Andreja Stefanovic, Business Consultant

Andreja Stefanovic

Business Consultant

Freelance

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Strategy & Financial Performance
Experience
9 years, 10 Months

Share My Profile

Block User


Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 10 Months

Business Consultant at Freelance
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2019

Working with a variety of startups in the tech space to help them GTM or prepare and strategize for sustainable growth.

• Creating sustainable strategies for expansion and growth; Pipeline development
• Project risk assessment
• Go-to-market evaluation and adjustment
• Partnership planning, management and execution; Customer experience cycle planning & implementation

Group Development Director at Al Mansoori Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2016 to August 2019

Corporate Growth & Development Manager (Jan 2016 - Nov 2017) then promoted to Group Development Director.

Key Achievements:
• Co-developed & implemented a restructure strategy for our lighting company - 400% increase in revenue
• Co-led new sales strategy implementation in our Power Engineering company
• Developed Al Mansoori Group’s green-tech business vertical - secured projects in excess of USD 10m (UAE / KSA)
• Facilitated generation of USD 700K sales revenue for our lighting company in 2018

Responsibilities:
• Developing global strategic partnerships and inter-organisational synergies
• Managing projects from design to execution, framing key strategic issues, risk assessment and contingency planning
• Driving internal corporate change initiatives across the Group
• Risk assessment and mitigation initiatives across internal corporate projects
• Leading, managing and driving projects ranging from USD 1mio - 30mio
• Developing Business Cases and conducting basic financial analysis
• Developing strategic plans for new business ventures
• Creating, analysing and adapting legal frameworks per project and business case
• Market sizing and company analysis

Managing Partner at Prebottle FZ-LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2015 to January 2018

• Led development of CMS / CRM system from concept to operation
• Grew the business to AED 1M revenue in 2017; Yr2 revenue growth 200% and broke-even within 1.5 years
• Developed all internal procedures and operations
• Secured and managed investor relations; Managed all corporate partnerships and commercial accounts

Senior Consultant at Florence International Consulting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2014 to November 2015

• Secured deals of USD 260, 000
• Secured strategic agreements with over 20 top firms across the GCC
• Designed and implemented internal sales boards for the organisation
• Involved in development of the new company strategy to broaden sales opportunities and expand market reach

Intern Analyst at Technoconsulting ltd.
  • Serbia
  • June 2013 to September 2013

- Prepared contractual negotiations
- Assisted a successful completion of major projects with SWISSLION and DUKAT and partial involvement in Nestle negotiations.
- Handled partial project financing - CF analysis; Balance Sheet
- Market research and business development

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Strategy & Financial Performance
  • at INSEAD
  • June 2019

Executive Programme

Bachelor's degree, Economics and Business Economics
  • at Utrecht University
  • September 2014

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Economics Graduated with a final year 4.0 GPA, Cum Laude honors. Received a distinction for my bachelor dissertation with a grade of 90%.

Specialties & Skills

Financial Analysis
Data Modeling
Formal Presentations
MS Office tools
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
MICROSOFT OFFICE PROFICIENT
Driving
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Strategy formation
Project Management
Business Case Modelling

Languages

Dutch
Expert
Serbian
Expert
German
Beginner
Croatian
Expert

Memberships

Study Association ECU 92'
  • Coordinator of External Affairs of the Conference Committee
  • September 2013
Study Association ECU 92'
  • Organizing head of student introduction week 2012/2013
  • March 2012

Training and Certifications

Business Strategy & Financial Performance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2019

Hobbies

  • Travelling
    I have lived all over the world and been exposed to many different cultures and environments. I'm always looking for exciting new places and people.
  • Sports
    Member of several rugby teams and clubs - 2007-2011 Active member playing volleyball, football, basketball, swimming Also currently very active in personal training, providing my services as a personal trainer to several individuals. I also thoroughly enjoy water sports such as wakeboarding and water-skiing.
  • Networking events
    I try to make the best of every opportunity presented in-front of me, therefore attending as many networking events is an interest of mine. This allows me to meet a large variety of individuals and expand my professional network alliances.