing and implementing the new strategy and target operating model ● Assessing the current strategy, operating model and the ecosystem needs and requirements for financial professionals and organizations ● Benchmarking of leading financial knowledge centers, academies, think tanks and research centers ● Definition of the new positioning and design of the new strategy and operating model (value chain, service catalog, Org. structure, interaction model, etc.) ● Development of the 3-year activation plan for the center ● Implementation of the new organization structure (detailing the org. structure, functional statements, positions, job descriptions, etc.)

Industry: Public Sector

Topic(s): Finance

Project Description:
Assisting the Ministry of Labor in KSA in tackling unemployment in small and medium-sized cities in KSA. Selection of 5 pilot cities, analysis of the employment and economic situation based on defined framework, benchmark of top performing small and medium cities around the world, building public policy cases for each pilot cities and elaboration of detailed action plans.

Industry: Public Sector

Education

Master's in Aerospace Engineering

SUPAERO (leading European school in aeronautic and aerospace engineering)

2007

Master's in Business Administration/Management

Toulouse Business School

2007

Language Skills

Country Experience

France Morocco Saudi Arabia Tunisia United Arab Emirates

Skills

Finance

Business

Strategic Planning,

Project Management,

Transformation Management Office,

Change & Implementation

Education and Training

Program Management

Industry Experience

Public Sector

Economic Development,

Finance and Tax,

Employment and Welfare,

Education,

Principal Investors

Private Equity

Energy

Renewables

Social Sector

NGOs and Nonprofits

Transportation & Logistics

Rail