TESTIMONIALS

2024

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  Riad A.
  Givanas Group | Masters in Market Research & Consumer Behavior

  Zahi has been our Group Advisor since 2017 and has been with us through thick and thin. His rational mindset, strategic thinking, professionalism and his level of engagement is a need for every business.
  
  Zahi has helped us organize ourselves as we grew at a fast pace, he helped us identify the gaps we needed to fill. He is quick to raise red flags that many times we would have missed and is always spot on when pin pointing on the things that do no make sense or needs to be raised during presentations and meetings. He was also key in shifting the Top Management’s mindset from a more gut feeling oriented decision making style to a more analytical, rational and data driven style. Moreover, as a fast growing Group, Zahi was always there to intervene in the right time when evaluating investments. Through his expertise in financial modeling, analysis, he helped us opt out many investments that would have been detrimental.
  
  On a personal level, Zahi was and still is my coach and mentor that helped me climb the ladders to become a Deputy Managing Director of my family business. When joining the Group, I was young and inexperienced, but as the son of the owner, a lot was expected from me as one can imagine. Zahi helped me walk through this path, coached me and is still assisting me through this intergenerational transition.

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  Rami Bitar
  CEO Tawfeer International Managing Partner Bitar International

  Since Feb 2022, it has been my pleasure to collaborate with Zahi Azouri during a pivotal period of development and change within our company. Zahi joined us at a critical time , bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and insight that has greatly enhanced our business during a period of significant transformation and growth amidst an ever-evolving economic landscape.
  
  Zahi's profound contributions have been particularly notable in fortifying our retail and logistics arms. His strategic thinking and deep insights have not just elevated our business domestically but also proved invaluable to our expansion efforts in Bulgaria.
  
  With Zahi's support, we have achieved notable advancements in our business processes and competitive positioning. His comprehensive strategies and proactive engagement have been central to our achievements and continue to guide us towards a prosperous future.
  
  Zahi's ability to rapidly dissect the complexities of the retail industry and grasp our core business concerns was nothing short of impressive. With a solid understanding of our operation, he was instrumental in refining our strategic direction, improving our governance structures, and overhauling our organizational and performance assessment frameworks.
  
  Beyond his expertise, Zahi has been a key figure in navigating our growth. His leadership in structuring, financial modeling has been critical to our development and expansion.
  
  What truly sets Zahi apart is his deep commitment to the well-being and success of our team. His advise has helped us surmount numerous challenges. His insightful counsel during tough times has been of great support for me personally enabling us to emerge stronger and more resilient.
  
  Together we have established an Executive Committee where Zahi has been a key member since its inception. His presence on this committee is a reflection of the deep trust and respect we have for his professional insights and strategic guidance.
  
  Zahi is not only a trusted advisor but also an insightful leader whose impact on our organization is significant. His ongoing support in both strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations continues to be a cornerstone of our success.
  
  I wholeheartedly recommend Zahi to any organization seeking a leader of his caliber. His foresight, expertise, and compassionate leadership are rare and invaluable assets that will undoubtedly contribute to the growth and prosperity of any enterprise.

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  Selim Boutros
  Transportation & Tourism Executive | Executive MBA - London Business School

  Zahi and the team were a pleasure to work with. Our project was delivered swiftly and reports were very insightful.

2023

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  Alain Melkane
  General Manager at ATFO SAL

  I had the pleasure of working together with Zahi Azouri on the valuation of a venture capital agenda for a mobility business. Zahi demonstrates excellent knowledge across a range of finance, strategy, and accounting principles, which all contributed to the successful completion of this project. A dedicated professional with high attention to details and delivers very quickly!
  It has been a real pleasure working together and I highly recommend Zahi for any valuation exercise!

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  Chady Zein
  Partner at Strategy&

  I have had the pleasure to work with Zahi in the context of a project supporting a multi-business line conglomerate where wizadvice was tasked with the financial performance analysis and the development of the financial forecasts for the business plan, including a valuation exercise.
  I can wholeheartedly recommend Zahi and the team for similar exercise on account of their professionalism, efficiency and ability to accommodate difficult timelines, rigor in their work and analysis and dedication to the job, as well as Zahi's business acumen and pragmatism - a refreshing true value adding partner. I would happily engage again with Zahi and the team.

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  Fayez Rasamny
  Chairman and CEO at Rasamny Younis Motor Company (RYMCO)

  I highly recommend Wizadvice. I have had the pleasure of working closely with Zahi and his team on a project to pitch a new business proposal. Wizadvice provided competent guidance throughout, and was instrumental in helping me develop the business plan for the prosposal.

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  Nabil Moutran
  Founder & CEO at Division

  I have been working with Zahi and his team on building our financial model and company valuation and have nothing but absolute admiration for him and his team. Not only were they extremely efficient in delivering their scope, but added strategic value during that process. I can’t recommend them enough!!!

2022

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  Anthony Boukather
  CEO - ANB | Mobility | Family Business Prof. | Certified Advisory Board Chair | Computer Scientist

  We had the need to Build an investment memorandum with detailed Valuation model for a new developed business in micro mobility in the GCC .
  
  Data and Research are very limited in this field in the Region , and we had the chance to work with Zahi and Wizadvice Team
  
  The whole project was promised in 5 weeks and delivered in time . Not only weekly calls made the process very smooth , but the reactivity of Zahi and his team on the feedback we had was incredible.
  The amount of Research and Organised interesting Data that his team found , was really very insightful and helped us develop a deck i can say we are very proud of . The content is impeccable and includes everything from market data, business Plan and full excel valuation model.
  
  He even went the extra mile to design the Deck in a very professional way. So not only the content but also the format.
  
  Last but not least , working with Zahi was a pleasure and looking forward for the next project we will do together.

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  Sami Moutran
  Creative Marketeer, Board Member - ex TikTok, ex Memac Ogilvy

  Having worked with the team at Wizadvice for several months now on some complex M&A deals I can comfortably say they are a formidable outfit. Driving a clear understanding of how to add value to their clients. Furthermore they have made this process that much more seamless through clear and concise communication.
  
  Their initial financial evaluation of our various entities set us up for a constructive and impactful conversations, and were completed in a manner that was pretty irrefutable.
  
  On an ongoing basis Wizadvice continues to be a great partner; representing the shareholders across multiple avenues.
  
  Strongly and comfortably recommend using them for any of the services they so competently provide.

2021

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  Mazen AbouChakra
  Founder & Managing Partner at Valpre CapitalFounder & Managing Partner at Valpre Capital

  We have recently completed an assignment with wizadvice where Zahi and his team assisted Valpre Capital in developing a business plan and valuation for one of our clients in Saudi Arabia. The speed and efficiency of wizadvice in understanding the complex business of our client were remarkable. wizadvice carried out an in-depth analysis of the market and the competitive landscape and produced a detailed business plan and valuation for our client that articulated in a simple and clear way the vision and strategy of the client. The quality of the deliverables was outstanding. We, at Valpre Capital, really enjoyed working with Zahi and his team and we highly recommend them.

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  Christophe de Bruyn
  CEO, THR Tourism Industry advisors, Spain

  I worked with Zahi hand to hand in several projects for a KSA family holding in the past years. In this relationship, I highly appraised his strategy and business skills, together with a high level of empathy. This resulted in better analysis and recommendations for the group. His advice, guidance and feedback were highly valued to conduct our job in the best interest of the client.

2020

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  Anthony Khawam
  CEO, Securite Assurance, Lebanon

  We have started working with Zahi in January 2020, few months after the civil unrest broke-out in Lebanon. Zahi was brought-in to help us reinforce our local business and simultaneously help us grow outside of Lebanon.

  In a very short period of time, Zahi has managed to understand the intricacies of our complex insurance industry and has quickly familiarized himself with our key business challenges. He has already added significant value in helping us sharpen our strategy (especially post COVID-19), improve our governance model, and redesign our org and performance assessment schemes. More importantly, he is playing a major role in determining and developing the most suitable inorganic growth and partnership avenues as he has lead deal structuring, financial scenario modeling, pitch deck development, negotiations, and deal execution.

  Proven to be a trusted advisor who will be next to us on a continuous basis and support us in developing and executing our strategy as well as several key business initiatives, we have offered Zahi a seat on our Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

  I highly recommend Zahi’s advisory services for businesses in the Middle East.

2019

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  Marie-Madeleine Sader
  Founder & CEO, CD Log, Lebanon

  Founded in 2009, CD Log is the only drug depot in Lebanon dedicated to handling clinical trials supplies. Being a small but unique local business, we needed to make sure we are doing the right things for re-positioning, maintaining and whenever possible, continuously developing our business.

  We have retained wizadvice since January 2019 to get the needed guidance.

  Zahi’s well-rounded experience across management consulting, business operations and financial advisory, is all we wanted in order to make sure we validate our strategic thoughts and plans, and always have the right support for any critical business-related matter.

  The engagement approach wizadvice has offered us is very practical; Zahi currently knows the key elements and decisive factors of our business model and its requirements as an insider, and is readily available any time he is needed, be it for a small question, for a more complex feasibility study, or even to support our managers in key meetings and business trips.

  Last but not least, we also made use of Zahi’s HR-related experience; he is an impactful coach and builds constructive relations with employees.

2018

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  Prashanth Nallari
  GM, Mohamadia Dates Company, KSA

  I’m lucky to be working with Zahi Azouri, not just for the versatile professional experience, but for his gifted personality, sound business acumen and more importantly management advice to transform any opportunity & challenge into a win-win situation.

  For me in particular, with over two decades of dedicated manufacturing, technical and regular supply chain experience, stepping into a role of GM, during early 2017, has been an immense challenge and a turning point in my career. Zahi mentored me during this process of transition with a decisive mindset that helped me learn, adapt and manage new functions of Finance, Sales & Marketing and extended Supply Chain Management.

  Zahi’s practical involvement and guidance during the budgeting process over the last two financial years, combined with developing various strategies across the sales function, determination and measurement of important management performance indicators, has made my journey easy and helped me in setting up a continual growth plan for the business during these challenging times in the region.

  I will continue to look upon for Zahi’s advice and contribution to my professional career in times to come and wish Zahi every success with any project he’s associated with.

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  Paul Asmar
  Founder & GM, Insites, Lebanon

  We are a contracting firm that decided to go through a transformation program – After screening the market, we finally decided to work with wizadvice, lead by Zahi Azouri. We have just started our engagement in January 2018, finished the first phase and have already kicked off the second phase of our agreed upon advisory and management support project. The great thing to witness are the promises that have been fulfilled and the value that has already been added. The engagement model that wizadvice offers is very flexible and unique, which is designed to suit the specific requirements of the large spectrum of small and mid-sized companies. Most importantly for us, was the practical involvement beyond the typical high-level strategy and management topics; Zahi is able, due to his versatile professional experience, to identify glitches and recommend workable solutions across several support and operational functions, be they within Finance, Deal Structuring and Contract Drafting, Performance Monitoring and Improvement and their related HR matters, Sales, Business Development, Communication, and Operational Efficiency Optimization in general.

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  Maroun Akiki
  Group CFO, Givanas, Nigeria

  At Givanas Group, we have been working with Mr. Azouri since the start of Q4 2017, and it has been so far a great experience. He has already managed to bring in to Givanas a great deal of governance, operational discipline, and a structured approach to address our key business challenges. In addition to the thorough yearly budgeting process that he is introducing to the Group as a novelty, he is helping us take impactful decisions, be they long-term and strategic, or tactical; he is particularly improving our measurement and monitoring of our business performance... He is simply helping us move as a Group to the "next level".

  As a Group CFO, I am now learning to look at our companies and new projects with a different business perspective, richer, and more comprehensive... I hope that as planned, wizadvice's support for and cooperation with Givanas will continue for the long term.

2017

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  David Reinhart
  Co-Founder & President, INOVx, USA

  Zahi has advised and represented shareholders of INOVX Solutions since 2014, and has successfully gained the trust of the Board, including myself as a Founder, Board Member and Senior Executive. As a result of Zahi's strategic insight, creative problem solving, and 'results oriented' business focus, he was invited to join the Company's Board of Directors in 2017, where he continues to offer strategic and financial guidance that has proven valuable and beneficial for the Company.

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  Samir Ajami
  Owner & MD, Givanas Group, Nigeria

  We have retained wizadvice as our external business adviser, with an initial intention to focus on management support. We saw the value that wizadvice brought to the Group very early on in the process. Their engagement model is indeed very practical and financially sustainable, mainly because all M&A, feasibility studies, valuations and other transaction advisory mandates are taken care of as part of the on-going engagement model – Their availability and speed of response is remarkable.

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  Khaled Al Saud
  CEO, FAMA Group, KSA

  I had the opportunity to witness, since 2012, the benefits of all services wizadvice currently offers, be they related to strategic corporate development, M&A advisory or decision-making and management support. I can therefore strongly recommend wizadvice as a very suitable advisor for any company that seeks long-term, high-quality, yet cost-effective business advisory and management support, with lots of knowledge transfer and build-up.