Elan Habib

The University of Western Ontario

Director of Market Development at ICIS  -  Shaping the world by connecting markets to optimise global resources

ICIS

Director of Market Development

Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA)

Head of Thought Leadership & Strategic Research

Vopak

Oil & Gas - Business Intelligence

Select Engagement Experience:•Produced a 10-year national economic development and fiscal sustainability strategy for a MENA country. Recommendations presented to the Head of State•Conducted a study of the current investment environment of a Middle East country, aligning on a set of priority campaigns to improve the investment environment, culminating in the development of comprehensive National Competitiveness Action Plans, identifying and aligning stakeholder engagement•Worked on an economic impact analysis for a UAE government entity; identified long-term sustainable opportunities for economic development in the UAE that could be catalyzed through targeted government initiatives•Assessed the business model and market positioning of a major Middle East-based Telecommunications Company. Identified and assessed possible growth opportunities and strategic options for the telecom’s competitive positioning, culminating in the development of a business plan over a 10-year horizon•Following the development of a 4-year economic strategic plan for a GCC country, conducted an organizational review and restructure of the government agency to enhance its internal efficiency and external impact in accordance with the newly approved 2014 Strategic Plan •Designed a Strategy Planning Process Methodology for a leading economic zone of a GCC country and its three Strategic Business Units (SBUs)

Monitor Deloitte (Formerly Monitor Group)

Senior Strategy Consultant

Qordoba is a maker of software for managing products and services across multiple markets. Customers include SAP, HSBC, Nestle, Uber, LinkedIn, and Google. Qordoba’s software makes it easy for customers to automate, optimize, and manage what their international users see across their websites, mobile apps, and documentation — without any additional engineering or coding. Qordoba’s offices are in San Francisco and Dubai.•Built multilingual, multiplatform localization company as part of the founding team•Led sales and marketing team from pre-revenue to sustainable double-digit growth•Developed GCC sales/growth strategy across multiple products and services•Led research and analysis efforts of new market opportunities that has led to office expansion •Led product development of a hosted localization project management software solution•Set up processes and procedures across organization for quality assurance management•Led multiple core functions during the company’s start-up phase, including finance Awards & Accolades:•Named one of Gulf Business’s Top 10 Digital Companies to Watch and one of the Top 10 UAE Start-Ups to Watch•Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, BBC, World Economic Forum, AlJazeera, The National, Gulf Business, All Things Digital and TechCrunch•Extensively featured in Chris Schroeder’s Book “Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East”•Spoke at GITEX 2012, the largest technology exhibition in MENA, on “The Innovation and Investment Landscape in the UAE”

Qordoba

Founding Team