Elias Mourad

• Led and supported strategic commercial and financial workstreams linked to the development of a 750 kT greenfield smelter investment (USD 7+ Bn) in the United States, such as the establishment of a joint venture with a U.S. partner, the end-to-end project financing effort and a targeted Value Engineering study aiming to optimize the total capital envelope

• Negotiated a 30-year power agreement with the grid delivering a competitive commercial pricing structure coupled with a reliable electrical baseload supply of >1.2 GW through the contract term

• Setup the Finance planning and performance function (processes, systems, and hiring / growing a Team of 6 associate managers and 15 controllers) enabling the business leap from start to scale-up (4x top-line growth / expansion into 5 geographies), while delivering profitability

• Led end-to-end financial budgeting, planning, forecasting and performance reporting activities

• Managed board and investor-related agenda, incl. supporting the raise of a large Series C funding round (USD 415 Mn in July 2021) earning Kitopi its unicorn status

• Supported M&A activities for >15 regional deals including due diligence, post-merger integration and value capture design and realization

• Structured and executed large cost optimization and performance uplift programs, delivering >30 p.p of bottom-line improvement

• Oversaw the capital deployment process from investment case to performance realization

• Led an optimization program for the largest Middle East aluminium producer across Opex and sustaining Capex categories, delivering 15% of cost savings

• Managed a large-scale end-to-end cost transformation for a major healthcare provider achieving 15% in procurement savings, contributing to the organization's financial turnaround

• Led a time-critical cost optimization effort for a regional bank prior to a large merger achieving 10% of direct P&L impact

• Designed a digital turnaround program for a Telco player unlocking substantial shareholder value

• Optimized a business-critical mining contract for a major Middle East operator, reducing Opex by 30%

• Assessed a refining plant operational readiness during construction phase and reduced budgeted Opex expenditures for maintenance services and spares categories by 20%

• Developed a national retail strategy for a government in GCC focusing on sector modernization, e-commerce enablement and supply chain infrastructure

• Drove an end-to-end Capex optimization and revamp program for a global mobile operator achieving savings of 40% across multiple geographies