Mohamed Elaish محمد عليش
Director at Quick-Wins | Leading Strategic Transformation Projects I Management Consulting I Change Management I Strategy Advisory
Salary / Daily rate
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
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Languages
About me
Intro
As a Director at Quick-Wins, Mohamed Elaish serves as an Institutional Architect, bridging the gap between visionary strategy and boots-on-the-ground reality. A specialist in high-pressure moderation, he drives strategic sessions toward the fundamental 'moment of truth.' He bridges departmental gaps by restoring trust and accountability, ensuring that every participant moves from siloed thinking to a shared commitment to the vision. Drawing on two decades of regional experience and a deep background in digital change leadership from IBM, he focuses on the fundamental "engine" of an organization. By addressing the human and structural readiness that accounts for 80% of transformation success, Mohamed enables legacy firms across the MEA to transition from aging infrastructures to agile, digitally-enabled powerhouses. What defines Mohamed’s approach is his background as an Institutional Architect who applies engineering precision to the complexities of corporate management. He views an organization as an integrated system, identifying and repairing the "structural leaks"—such as departmental silos or KPI misalignments—that often stall large-scale initiatives. By focusing on the foundational health of an organization’s "engine," he ensures that regional transformations are not only strategically sound but are also practically built to endure and scale.
Work experience
Director
Quick-Wins
Dec 2023 - Present
2 years 11 months
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Quick-Wins is a multi-regional management consulting and training firm that helps organizations plan their business, develop their strategy, design their structure, and develop their people and processes effectively and efficiently. Focused on the Middle East and Africa, we work together with startups, governments, and family groups as well as holding companies, industrial groups, NGOs and Multinationals. Established in 2008 with an objective of transforming the standard, canned-solution consulting & training market to provide realistic solutions tailored to the region and to each respective engagement. Elaish expertise lies in moderating complex strategic dialogues to reach a pivotal 'moment of truth.' He specializes in identifying deep-seated organizational friction, fostering the psychological safety necessary to dissolve silos and aligning diverse leadership teams toward a unified strategic horizon.
Enterprise Strategy Managing Consultant
IBM
Nov 2021 - Dec 2023
2 years 2 months
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Leading Change Management Programs as part of huge digital transformation projects Part of a creative team of strategy consultants that help CEOs and the broader C-suite rethink their businesses and develop strategies that drive growth. Helping senior executives determine where to compete, how to differentiate, and how to innovate business models by taking advantage of digital and new technologies. https://www.ibm.com/consulting/strategy/
Head of Consulting Unit
AB & Associates
May 2021 - Oct 2021
6 months
Commercial Director
Chema Foam Group
Apr 2020 - May 2021
1 year 2 months
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
• Developing a full-fledged strategy for Chema-Group including the reinvention of 5 business units under the group umbrella in the Industrial, Commercial, Educational and agricultural sectors, • Strategy also included expansion through developing the export capabilities as well as growth through partnerships
Quick-Wins
Jun 2008 - Jan 2019
10 years 8 months
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Partner
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
2 years 1 month
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Managing the delivery of Strategy and Management Consulting projects as well as developing our business in Egypt. Achievements : In the field of Business plans and Feasibility Studies : o Supervised the Business plans and the feasibility studies of more than 20 small and medium enterprises in the food and beverage sector o Managed successfully the feasibility studies of establishing new projects in the medical/Retail/Education/Manufacturing and contracting sectors, starting with the market study till the assessing the viability and sustainability of investing in this project. o In this respect, the financial feasibility study aims at testing the financial viability, through building a financial model featuring the financial statement and the cash flow statement of 5 fiscal years exploring the future scenarios and its impact on well-known ratios and indicators like IRR, NPV, PBP and WACC. In the field of Organizational Restructuring and Organization Development : o Supervised complete restructuring projects in the Governmental and the public sector all over the GCC counties and in Egypt in more than 20 projects through the last 12 years o Successfully implemented organizational development projects including the establishment of Performance Management Systems and Leadership development programs o Normally those projects started with organization assessment then workshops for developing the organization development intervention then program management through project management methodologies adapting agile concepts
Senior Project Manager
Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
4 years 1 month
Al Ain - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Organization assessment and Organizational restructuring
Senior Management Consultant
Jan 2010 - Jan 2013
3 years 1 month
Al Ain - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
As a Management Consultant in Quick-Wins, i lead some challenging diversified projects in which he participate in developing the strategy of a number of corporations in different business fields like Trading, Shipping, Medical sector, IT, Media and Training . During my work in Quick-Wins , I contributed in the design and implementation of different programs tackling variable functions in the organizations such as developing the Human resources, Marketing and Sales and financial management, which led to significant improvements in the performance of these corporations. Also I contributed in developing the business models as well as business plans of several projects involving large investments.
Management Consultant
Jun 2008 - Jan 2010
1 year 8 months
Al Ain - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
I worked on a number of projects, i lead mainly restructuring streams in corporate transformation projects
Senior Sales Engineer/Business Development Lead
Sphinx Consulting Ltd
Jun 2006 - Jul 2008
2 years 2 months
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
• I led several large initiatives including design and implementation of several system integration projects in the field of security printing and National Development. I also contributed to winning a number of large strategic international bids. I was a key player in winning national bids which allowed me to work in strategic governmental projects • During my work in Sphinx Group, I succeeded in developing new business lines as well as establishing strategic business deals with international corporations located in different continents across the globe
Mechanical Engineer
New Matco for Engineering, General Contracting & Commercial Agencies
Jul 2002 - Jul 2006
4 years 1 month
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Mechanical Engineer responsible for the design and installation of HVAC systems, Projects : Smart Village Vodafone building, Safeer Hotel Renovation and others
Mechanical Engineer
Egyptian German Air Treatment Co.
Jul 2000 - Aug 2000
2 months
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Education
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing
2006 - 2008
2 years 2 months
Grade: GPA 3.38
Ain Shams University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Power Mechanical Engineering
1997 - 2002
5 years 1 month
Grade: Fair
Activities and societies: I participated in a lot of activities, Mainly in establishing a club that contributed in spreading the touristic knowledge about Egypt among students, also i contributed in clubs offering help to poor people and spreading the spirit of helping others.
Ain Shams University was founded young, ambitious and challenging all the difficulties it faced at the time. The surrounding conditions were not favorable then; the government did not support it financially until three years after its foundation. http://www.shams.edu.eg/
St. George's College
High School, Thanaweya Amma
1984 - 1997
13 years 1 month
High School
Licenses & certifications
Change Management Foundations
Issued: Jul 2025
Storytelling for Leaders
Issued: Jul 2025