Samah Ghaoucha

• Designed the digital strategy for 4 subsidiaries of a national oil company (NOC), identifying $1.5B in value over 3 years through a roadmap of use cases
• Delivered a cross-company data platform across 10 group entities, enabling real-time decision-making and improving market resilience
• Developed a GenAI program for a regional drilling leader, launching 3 POCs focused on supply chain, drilling ops, and value optimization
• Defined and launched an AI operator program for a gas & LNG player to drive autonomy, reduce costs, and boost efficiency
• Led the data cleansing, structuring, and integration of two utility firms, improving compliance and reducing ~$0.5B in revenue leakage
• Oversaw practice operations: performance reviews, staffing, utilization, and internal events

• Shaped Oracle Applications' 5-year go-to-market strategy for Saudi Arabia
• Repositioned Oracle's Energy Industry offerings to target a 15% market share increase in the Middle East
• Supported O&G and automotive leaders in their digital transformation—assessed digital maturity, designed target-state enterprise architecture, and built execution roadmaps
• Supported industrial players in selecting most suitable technologies (front & back-end office) that can meet their business needs, generate high ROI, and ensure a future ready organization

• Supported in shaping client strategies to deliver distinctive and sustainable impact and consequently aligned the right resources and global capabilities with client needs
• Identified white space and attractive markets and supported leadership in developing targeted client value propositions to increase reach
• Led the reach and relevance agenda for different sectors, acting as the focal point for all communications with external organizations and managing strategic partnerships
• Drove operational excellence of the energy practice by streamlining processes, enhancing decision making and coordinating with different department such as finance and recruiting
• Led internal communications, nurtured a healthy people pyramid, and cultivated a vibrant community of 30+ consultants

Strategy projects:

• Designed a long-term strategy for a global oil & gas player to boost refinery margins by over 20%, integrate downstream chemical operations, and scale chemical output sixfold by 2040
• Led the technical and commercial assessment of different technologies for petrochemicals units and selected those with highest ROI, energy efficiency/least emissions and durability
• Assessed growth strategies for a mining company and supported a major M&A deal—from deal structuring and financing to post-merger integration
• Developed an industrial development strategy for a GCC nation, including key sector analysis and a 300+ initiative implementation roadmap with supporting business cases
• Defined the strategy, regulations, laws and business models for launching Private Public Partnership Projects (PPP) in a GCC successfully executing two projects
• Built a strategy and execution plan enabling banks to offer SMEs loans at reduced interest rates and risk levels

Transformation programs:

• Established a transformation office for a utility player and implemented operational improvement levers delivering $700 Mn in savings in power generation and transmission
• Supported the transformation of a global oil field services companies in Asia, Middle East and Russia delivering over 15% efficiency gains from personal and assets utilization
• Led a health & culture transformation with capability building initiatives to increase employee's satisfaction, productivity, and retention

• Led a national oil and gas task force to streamline industrial processes and increase plants production and efficiencies, enabling the country to become self sufficient and to bridge its projected gap in gas demand
• Reduced a country's power shortages by 20% in 2015 through identifying and implementing state of the art gas processing technologies in state owned power plants
• Analyzed social/economic indicators and conducted financial valuations for key gas projects in the Middle East, resulting in $120M worth of projects for UOP in 2015

• Chief Technical advisor for refining and petrochemical complexes
• Amplified revenues of a South Korean refinery with an estimated annual impact of $180M through analyzing their operation data and optimizing their processes simulations and control
• Led the startup activities of the biggest petrochemical complex in Sichuan delivering on efficiencies that resulted in an early startup and therefore a positive impact on ROI
• Planned start-ups and implemented inspections on all related key refinery assets minimizing risk of shutdowns and revenue losses
• Optimized operations, maximized yield and thruput and trained major global petrochemical players and refineries on how to use software and their data to achieve operational excellence