SAM GEORGE
Saudi Arabia
Summary
Seasoned management consulting professional with career focus on strategic business leadership and delivering impactful consulting engagements, enhancing client satisfaction and revenue streams. Key strengths include leading diverse teams, account building and engagement portfolio management. .
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Partner
108 Global
Riyadh
05.2024 - 03.2025
- Developing the strategy and operations practice at 108 Global, a boutique consulting firm
- Forged new partnerships for firm growth and expansion.
- Led engagements with big four consulting firms
Director
Deloitte
Riyadh
05.1999 - 05.2024
- Initiated business development activities and managed key accounts
- Managed negotiations with clients to finalize contracts.
- Identified and capitalized on growth opportunities in the market.
- Managed daily operations by overseeing financials, key performance indicators and employee performance.
- Implemented company policies and guidelines.
- Provided guidance, resulting in improved team performance
- Allocated resources to teams and projects based on need, performance and availability.
- Reduced costs through effective resource management and strategic planning.
- Fostered a positive work environment, increased employee morale.
Recruited and developed high-performing teams, with focus on talent retention. - Collaborated with colleagues on bids and execution
Identified potential risks, ensuring timely mitigation and prevention. - Delivered multiple projects simultaneously.
- managed utilization and scheduling of over 30 employees of the portfolio
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration - Finance
Institute for Integrated Learning in Management
New Delhi, India 06.1997 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of Kerala
Trivandrum, India 06.1993 - 06.1996
Skills
- Client relationship management
- Project economics management
- Proactive mentoring
- Business process improvement
- Financial services regulatory understanding
Accomplishments
- Managed and developed a key account by 10X from USD400K to 4M over a period of three years. Consistently exceeded sales targets of over $3M.
- Acted as the COO for the portfolio, responsibilities included managing weekly reporting on portfolio performance, reporting on portfolio revenue and pipeline forecasts, overseeing recruitment activities and staffing plans, and managing recruitment and staffing.
- Turned around a project and received client award. The client was one of the large development funds in Saudi Arabia and the project was related to improving their organizational governance.
Languages
English
Affiliations
- Photography, Tennis
Certification
Certified Information Systems Audit
Key Engagement Highlights
- Led the analysis of a digital wallet to support them in the transformation journey to become a digital bank
- Led the licensing of three greenfield banks (including digital banks and branches of foreign banks), all of which have been licensed by the Central Bank
- Led the operations chapter for the design and build phase of two greenfield digital banks
- Supported five clients in their journey to establish financing companies by leading their licensing process and supported a few with the design and build
- Supported one of the largest Islamic Investment Company with their digital and technology transformation
- Led the separation and stand up of one of the largest payment providers in the region and supported in operating their procurement and finance functions for a period of two years
- Developed and launched proposition for the licensing, design and build of greenfield digital banks and financing companies
- Led the design of a proposition around defining open banking strategy and design of target operating model
- Functioned as the portfolio COO, supporting firm leadership in managing and reporting portfolio KPIs, recruitment, staffing and other portfolio initiatives
- Functioned as coach and mentor to Managers and Senior Managers by supporting them in building their own business cases for career progression
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Partner
108 Global
05.2024 - 03.2025
Director
Deloitte
05.1999 - 05.2024
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration - Finance
Institute for Integrated Learning in Management
06.1997 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
University of Kerala
06.1993 - 06.1996
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