About Leen
I worked with EY and EY-Parthenon for a decade across multiple domains: technology consulting and hands-on SAP implementations first, then a pivot into strategy consulting and transactions execution across the GCC and North America.
That path is the point. I've written the strategy, and I've lived the go-live. I know what a plan needs to survive implementation, and what an implementation needs from its plan. That balance shows up in everything I deliver, for governments, banks and enterprises alike.
Whether you're looking for strategy development or strategy execution, I am both.
English
Native or bilingual
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km), Abu Dhabi (up to 10km)
Experience
- EY ParthenonSenior Manager (Strategy & Execution)CONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2024 - May 2026 (2 years and 4 months)Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- Led the technology workstream for a $61M acquisition between two major players in the UAE cold-chain logistics industry, assessing both entities’ technology operating models, application landscapes, and infrastructure across five GCC markets. Delivered a target-state technology stack recommendation and conducted a deep-dive technology cost analysis to inform integration planning and synergy realization.
- Directed a UAE federal entity’s transformation roadmap, delivering feasibility assessments and operating model enhancements projected to unlock AED 7.2B in new revenue streams.
- Led a 10+ person strategy team to develop the digital transformation strategy for a $200M Saudi government program, defining KPIs, governance, and a multi-year implementation plan across 500+ entities; approved by the Minister of Finance.
- Built the applications and technology integration blueprint for a $3.6B acquisition, completing mapping for 100+ applications and defining phased execution across infra, data, cybersecurity, and operations.
- Led 25+ cross-functional workshops (product, data, finance, operations, IT) to develop a 2-year integration and execution plan endorsed at board level.
- Led banking tech & ops due diligence assessments (buy- and sell-side) across GCC banks, identifying system, process, and control gaps to support investor decision-making and post-deal planning.
- Defined the carve-out perimeter for a bank’s merchant acquiring business through process, system, and data mapping, identifying separation complexity and TSA requirements.
- Contributed to the operating model review of a regional bank, assessing customer journeys, back-office processes, and system dependencies to identify optimization opportunities across operations and technology.
- EYManager (Technology Consulting, Enterprise Applications)TECHSeptember 2022 - January 2024 (1 year and 4 months)Toronto, ON, Canada
- Conducted a $2M technology landscape assessment for a global mining client, resulting in a board-approved $30M transformation roadmap with phased interim states.
- Streamlined a mining client’s financial reporting processes by recommending and enabling technology enhancements, reducing monthly reporting time by 40% and increasing data accuracy by 65%.
- Delivered SAP S/4HANA implementations ($25M and $18M) across finance modules, coordinating with 15+ stakeholders and banking partners to enable financial transformations.
- Reduced a retailer’s monthly financial close cycle by 60% through process redesign and reporting enhancements, generating over $3M in annual cost savings.
- Led three cycles of system integration testing for a global manufacturer, reducing defects by 75% across cycles through improved design, coordination, and issue management.
- EYSenior Consultant (Technology and Strategy Consulting)DIGITAL AND ITSeptember 2018 - August 2022 (3 years and 11 months)Toronto, ON, Canada
- Led a $2.65M pursuit for a global mining client to implement an interim state technology solution for their Finance business processes in the Head Office, by preparing all pursuit materials, project plan, methodology, pricing, and presenting it to the CIO.
- Led and presented a strategy project to the clients’ C-Suite, analyzing and assessing efficiency improvement opportunities in the milling process for a mining company, resulting in the generation of $1.5M of sales for the implementation of improvements.
- Conducted and managed 18 multi-stream workshops as a technology functional consultant to produce a technology-based strategy for a merger of two large organizations within the construction industry in Canada.
- Led project management activities over multiple projects across technology implementations, strategy, and risk projects, including project execution planning and methodology, leading daily scrums, status reporting, budget preparation and variance analysis.
- Managed IT audits in support of financial statement audits, SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports, as well as reporting over IT Controls.
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Education
- Executive EducationColumbia University - Columbia Business School2023Executive Education
- Bachelor of CommerceMcGill University – Desautels Faculty of Management2016Bachelor of Commerce