StormwindConsulting

Partner-led advisory · Lebanon and the GCC

Clear numbers.
Decisions that hold.

Stormwind is a partner-led advisory firm for governments and companies in Lebanon and the GCC. We work on economic development, financial sustainability, and cost and leak diagnostics, led by a former Kearney Equity Partner with 16 years in strategy consulting. CONFIRM: years of experience

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Government & economic developmentFinancial sustainabilityCost & leak diagnostics
−18.4% ILLUSTRATIVE FINDING e.g. leakage in a spend line

Founder background

16years
in strategy consulting, across government and corporate work Placeholder: confirm CONFIRM: years of experience
Equity Partner
Kearney, Government & Economic Development
Head of office
Kearney Beirut, former head of the office CONFIRM: Beirut office role
Bain
Bain & Company, earlier in his career Placeholder: confirm

01 — Practice areas

Three areas, one standard of evidence.

We focus on a few areas where senior experience in the region matters most. Each engagement starts from the data and ends with a decision someone can own.

01 —

Government & economic development

Strategy and delivery support for ministries, public agencies and economic-development bodies: from setting priorities to the operating model and governance that carry them through.

  • Which sectors and programmes to back, and in what order
  • How to organise delivery so that results can be tracked
  • How to brief leadership and partners on progress
Discuss a programme →
02 —

Financial sustainability

Plans that put public entities, state-owned enterprises and companies under pressure back on a sustainable footing, without breaking the service they exist to provide.

  • How large the funding gap is, and how fast it grows
  • Which levers close it: revenue, spend, assets, financing
  • What a credible multi-year path looks like
Discuss a sustainability question →
03 —

Cost & leak diagnostics

A fast, evidence-based review of where money leaves the organisation, in procurement, payroll, subsidies, collections and contracts. Each finding sized, sourced and given an owner.

  • What is being paid for but not received
  • Which leaks are worth fixing first
  • How to stop them recurring
Discuss a diagnostic →
Enabler

Data and AI tools, used where they help. Analytics and AI let a small senior team process large datasets quickly. Judgement and accountability stay with people.

Product arm: early stage Placeholder: product arm

02 — How we work

Diagnose, decide, deliver.

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A short, senior-led sequence. You work with the partner from the first meeting to the last, not with a slide deck handed down a team.

01

Diagnose

Start from the data. Establish the baseline, size the gap and locate where value is lost. Every finding carries its source.

Output: fact base and sized findings

02

Decide

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Turn findings into a short list of options with costs, trade-offs and owners, framed for the minister, board or CEO who has to sign.

Output: decision paper and roadmap

03

Deliver

Stay through implementation where it is useful: set targets, track them and adjust. Senior involvement throughout.

Output: targets, tracking, course corrections

Portrait of Patrick Samaha, CEO & Managing Partner, Stormwind Consulting

03 — Founder

Patrick Samaha

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CEO & Managing Partner

Patrick founded Stormwind after 16 years in strategy consulting. CONFIRM: years of experience At Kearney he was an Equity Partner in the Government & Economic Development practice and Head of the Beirut office. CONFIRM: Beirut office role Before that, he worked at Bain & Company.

He leads every Stormwind engagement personally. Placeholder: confirm “leads every engagement” and bio wording with Patrick

Read the full CV →

“You work with a senior partner, not a slide deck.”Stormwind principle, carried over from the current site
KearneyEquity Partner, Government & Economic Development
Kearney BeirutFormer Head of office CONFIRM: Beirut office role
Bain & CompanyFormer consultant CONFIRM: Bain title

04 — Insights

Notes from the work.

Short, practical pieces for decision-makers. Placeholder: articles below

Public financeDate TBC

Where public budgets leak: a diagnostic checklist

Ten places to look first, and the data each one needs.

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Financial sustainabilityDate TBC

Five questions boards of state-owned enterprises should ask

A short test of whether a financial plan will survive contact with reality.

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Data & AIDate TBC

Using AI in public-sector diagnostics, carefully

What it speeds up, what it should never decide, and how to audit it.

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05 — Contact

Start with a conversation.

Tell us about the decision in front of you. A first conversation is confidential and carries no obligation.

Email
info@stormwind-consulting.com Placeholder: confirm address (current site uses info@)
Based in
Beirut · serving the GCC Placeholder: confirm offices
LinkedIn
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