Leadership & Senior Practitioners
The Senior Team Behind Every Engagement
BRISK Business Inc. does not staff a junior pyramid. Every engagement is led and delivered by senior practitioners — the people below are the bench that makes that possible.
- emad@brisk-business.com
Founder of BRISK Business Inc. and co-author of the PMI-published book “How Successful Organizations Implement Change” (PMI, 2017), Emad has personally helped more than 38 organizations translate strategy into delivered results. He is a contributor to PMI's Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management, an advisor to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, and has served the White House Business Council in an advisory capacity.
Senior Practitioners
Nora Bahgat
Executive Vice President
EVP overseeing global delivery and client engagement across BRISK Business Inc.'s practice areas.
Frank P. Saladis
Senior Practitioner, Organizational Change Management
PMI Fellow and founder of International PM Day; contributing author to “How Successful Organizations Implement Change” (PMI, 2017).
Simona Bonghez
Senior Practitioner, Project Culture & Complexity
PhD, PMP; contributing author to “How Successful Organizations Implement Change” (PMI, 2017) and author of BBI's published case study on building project culture in complex programs.
Anis Abushaikha
Senior Practitioner, Digital Transformation
Led post-merger integration for a $12 billion-plus, 12-company petrochemical merger in Qatar and digital transformation engagements with the City of Toronto, Booz Allen Hamilton MENA, and AIG.
Ashraf Helal
Senior Practitioner, Coaching & Leadership Development
Master Certified Coach and former Vodafone executive; has coached leadership teams at Vodafone, Etisalat, GSK, Sanofi, Mercedes-Benz, Amazon, P&G, Huawei, Samsung, AstraZeneca, and McDonald's.
Ahmed H. Hassan
Senior Practitioner, Project Culture & Complexity
Senior Practitioner, Organizational Change Management
Cecil D. White
Senior Practitioner
Debra Krar
Senior Practitioner
Derek E. Beck
Senior Practitioner
Jailan Hamed El Esseily
Senior Practitioner
José Angelo Pinto
Senior Practitioner
Khaled Mostafa
Senior Practitioner
Dr. Lambert Ofoegbu
Senior Practitioner
Mohamed M. Elhagry
Senior Practitioner
Mohamed Emam
Senior Practitioner
Mohamed Nader Alsayed
Senior Practitioner, Financial Management — Chairman, Archer Capital
Chairman of Archer Capital, BRISK Business Inc.'s Cairo-based investment banking practice, since 2006, and CEO of Archer Finance Leasing. Brings the firm's Investment Banking & Corporate Finance practice — M&A advisory, capital raising, restructuring, and stock exchange listings — under the same senior-led, accountable delivery model as every other BRISK Business Inc. practice.
Noha Fathi
Senior Practitioner
Russell Ashby
Senior Practitioner
Antoine Ragai Zarif
Senior Practitioner, Training
Ayman Mahana
Senior Practitioner, Training
Faten El Banby
Senior Practitioner, Training
Hesham El Zeini
Senior Practitioner, Training
Rasha El Gendi
Senior Practitioner, Training
Dino Butorac
Senior Practitioner, OPM Mentoring & Implementation
Ahmed Fouad Abdel Rahman
Managing Director / Partner, Investment Banking & Corporate Finance
More than 23 years in investment banking across the GCC and MENA region, including roles with Islamic Development Bank affiliates and Kuwait Finance House subsidiaries. Has established more than 15 investment funds and joint ventures, specializing in financial engineering and business valuation. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Basel Roshdy
Managing Partner, Investment Banking & Corporate Finance
28 years in investment and fund management, venture capital, and corporate development. Chairman of IT Investments Fund and Chairman/CEO of Nile Capital Holding. Founding board member and General Secretary of the Egyptian Private Equity Association.
Dr. Nader Ibrahim
Managing Partner, Investment Banking & Corporate Finance
Around 25 years in finance and investment, managing portfolios and private equity funds. Co-founder and CFO of teegara.com, and financial advisor to Egypt's Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center.
Ihab Taha
Managing Partner, Investment Banking & Corporate Finance
More than 25 years in finance, accounting, and management, including Finance Manager, Financial Controller, CFO, and CEO roles with major Egyptian conglomerates.
Senior Practitioners Only
We hire practitioners who want direct accountability for client outcomes, not a seat in a consulting pyramid.