Delivered Results, Not Slideware
For more than two decades, organizations have brought BRISK Business Inc. in when the stakes are highest: multi-billion-dollar capital programs, mergers that must close without disrupting a single customer, and national transformations that cut across ministries. This page sets out a selection of that work: what we were asked to do, what we delivered, and what changed.
Selected Engagements
Thirteen engagements that show the range of what we take on: capital programs, mergers, government transformation, banking platforms and turnarounds. Each is described from our own engagement records. Client-specific detail is available under NDA.
Program oversight and risk management for a $9.6 billion refining and petrochemicals complex
Client: Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)
The mandate
A 400,000-barrel-per-day refinery and petrochemicals complex in Jubail, jointly owned by Saudi Aramco and Total, delivered through 13 contractors working across six countries. The owners needed independent program assessment and a risk discipline that could hold that many interfaces together.
What we delivered
- Program and project assessment and management across the contractor portfolio
- A team of international consultants providing risk assessment and risk management services
- Program support for governance, reporting and contractor interface control
Result: Independent oversight and a structured risk regime across a $9.6B program, 13 contractors and 6 countries.
Capabilities: Program Management · Project Assurance · Risk Management · Vendor Governance
Merging twelve petrochemical companies into one $12 billion+ enterprise
Client: Muntajat (now part of QatarEnergy)
The mandate
Twelve separate petrochemical producing companies were to be consolidated into a single global marketing and distribution entity. The integration had to run on many streams at once under close executive and external scrutiny.
What we delivered
- Designed and executed the post-merger integration and transformation through a purpose-built PMO
- Ran the corporate PMO and the Strategy & Business Performance function, setting enterprise-wide objectives and KPIs
- Stood up an entirely new Metals (steel) business directorate, implementing its marketing, sales and distribution functions
- Managed SAP S/4HANA transformation, VAT readiness, KYC, GDPR and automated executive dashboards
Result: A single $12B+ entity, and a new Metals directorate generating over $1.6B a year.
Capabilities: Post-Merger Integration · PMO Setup · Strategy & Business Performance · Portfolio Management · Technology Transformation
Back-to-back bank integrations, and a nationwide rebrand in one weekend
Client: Ahli United Bank / Delta International Bank; Barclays Bank Egypt
The mandate
Two acquisitions in Egyptian banking, each requiring branches, systems, people and brand to come together without disrupting customers.
What we delivered
- Managed the Ahli United Bank post-acquisition integration of Delta International Bank from inception to close-out, with a team of 43
- Led the Branch Network Expansion and Integration portfolio through a dedicated Program Support Team
- For Barclays, acted as Head of Change and ran the network expansion and ATM deployment programs after the acquisition of Cairo Barclays
- Planned and executed the nationwide Barclays rebrand
Result: Two integrations closed out, and Barclays rebranded across Egypt over a single weekend.
Capabilities: Post-Acquisition Integration · Program & Portfolio Management · Change Management · Stakeholder Management
Organization-wide digital transformation for a regional transit authority
Client: Chicago Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)
The mandate
A multi-year transformation (2017–2021) to replace core systems across every division of the authority and give citizens a single online point of self-service.
What we delivered
- Implemented the Infor ERP system across all divisions of the authority
- Delivered the online One Stop Shop for citizen self-care
- Covered business analysis, organizational change management, SIT, BAT and UAT, data migration and data cleansing
- Supported portfolio, program and PMO governance across the transformation
Result: One enterprise platform across the authority, and a single digital front door for citizens.
Capabilities: Digital Transformation · Systems Implementation · Business Analysis · Change Management · Data Migration
Finance, Treasury and Shared Services strategic transformation
Client: City of Toronto
The mandate
The City needed to modernize how its Finance and Shared Services functions were organized, governed and delivered, from strategy through to execution.
What we delivered
- Performed a strategic diagnosis of the operating model
- Established the PMO, execution approach, project plans, governance and reporting standards, and managed multiple committee reviews
- Built a Services Catalog with service definitions, KPIs and SLAs
- Led business process reengineering of global services and introduced RPA automation
Result: A centralized, enterprise-wide Employee Service Centre covering Tier 0 to Tier 3.
Capabilities: Operating Model Design · PMO Setup · Service Catalog, KPIs & SLAs · Process Reengineering · RPA
Building the delivery machinery for national digital transformationx
collaboration with GIZ
The mandate
Cross-governmental digital transformation programs needed a central delivery capability, and a common way of managing projects across ministries and agencies.
What we delivered
- Led a capacity- and capability-building program to establish a governmental PMO for cross-governmental digital transformation
- Wrote the Project and Program Management Process Manual for implementation across all government entities
- Developed structures, processes, policies, manuals and training for Strategic Planning Units and Digital Transformation Units in multiple ministries
- Managed the GIZ Strengthening Reform Initiatives in the Public Administration (SRIP) engagement, supporting the National Capacity Building Strategy 2018–2022
Result: A national PMO and a common delivery methodology for government entities.
Capabilities: PMO Design · P3M Methodology · Organization Design · Capacity Building
Moving every ministry’s technology to the New Administrative Capital
Client: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
The mandate
All ministries’ technology had to be migrated from Cairo to the New Administrative Capital, a program with no room for service interruption.
What we delivered
- Mentored and coached the project and program managers responsible for the migration (January 2021 to January 2022)
- Reported directly to the Deputy Minister of MCIT
- Strengthened program governance and PMO practice across the migration streams
Result: Program leadership capability in place for a whole-of-government technology relocation.
Capabilities: Program Management · PMO · Migration Management · Digital Transformation
Turning a loss-making franchise into a profitable one
Client: Standard Bank Africa
The mandate
A bank-wide transformation spanning every business unit and function, including Finance, Operations, IT, Credit and Retail Banking.
What we delivered
- Managed the bank-wide program across all business units and functional areas
- Helped redefine the bank’s strategy and redesign business processes and organizational structure
- Implemented core controls across the enterprise and drove execution of strategic objectives
Result: The franchise moved from loss-making and unstable to profitable and stable within a short time.
Capabilities: Business Transformation · Strategy Execution · Organization Design · Enterprise Controls
A shared services utility for two banks across 38 countries
Client: Ecobank and Nedbank (engagement delivered through IBM Global Services)
The mandate
Two major banks wanted one multi-function, on-demand shared services utility combining IT and operations across their combined footprint.
What we delivered
- Designed and built the shared services utility, using enterprise architecture as the strategy
- Industrialized processes across the combined 38-country footprint
- Designed management dashboards and the supporting enterprise data warehouse for management information and BI
Result: One shared services model and one management information backbone for 38 countries.
Capabilities: Shared Services · Enterprise Architecture · Process Industrialization · MI/BI
Four platform deliveries for a Gulf bank
Client: Gulf International Bank
The mandate
A run of strategic technology programs (2019–2020) touching payments, data, lending and open banking.
What we delivered
- Implemented SWIFT gpi global payments
- Designed, developed and implemented an enterprise data warehouse on SAP HANA
- Implemented Beehive, a syndicated MSME lending platform
- Implemented Open Banking on the WSO2 platform to the UK standard
Result: Four strategic platforms delivered across payments, data, MSME lending and open banking.
Capabilities: Program & Project Management · Systems Implementation · Data Warehousing · Digital Transformation
A greenfield contact center, built and launched turnkey
Client: Kaizen Venture Partners
The mandate
Stand up a fully operational contact center from an empty site.
What we delivered
- Construction and fit-out
- Telephony, IVR, CRM, systems integration, hardware and infrastructure
- Hiring, staffing and training
- Launch and post-launch support, run by a dedicated Program Support Team
Result: A fully operational, turnkey contact center in Lagos.
Capabilities: Program Management · Systems Integration · CRM · Operating Model Design · Change Management
Project management capability for development finance institutions
Client: International Finance Corporation (IFC); European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
The mandate
Both institutions needed stronger, more consistent project management, inside the institution and among the local consultants who deliver their programs.
What we delivered
- Developed a project management system for the IFC
- Developed and delivered Project Management for Consulting Engagements for EBRD
- Led a team of 19 international consultants to train local consulting firms across EBRD’s countries of operation
Result: Local consulting firms trained across 35 countries of operation.
Capabilities: P3M Methodology · PMIS · Capability Development · Train-the-Trainer
Rescuing a €5.5 million modernization program
Client: Vimetco Extrusion (part of the Vimetco aluminium group)
The mandate
An EU co-funded €5.5M modernization project had no project management plan, no agreed technical solution and no bank financing in place, and the project manager had left. Stopping was not an option.
What we delivered
- Reset governance and gave the production manager full authority as project manager
- Rebuilt stakeholder alignment across the sponsor, the team, the lending bank and the EU monitoring authorities
- Introduced a positive project culture approach to manage the project’s complexity
Result: The two-year project was completed. Published by PMI as a case study written by BRISK Business Inc.
Capabilities: Troubled Project Recovery · Stakeholder Management · Governance