David Panhans

David Panhans is a Senior Associate in the telecommunication unit at Oliver Wyman, based in the Dubai office. He has more than 7 years of consulting and industry experience and focuses on the telecom and media industry. His areas of expertise are strategic analysis, organization design, general strategy and product & service marketing for fixed and mobile operators as well as program and project management.

His recent assignments for telecom operators in the Middle East include the following:
- Re-vamp and implementation of Sales & Distribution strategy within the context of a large turnaround project for a leading African mobile operator, Nigeria
- Fixed business launch preparation, launch organization set-up, master plan design and start-up budget definition for a Middle Eastern mobile operator, Oman
- Design and implementation of a Group structure for a leading telco, UAE. Definition of Group functions, roles and responsibilities and key processes
- Opportunity assessment of potential marketing synergies between OpCos, especially in roaming (wholesale and retail) and international voice services for a leading mobile operator, UAE
- Organization set-up and preparation of WiMAX launch for a mobile operator, Bahrain
- Definition of the Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) strategy & business case between a leading mobile operator and the incumbent operator in the Middle East, Egypt
- Fixed market entry strategy for an integrated operator in the Middle East. Definition of service roadmap, evaluation of different access technology scenarios and business case, UAE

Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, David Panhans has worked for a leading French management consultancy in France and carried out assignments for for leading European fixed and mobile operators, that include:
- Project director for the launch of convergent services (Mobile – Internet) in the mass market for a leading European Mobile operator
- Market entry strategy definition for an innovative electronic payment solution
- Reshaping distribution processes for mobile data services for a leading European operator
- Definition of a market entry strategy for the P2P (peer to peer) market for a French ISP
- Construction of the global product roadmap 2006 for a leading French Mobile operator

Prior to his career in business consultancy, David Panhans has been a co-founder of the European Internet Start-up dooyoo.com, Berlin. In his role as Vice President Product Development, he was responsible for the strategic product marketing and the development of the European site.

Mr. Panhans holds a Business Administration Degree from the University of Hagen, Germany, as well as a post-graduate Master from the ESCP-EAP de Paris, France.
David is fluent in German, English and French.