Sandra Farid - Acumen's Founding Partner

Sandra Farid

FOUNDING PARTNER AND CEO

Sandra has 7 years of professional experience in the fields of Management Consulting, Financial Planning and Economic Policy in Egypt and the Middle East.

Sandra has managed multidisciplinary assignments across a wide range of scope clusters. Sandra has worked on both corporate and sectorial strategy development, strategy cascading, PMO setups & strategy implementations. Sandra has also managed projects in the fields of organization development, organization restructuring, and job description development. Finally Sandra has worked on investment projects on files such as financing plan development and business planning.

Portfolio

Economic Outlook Acumen was contracted for the economic research, analysis and development of an economic outlook chapter on Egypt for 2015 and 2016 Case study →
Blue-print for Ministry Unit Acumen was engaged by the UK's national standards body to support in the development of a blueprint. Case study →
Export Support Landscape Mapping Acumen worked with a Geneva Trade Mission in order to assess the current status of the Egyptian authority tasked with export development. Case study →
Country Strategy Review Acumen delivered an updated context analysis reviewing an international development agency strategy in Egypt with regard to the economic outlook, political situation, and gender issues. Case study →
Fact Finding Mission Acumen consulting management worked closely with a team from Germany for the undertaking of a detailed sector study of the Egyptian economy with a viewpoint of bolstering employment across promising sectors. Case study →
Food Sector Development Strategy Acumen was tasked to work on a second strategy involving the development of the Egyptian processed foods sector. Case study →
Food Export Development Strategy Acumen developed a strategy aimed at improving the processed food sector to enhance export volumes. Case study →
Real Estate Market Study Acumen worked on developing a better understanding of the “young professionals” demographic for a real estate company looking to launch a new concept. Case study →
CRM Process Mapping Acumen worked closely with a team of international consultants in order to hold a series of workshops to introduce the notion of CRM and process mapping to Egypt's main entity tasked with supporting MSMEs Case study →
Digitalization Strategies Acumen worked with a leading innovator's platform to produce research on the impact of technological advancements on different sectors. Case study →