bernard sfeir

Strategy, Management, Transformation and Change Leader

Bio Summary

Bernard is a highly seasoned executive advisor with experience at top management and strategy firms (Kearney, Andersen Consulting/Accenture, Gartner), as well a corporate tenure at Cisco where he was in charge of Innovation and New Business Models. With more than 25 years of professional experience, he founded SBC, a high-value strategy consulting boutique based in Paris with a global reach.

Throughout his career, Bernard has worked on projects that included Corporate Governance, M&A and PMI, Organizational Design, Digital Transformation, Strategy and Operating Models Redesign, HR, Culture and Change Management. In parallel, Bernard is also a Senior Lecturer in Digital Transformation and Strategy at Tier1 Business & Political Science schools in Paris, as well as investor and Independent Board Advisor to several San Francisco based Start-ups in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Employment History

Founder Of SBC

Sfeir Bernard Consulting

March 2021 - present

Paris, France

As a former Senior Executive and Senior Strategy Consultant, I am a Board Advisor, CxO Sparring Partner. Founder of a high-value consulting boutique, focused on devising innovative strategies and digital acceleration to achi ...see more

Senior Lecturer

Sciences Po

January 2015 - present

Paris, France

Professor at Sciences Po (School of Management and Innovation) - Course#1: Digital Business Disruption (cross Masters) - Course#2: Corporate Strategy ; Marketing Master; at the School of Management & Innovation Previously, ...see more

Partner

Kearney

January 2018 - March 2020

Paris, France

Digital Strategy Transformation Practice Lead, in charge of creating, managing, and delivering an asset building approach with an impactful Go-to-Market Strategy Transformation & Change Management : Created and managed a 3 ...see more

Senior Managing Partner

Gartner

September 2016 - March 2018

Paris, France

Successfully developed Gartner's consulting revenue & footprint at CxO & Board level in France and Western Europe. Gartner is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. I led the Gartner depar ...see more

VP Innovation And New Business Models

Cisco

January 2007 - May 2015

Paris, France

Managing Director on Innovation & Digital – Trusted Advisory / Strategy Lead Cisco & Clients - Digitalization of the enterprise: B2B and B2C channels - Designed and implemented, for 2 global Banks and one French Retail Ba ...see more

Partner

Accenture

January 1998 - January 2007

Paris, France

Change Management & Strategy Partner; Accenture / Andersen Consulting A- Strategy Engagements - Europe: Led a strategic and change management program for a major European equity broker - France: Led a strategic study on ...see more

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:

CEO and Board Advisor for a major external growth opportunity, to become #1 worldwide in the mobility sector.

Industry: Principal Investors

Topic(s): Transactions

Project Description:

Large Public Institution : Devised and produced Blueprint and Roadmap for the creation of a global Chief Strategy Officer department (Organisational Design, Governance, roles, responsibilities,Change Management etc...)

Industry: Public Sector

Topic(s): Strategy & Planning

Education

Master's in Business Administration/Management

Kellogg School Of Management

2003

Master's in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2020

Master's in Business Administration/Management

Sciences Po & Institut Français des Administrateurs: - IFA, European Confederation of Directors, SciencePo Governance

2015

Master's in International Business

ESCP-EAP

1997

Master's in Civil Engineering

ESTP

1996

Language Skills

Arabic English French

Country Experience

France Italy Lebanon Morocco Saudi Arabia Switzerland Tunisia United Kingdom United States

Skills

Business

Business Planning,

Corporate Development,

Corporate Strategy,

Feasability Studies,

Growth Strategy,

Innovation Strategy,

New Business Build,

Portfolio Strategy,

Purpose,

Digital Experience & Design,

Digital Maturity,

Digital Strategy,

Digital Transformation,

Change & Implementation,

Transformation Management Office,

Balance Scorecard,

Benefit Realization,

Dashboard Development,

KPIs,

Monitoring & Evaluation,

Organizational Excellence,

Performance Management System,

Strategy Execution,

Business Process Management,

Business Process Outsourcing,

Digitizing Operations,

Carve-out,

Commercial Due Diligence,

M&A Strategy & Due Diligence,

Merger & Acquisitions,

Post Merger Integration,

Target Search,

Strategic Management,

Digital Culture,

Business Unit Strategy,

Operating Model,

Trends & Global Forces,

Project Management,

Benchmarking & Best Practice,

Business Case,

Strategic Planning,

Information Technology

Artificial Intelligence,

Machine Learning,

Cloud Strategy & Change Management,

Augmented Reality,

Blockchain,

Internet of Things,

Virtual Reality,

CRM,

ERP,

IT Infrastructure,

IT PMO,

IT Strategy,

IT Transformation,

Data Management

IT Operations,

Industry Experience

Principal Investors

Pension funds,

Hedge Funds,

Venture Capital,

Sovereign Wealth Fund,

Private Equity,

Real Estate