atamai provides strategic advisory for companies to deliver on their goals, as we partner with family offices, founders, OEMs & private equity firms. Our value comes as a result of real corporate experience in driving growth, spotting talents, creating a unique work culture, and boosting performance.
atamai is capitalizing on +100 years of diverse experience of its partners across multiple top tier companies and disciplines and can leverage world-class learnings, processes and behaviours to help its customers with full transparency. Our flawless delivery is the key to your continued success.
atamai comes with a philosophy of doing the right thing to get the desired outcomes, in compliance with laws and guidelines. Compliance and integrity come at the top of everything we do every day, and we ensure we maintain the same throughout all our transactions and dealings.
- Greenfield Investments
- Brownfield Acquisitions or Upgrades
- Integrations
- JVs, Long Term Business Planning
- Optimized Organizations (People,
Processes & Legal Entities)
- Cross Countries & Tax Advisory
- Offshore & Onshore Structures
- Business Development
- New Market Entry (End to End)
- Commercialization
- Cost and Productivity Synergies
- People & Culture
- Processes & Products
- Go To Market Strategy
- Brand Restructuring
- Functional Optimization
- Process Review & Simplification
- ESG & CSR Initiatives
- Policy Reviews & Compliance
- CRM Implementation & Upgrade
- ERP Simplification, Upgrade & Integration
- Other Tools To Support Business KPIs
- Board of Directors
- Board Advisory Services
- Management Advisory Services
- Interim/Fractional Management
- Talent Identification & Hiring
- Mentoring, Coaching & Succession Planning
- Lead & Get Management To Watch
(Task Monitoring Assistance)
- Takeover & Handover
- Task & KPI Deliveries
- Fixed Term Consulting
- On-Call Consultation
- Fixed Task Including Reporting Expectations For Actions/ Recommendations
- Specific Project/Investment Risk Assessment (Pre, During & Post Execution) & Business Plan Validation
- Contract Reviews / Assessments
Jean-Claude has over 25 years of global experience with multinational companies (GE, Scheider Electric, Siemens) in multiple industries with a strong focus across the Middle East, India, and Africa. He is result-oriented and has a proven record of ethically leading commercial & sales teams, and P&Ls including manufacturing and f
Jean-Claude has over 25 years of global experience with multinational companies (GE, Scheider Electric, Siemens) in multiple industries with a strong focus across the Middle East, India, and Africa. He is result-oriented and has a proven record of ethically leading commercial & sales teams, and P&Ls including manufacturing and field services. Senior management experience leading with strong analytical, strategic, commercial, and business skills combined with the ability to manage, motivate, coordinate, and lead teams to negotiate & secure major contracts with key industrial customers & EPCs (ARAMCO, ADNOC, QP, SEC, Acwa Power….) for new units & complex long term service agreements.
Jean-Claude has also worked as a consultant providing advisory services to family businesses and SMEs on business development opportunities, recommendations for potential acquisitions or joint ventures based on strategic objectives and market research, multi-year business plans including financial analysis, synergy assessment and integration plans. Advisory services also include providing sales-focused go-to-market recommendations to management along with new market penetration, positioning companies for continuous growth by creating new or redesigning current processes and policies, coaching and team training, success planning, and team incentive setting, to create high-performance teams and accountability culture.
Issam is a seasoned finance and business leader with over two decades of senior executive experience across global energy, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. His strategic acumen and operational insight have driven substantial growth, establishing him as a key player in scaling businesses and enhancing financial profitability and oper
Issam is a seasoned finance and business leader with over two decades of senior executive experience across global energy, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. His strategic acumen and operational insight have driven substantial growth, establishing him as a key player in scaling businesses and enhancing financial profitability and operational outputs. Issam has played a pivotal role in developing growth strategies that align operational excellence with financial performance, leading to sustainable, profitable expansions supporting $ 5B+ Oil and Gas, Power, Industrial & contracting Businesses through his tenor with Baker Hughes, General Electric and CCC. His expertise includes steering substantial joint ventures, driving operational excellence, integration, and directing financial strategies for significant new business deals, contributing to robust commercial and operational frameworks that bolster organizational resilience and market competitiveness. Issam's influence extends across financial management, commercial finance innovation, and transformative leadership, project financing strategies, Merger and Acquisition plan, making substantial impacts on business efficiency, Growth, and profitability. His strategic vision is complemented by a strong educational background, including a BSc in Business and Accounting and executive education from Harvard Business School. Issam is a Six Sigma Green Belt.
Paul is a results-driven Director & General Manager with 25+ years of success in the global corporate, energy and industrial sectors with companies like ABB, GE, Baker Hughes, Dresser and Flowserve. Proven ability to drive growth through expertise in Commercial, Business Development, M&A, Post-merger Integration, International Contracts,
Paul is a results-driven Director & General Manager with 25+ years of success in the global corporate, energy and industrial sectors with companies like ABB, GE, Baker Hughes, Dresser and Flowserve. Proven ability to drive growth through expertise in Commercial, Business Development, M&A, Post-merger Integration, International Contracts, Performance Improvement, and Project Management. Successfully led complex transactions like GE's separation into 3 independent companies and Baker Hughes-GE Oil & Gas merger and post-merger integration in 2017. Consistently delivered organic and inorganic revenue growth (US$200M increase at GE Digital Solutions) and team productivity improvements (290% at GE O&G). Secured major contracts with industry leaders (Aramco, Petro Masila, RasGas, CEPC,...) and negotiated high-value service agreements (US$4M-US$750M). Implemented process improvements, reducing contract negotiation cycle time by 50%. Cultivated and managed multicultural teams across 3 continents including cultural change, performance improvement, and technical as well as personal development. In-house coach of Entrepreneurship, recognized for achievements throughout career, including awards for performance and expertise
Rabih is a seasoned leader who played key roles at blue chip, private equity and family owned companies. He has successfully executed major transformational changes and delivered on key business objectives throughout his career working for GE, BMI Group, and Brand Energy including their parent companies and local partners in MEA & SEA.
Rabih is a seasoned leader who played key roles at blue chip, private equity and family owned companies. He has successfully executed major transformational changes and delivered on key business objectives throughout his career working for GE, BMI Group, and Brand Energy including their parent companies and local partners in MEA & SEA. In his early career, Rabih spent 10 years with GE, where he held multiple roles across the power generation, energy management, and oil and gas, and contributed over $10B of turnover, in Iraq repowering, TANAP pipeline in Turkey, technology transfer agreement with Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Basra Gas Company (Shell JV), as well as many multi-year agreements across the region with Aramco, QP, ADNOC, Lukoil, BP, CNPC, SABIC & SEC and was the first to secure a Services 2.0 with Lukoil & Shell focusing on Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics for rotating machine in Iraq. After GE, he went on to lead Clayton, Dubilier and Rice Private Equity businesses across the MEA and SEA to drive growth, process improvement in preparation for the exit to Brookfield Asset Management which was successfully executed based on achieved profitability. He then joined Standard Industries to focus on BMI Group localization through a JV with Sheikh Khaled Juffali, in greenfield and brownfield investments that serve the MEA region, as the P&L leader for GCC and Jordan focusing on tripling the turnover.
