About us

About SFINX International

The SFINX team is made up of corporate executives and business leaders with a proven track record of building sustainable businesses and practical real-life achievements, considered subject matter experts in Marketing and Commercial.

Who we are

A team built inside the business

  • Founded in 2017 by the previous Coca-Cola Company Global Vice President for Commercial Leadership.
  • Our founder has personally worked on the ground in 85 countries.
  • SFINX has gained international exposure across 36 countries in the last 8.5 years.
  • Extensive experience conducting projects for leading companies in the NARTD, FMCG and food sectors.
  • Many detailed Marketing, RGM and OBPPC analyses and recommendations for countries that continue to request our annual support to refresh and update them.
  • Our experience with RTM, distribution strategies, efficiency and structures has been demonstrated across many projects in various countries.
  • 80% of our projects are repeat projects from very satisfied clients.

Track record

Successfully completed 70+ projects in the fields of

  • Route To Market & Sales capabilities
  • Sales Force Effectiveness
  • Business Strategy
  • Consumer Marketing
  • Profitable Revenue Growth Management
  • Financial Management
  • Competitive intelligence & scenario planning with rules of engagement

70+

Projects completed

36

Countries

20+

Experts

Meet our experts

Our experts

SFINX International experts are based on 5 continents and come from 15 countries. We leverage the expertise of this team and deploy the right people to each project based on its requirements.

Adham Hussein

Founder & CEO

Dubai, UAE

33 years of experience in Marketing, General Management & Sales in P&G, Unilever, Pepsi Foods and 16 years in the Coca-Cola System, including Global Vice President for Commercial Leadership.

General Management | Strategy Development | Consumer & Shopper Marketing | Sales | Portfolio & Pricing Architecture | Route To Market | In-Store Execution

Alexandre Aloy

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

23 years of experience in Revenue Management, Pricing, Business Development, Trade Marketing and Commercial Planning across LATAM and Iberia, 18 years with The Coca-Cola Company.

Revenue Growth | Price Compliance | Commercial Strategy | CDE Management

Ashraf Abdelaziz Attallah

Cairo, Egypt

30 years of experience across Franchise Management, Sales & Marketing, Operations, RTM, Strategic Planning, P&L Management and Change Management with Coca-Cola HBC, PepsiCo and Henkel.

Franchise Management | Consumer & Shopper Marketing | Sales | P&L & RGM | Route To Market | In-Store Execution | Business Transformation

Bilal Amar Khodja

Algeria / Canada

16 years of experience in Commercial, Trade Marketing and Sales Management with Danone, the Coca-Cola System and PepsiCo Canada, leading 90 distributor partnerships.

RTM | Sales Force Capability | Distribution Structures | Organization Design | Brand Strategy | Automation

Denise Lauwens

France

20+ years in Country Management, Sales & Marketing leadership and Capability Development for Coca-Cola bottling operations across South-East Asia and East Africa.

Commercial Capability | RTM & Execution Tools

Ehab Eltayeb

Egypt

Commercial leader with 27+ years of experience in the Middle East, driving business development through processes, people capability and tools for operational excellence.

Business Development | RTM | Commercial Strategy | Category Management

Hemant Upadhyay

Mumbai, India

30+ years in Commercial, Trade Marketing and Sales Management with P&G, Henkel and the Coca-Cola System, designing financially viable distribution structures and automation.

Distribution Structures | Processes | Systems

Houda Asrary

Ottawa, Canada

18 years of experience in RGM, Consumer & Shopper Marketing and In-Store Execution, leading multi-country RGM & RTM strategies across Africa for Coca-Cola.

Revenue Growth Management | Trade Marketing | Portfolio, Pricing & Promotions | Route To Market | Commercial Strategy

Kalu Agwu Kalu

Nigeria

20 years in Business and Commercial Leadership, RTM transformation and automation, 3rd party distributor management and capability building across 32 Sub-Saharan African markets.

RTM & CSS | Commercial Strategy | Trade & Channel Development

Loay Elkhouly

Dubai, UAE

23 years in Sales and General Management with Unilever, Mars Inc and Barilla, leading 3 transformation projects focused on Route-To-Market and revenue optimization.

General Management | Shopper Marketing | Sales | Emerging Markets | Route To Market | Revenue Optimization

Luigi Panaino

Lisbon, Portugal

27 years of leadership and General Management experience in the beverage industry across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Strategy & Commercial Pillars

Mark Pritchard

Africa

30+ years of senior management experience in Africa across FMCG, technology and entrepreneurship, with deep cultural understanding of diverse African markets.

African Expert | High Impact | Change Management | Innovation | Org Restructure | People

Mostafa Zaghloul

Dubai, UAE

23 years in Commercial functions and General Management with Unilever, Mars Inc, SCJ, Henkel and Agthia, covering 22 categories and 22 countries across the MEA region.

Route To Market | Commercial Strategy | Sales & Execution | Revenue Management | Perfect Store | Capability Building

Nalaka Hettiarachchi

Bangladesh

25+ years across FMCG, consumer durables, telecommunications and market research, an RTM specialist with transformational results for Coca-Cola in Asia and Africa.

SME – RTM & CSS | Commercial Strategy

Nihal El Daly

Dubai, UAE

25+ years managing and growing multi-billion-dollar brand and business franchises across Home Care, Personal Care and Food & Beverage in the Gulf, MENA and beyond.

Corporate & Marketing Strategy | Consumer & Customer Insights | Market Development | War Gaming | Organizational Transformation

Nuno Anjo e Silva

Lisbon, Portugal

30 years in Marketing, General Management and Sales with Unilever, The Navigator Company, Coca-Cola and Nestlé, working with teams in over 40 countries.

Growth Acceleration | Transformation | Strategic Marketing | Commercial Excellence | Portfolio & Brand Architecture | Route To Market

Pinar Ibrahimhakkioglu

Istanbul, Turkey

Finance executive with 26 years of experience, mainly with The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Icecek, across strategic, commercial and investment finance.

Financial Planning & Analysis | Strategic Finance | Commercial Finance | Risk Management | Audit

Samuel Muhindi

Nairobi, Kenya

Launched the Africa RTM Academy and led RTM transformations including the Cameroon HORECA channel and the Mwanza RTM turnaround.

Channel, Customer Strategy & Execution | Revenue Growth Management | Systems & Data Integration

Sherif Mousharafa

Cairo, Egypt

13+ years in strategic planning, sales & marketing management, RGM, RTM and business transformation across FMCG, F&B, fintech, petrochemicals, energy and e-commerce.

Strategic Planning | Commercial Strategy | Business Development | Business Analysis | RGM | Project Management

Tarik Charrat

Morocco

24 years within The Coca-Cola Company in business development in Morocco and across 5 North African countries, covering RTM assessment, re-design and measurement.

Business Development | RTM | Commercial Strategy | Execution | Salespeople Development

Victor Sánchez

Toronto, Canada

20+ years of international CPG experience across North and Latin America, leading cross-functional teams to develop commercial strategies and build capability.

Commercial Strategy | Revenue Management | Category Management & Innovation

Our commitments

What you can expect from us

01

Deliver on Time in Full

We are here for you, as we are all used to a time sensitive delivery culture.

02

Allocate our best people to your project

Only senior ex business executives with hands-on P&L experience work on your project.

03

Best value for money

A minimum overheads-based business model, always providing best value for money.

04

Personal support

Direct access to the partners leading your project, on the ground through implementation.

05

Impactful results

Needle moving achievements, as evidenced by the fact that 80% of our projects are repeat projects.

Scope of services