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The team
Dima Sayess
Partner, Middle East
Dima Sayess is a Partner with Strategy& and the lead of the firm’s Ideation Center in the Middle East. She has more than 15 years of experience in consulting in the region.
Dr. Mark Esposito
Senior Advisor, Middle East
Dr. Mark Esposito serves as a Senior Advisor with the Ideation Center at Strategy& in the Middle East.
Melissa Rizk
Senior Fellow, Beirut
Melissa Rizk is a senior fellow with the Ideation Center at Strategy&. She has experience in Public Sector projects, mainly in strategic planning, operating model design and process development.
The board
Dr. Raed Kombargi
Partner, Middle East
Dr. Raed Kombargi is a Partner with Strategy& and the leader of the firm’s Energy, utilities, and resources practice in the Middle East.
Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali
Economist, former Finance Minister of Egypt
Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali is an Egyptian economist who served in the government of Egypt as Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2011.
Stephen Anderson
Middle East Strategy and Markets Leader, PwC Middle East
Stephen is the Clients and Markets Leader at PwC in the Middle East, and a member of the PwC Middle East Executive Board.
Jad Hajj
Partner, Middle East
Jad Hajj is a Partner with Strategy& and the leader of the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, Technology, and Digital practice in the Middle East.
Fadi Adra
Partner, Middle East
Fadi Adra is a Partner with Strategy& and a member of the Public Sector practice.
Dr. Yahya Anouti
Partner, Middle East
Dr. Yahya Anouti is a Partner with Strategy& and a member of the firm’s Energy, Chemicals, and Utilities practice in the Middle East.
Joanne Alam
Senior Director Knowledge, Marketing and Communications, Middle East
Joanne Alam is the Senior Director of Knowledge and Marketing and Communications with Strategy& in the Middle East.
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