Mr Altungun BA – Executive Consultant
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Mr Altungun is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in management and finance. He has achieved Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Banking & Financial Services; Insurance; Technology; Consultancy and Accountancy. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; Turkey; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom and South Africa, or more specifically within the following cities: New York NY; Istanbul; Dubai; London and Johannesburg. His personal achievements include: delivered various work-streams, strategic planning and risk-adjusted performance management to the second largest bank, Isbank in Turkey as part of a massive multi-year transformation program; re-segmented customer portfolio and redesigned the service model of the second largest bank ABSA, Member of Barclays in South Africa; developed risk rating models and tools for Wachovia bank in the U.S to help them improve borrower risk assessment practices; led the project team in selling projects worth over 2 million USD to ABSA bank in South Africa and led the development and IT integration of various risk models for the largest Islamic Bank in the Middle East. His service skills incorporate: end-to-end project management; client and stakeholder management; proposal development and presentation; financial analysis and strategy development and workshop delivery and training.

Mr Tanner BS – Executive Consultant
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Mr Tanner is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in marketing, information technology and e-business. He has achieved a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts, Business and Arabic
Regents and a Diploma in Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Technology; Retail; Manufacturing; Internet and Defense. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, or more specifically within the following cities: New York NY; San Francisco CA; San Jose CA; London and Dubai,. His personal achievements include: defined digital strategy; architected data-driven revenue optimization; led marketing and expansion strategy; managed technology enhancements and directed channel partner programs. His service skills incorporate: strategic planning; digital marketing; partner management; team leadership and program management.

Ms Faraj BSc – Associate Consultant
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Ms Faraj is an approved Associate Consultant at Appleton Greene and she has experience in marketing, management and customer service. She has achieved a Bachelor of Science in Economics. She has industry experience within the following sectors: FMCG; Franchise; Food & Beverage; Non-Profit & Charities and Banking & Financial Services. She has had commercial experience within the following countries: Lebanon; United Arab Emirates; Kuwait; Qatar and Pakistan, or more specifically within the following cities: Beirut; Dubai; Kuwait City; Doha and Islamabad. Her personal achievements include: awarded as The Most Improved Team Member 2012 from Subway International. Her service skills incorporate: customer service; marketing; project management; teamwork and sales management.

Mr Akoum – Associate Consultant
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Mr Akoum is an approved Associate Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in marketing, management and production. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Retail; Consumer Goods; Advertising; Manufacturing and Media & Marketing. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: Lebanon; United Arab Emirates; Qatar and Saudi Arabia, or more specifically within the following cities: Beirut; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Doha; Dubai and Riyadh. His personal achievements include: personally serviced over 100 active accounts; developed and maintained expert level product knowledge; leveraged market relationships to increase overall revenues; led sales team through pricing changes, product launches and process change and monitored compliance and processed business. His service skills incorporate: business development; sales team leader; public relations; management and analytical skills.

Dr Hage DBA MBA BSEE – Senior Consultant
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Dr Hage is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in information technology, management and human resources. He has achieved a Doctorate of Business Administration, a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Technology; Healthcare; Education; Manufacturing and Government. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; Canada; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, or more specifically within the following cities: San Jose CA; Toronto; Jeddah; Dubai and Beirut. His personal achievements include: implemented information technology solutions; led business process re-engineering; optimized technology product development; established offshore software development operations and facilitated public sector modernization initiatives. His service skills incorporate: change management; product development; operational efficiency; strategic planning and corporate governance.

Ms Adnani MBA B.Com DSP – Senior Consultant
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Ms Adnani is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and she has experience in management, human resources and marketing. She has achieved a Master in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Commerce and a Diploma in Software Programming. She has industry experience within the following sectors: Banking & Financial Services; Consultancy; Education; Retail and Government. She has had commercial experience within the following countries: India; United Arab Emirates; Sultanate of Oman and Qatar, or more specifically within the following cities: Mumbai; Dubai; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Muscat and Doha. Her personal achievements include: lead process transformation; facilitated system improvements; product and policy launch cum implementation; facilitated HR assessment programs and built e-learning and classroom trainings. Her service skills incorporate: ops-risk management; operating architecture design; transformation consulting; change management and learning & development.

Mr O’Sullivan MBA BSc – Executive Consultant
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Mr O’Sullivan is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in management, production and human resources. He has achieved a Master of Business Administration in Total Quality Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Manufacturing; Automotive; Oil & Gas; Defense and Energy. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United Kingdom; United Arab Emirates; Mexico and Caribbean, or more specifically within the following cities: London; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Cardiff; Chihuahua and Swindon. His personal achievements include: recognized for implementing changes to increase production from 400 to 1000 units per week in 3 months and increased assembly quality by 35% through the introduction of lean and flow line techniques at Cable 4 Wireless; acknowledged for turning around a failing department improving processes and methods, reducing overdue orders from $0.8m to $0.25 million in under 3 months, achieving the highest monthly production output of £2.17m after 14 weeks through the increase of yield from 30% to 95% implementing lean manufacturing techniques and maximizing efficiency liaising with plants in Mexico servicing sales in AsiaPac/USA and EMEA for Mobrey Ltd; established a manufacturing facility in UAE developing bespoke defense designs and solutions, producing a field ambulance, electronic-hydraulic lift platform and 2 Hovercraft for the Technical Studies Institute; reduced service time by 20% implementing lean techniques in assembly & service departments, provided innovative guidance and solutions for the manufacture, deployment and service of high technology laser wind monitoring sensors for UK and International market for Natural Power/ZephIR Ltd and introduced BIT training staff to NVQ level 2 and 3 for Thyssen Krupp/Arvin Meritor. His service skills incorporate: lean manufacturing consultancy; operations management; manufacturing management; project management and corporate training.

Dr Valchev PhD MSE BBA – Senior Consultant
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Dr Valchev is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in finance, information technology and globalization. He has achieved a Doctorate of Financial Economics, a Master of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Banking & Financial Services; Consultancy and Technology. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: Switzerland; United Kingdom; Russian Federation; United Arab Emirates and United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: Zurich; London; Moscow; Dubai and New York NY. His personal achievements include: conducted fundamental and quantitative research; developed financial trading strategies; introduced trading systems; developed derivative products valuation libraries and introduced risk management platforms. His service skills incorporate: investment management; risk management; emerging markets; derivatives trading and portfolio insurance.

Mr Mageed PhD MS BSc – Senior Consultant
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Mr Mageed is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in information technology, management and globalization. He has achieved a PhD in Electrical Engineering an Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Communications and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He has industry experience within the following sectors: telecommunications; technology; consultancy; education and internet. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; United Arab Emirates; Sudan and Libya, or more specifically within the following cities: Dallas TX; Dubai; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Khartoum and Benghazi. His personal achievements include: founded startup hi-tech company; established strategic international corporate partnerships; planned and directed hi-tech projects; conducted research in communications technologies and supervised academic curricula and projects. His service skills incorporate: corporate management; technical research; strategic partnerships; project management and technology development.

Mr Shteiwey MBA BSc – Executive Consultant
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