Dr. Jaffar joins A&M’s Performance Improvement and Financial Industry Advisory Services Practice. She brings 12 years’ experience in management consulting and industry, focusing on strategic and performance-related issues in the financial services sector including universal banks, asset managers, private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds, in the Middle East, Europe and U.S. Dr. Jaffar has a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from MIT and was an EDAAD scholar, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s program for high potential Emirati talent.

Mr. Tusa will lead A&M’s Performance Improvement Practice in the Middle East. He brings 19 years’ experience in operations and management consulting and specializes in executing on improvements to company performance at all levels. His experience has emphasized pragmatic and practical approaches to driving results across the telecommunications, industrial and real estate sectors in the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Tusa has been based in the UAE since 2009.

Commenting, Stephen Millington, Managing Director of A&M Middle East, which has an office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), said:

“Our experienced team has a passion for providing business owners and management executives with high impact, rapid results by offering both strategic advice and practical engagement on implementation. We are an outcome-orientated firm and prepared to take responsibility for the advice and support we provide when working with our clients. Saeeda and David typify this unique approach and we are delighted to have them on board.”

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