Mustafa is a partner at Oliver Wyman’s Dubai office with 18 years of experience across different roles in finance and consulting to leading financial institutions.
His primary areas of expertise are corporate strategy, finance, risk and advanced analytics. His recent work focuses on future of finance where his projects include building advanced data analytics capabilities, digital platforms, developing open finance propositions and fintech strategies for banks. Mustafa’s professional experience spans the GCC, USA, UK, Turkey, South Africa, and Russia.
I am extremely passionate about building for the better. Be it a policy for the public, or an initiative for a private company, I truly enjoy seeing the impact of the change we’ve put in place — especially if it involved solving a hard question others have balked at
One of Mustafa’s first challenges at Oliver Wyman, when he was still gaining practical experience, was being dispatched to South Africa on a mission to validate a financial model built by a rocket scientist. The task seemed impossible – not only has he never done validation before, but it also involved vast theoretical knowledge of the subject. It took two weeks of studying and excruciating work to finally crack the case.
To Mustafa and his team’s amazement, after meeting the developers of the model and explaining what they thought could be improved, the client was in complete agreement and thanked them for uncovering certain issues they had not realized before.
This is when Mustafa understood that consulting is all about dealing with man-made challenges, which means that no problem is too hard to crack. He has never felt anxious about tackling new challenges ever since.
I have been lucky to be a part of the amazing transformation of Saudi Arabia — I’ve helped transform critical public institutions with a significant impact on the Kingdom’s success, and enjoyed seeing private partners outgrow global peers