Joseph Stella

joseph stella

United Arab Emirates

Bio Summary

Senior Financial Services advisor with 15+ years of experience advising GCC governments, Ministries, Government bodies, Central Banks, corporate & retail banks, family offices, asset managers, insurance companies, PE and VC funds, regulatory authorities and market infrastructure players in MENA and Europe.

Clients have included Heads of State and Senior Government officials, CEOs and Boards, across a range of topics including national development strategies, privatisation and strategy design and implementation.

In the last decade, Joseph has worked for Oliver Wyman’s Dubai office and prior to that as an M&A banker in Lehman Brothers’ London office.

Employment History

Oliver Wyman

Principal

Oliver Wyman

December 2009 - May 2015

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Strategy consulting in public sector and financial services

Delta Partners

Senior Associate

Delta Partners

November 2008 - November 2009

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Strategy consulting in the Telecoms & Media space

Lehman Brothers

Associate

Lehman Brothers

August 2006 - June 2008

London, UK

M&A role

Education

MBA

INSEAD

2006

MSc Electronic Engineering

UCL

2000

Language Skills

Country Experience

Bahrain China Egypt Ghana Indonesia Kuwait Nigeria Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Greece

Skills

Business

Digital Strategy,

Digital Transformation,

Commercial Due Diligence,

Operational Due Diligence,

Post Merger Integration,

Business Unit Strategy,

Growth Strategy,

Strategic Planning,

Asset Management

Information Technology

IT Infrastructure,

IT Operations

Finance

Corporate Finance,

Credit Risk,

Financial Modeling,

Revenue Growth

Industry Experience

Public Sector

Finance and Tax,

Economic Development

Financial Services

Asset Management,

Corporate Banking,

Insurance,

Retail banking,

Transactions Banking,

Wealth Management

Technology

FinTech

Principal Investors

Hedge Funds,

Private Equity,

Sovereign Wealth Fund,

Venture Capital

Professional Services

Management Consulting