Founder's Main Frustration? Team Leadership & Talent Management for Super Growth

Rachid researched my company before we got on the call, and was able to provide helpful feedback immediately. Rachid knows what he's talking about, and provided straight-forward advice to the challenges I was having. I would not hesitate to reach out to him again.

Rachid did an outstanding job at Petra Solar when he was recruited by the Board of Directors to lead the company. He brought the senior management together and due to his leadership skills and open and candid style of communication, re-established the sense of teamwork and trust that had eroded in the company. He efficiently drove a deep dive on the Company’s products and target markets and led a strategic planning process that resulted in refocusing the company strategy. His leadership skill and personal style resulted in a high degree of buy-in and commitment to the revised strategy at all levels of the organization. He also put in place the tools and metrics to track progress against the revised strategy which drove a high level of accountability, commitment and a renewed sense of urgency. Rachid’s management style makes him a very effective leader as he treats people with respect, makes decisions based on data, emphasizes openness and honesty in all communications and personal accountability for outcomes. He thinks and acts strategically and is able to effectively build teams and lead diverse multi-national organizations.

Rachid delivered a moving talk at TEDxAlsace. His topic, "Find Your Anchor", deeply touched many of the entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs in the 350-member audience.

We were so pleased we are going to use Rachid again as a public speaker in our future events.

"I have worked with Rachid on several financings and acquisitions, and have particpated on several Boards of Directors with him. Rachid has wonderful business acumen and insight on both strategic and operational matters, and adds great value to management and Board discussions. He is pragmatic, but with a good sense of business objectives and market opportunities. Rachid also has an ability to understand management concerns and issues - and to develope and implement realistic plans to maximize company performance. Rachid can contribute to company decisions on a theoretical level - or on the details of execution on a strategic decision. I enjoy immensely the work I have done Rachid and Finatech, and find Rachid to be one the brightest and most versitle executives and investors that I have worked with."

Rachid has one of the best strategic minds I have encountered, which is critical in his position. He has a rare ability to synthesize a wide range of information into a single strategic vision. For that reason, he was one of the most critical people on my board and very helpful to me, a CEO of one of his portfolio companies. He is supportive of his CEO's while maintaining a critical view of his portfolio companies so that he can jump in whenever he is needed. I would happily work with him or for him again!

I worked with Rachid on a major privatisation assignment in the MENA region. Rachid is an excellant corporate financier, and he is also very strong at managing his own team and fostering close relationships with his clients and his business partners. It was a great experience to work with Rachid and I highly recommend him. Francois

I met Rachid on a business situation where we partnered to jointly advise a Government on a privatization project. He was at that time Head of M&A at Wafa bank.

Thanks to Rachid's in-depth understanding of the political, economical and social issues around this project, we developed together a very thorough and actionable set of recommendations which were instrumental in the Government's decisions and actions.

Rachid is a very smart guy, always straigth to the point. His highly developed business sense allows him to develop at the same time a detailed understanding of the most complex situations, as well as the required 'helicopter' view to set goals and directions.

His style of interactions with people is always warm and friendly, which helps to install an open and motivating relationships atmosphere.

I would love to have another opportunity to do business with him.

It is always a pleasure to work with Rachid. He is dynamic, has always a lot of ideas and is fast. He has at the same time tactical and strategic view, he knows what he wants and takes the right decisions.

Rachid is one of the smartest persons you can find in your professional life. He is able to see the bigger picture in most situations, and to come up with a simple and straightforward solution.
Also, he is very good on the "soft side": I have seen him managing and developing a sizeable number of people, and I was impressed by his natural leadership. He was able to lead, excite, coach, and develop his team members almost effortlessly.

Rachid is an extremely sharp investor but more importantly is part of the team he invests in. He adds so much in areas like strategy and finance, but also is on the side of the entrepreneur as they grow their company. He actively seeks out ways to help the companies he invests in and is a great guy with a terrific reputation in the Southern California Tech community.