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Senior capacity for your client projects.

Dr. Mongi Gazelle

Your firm wins the mandate — I strengthen the team that delivers it. Freelance senior consultant for IT due diligence and post-merger integration, cybersecurity and regulatory delivery, enterprise architecture and IT strategy.

Credible with the client from day one, working with your methods and, on request, under your brand. The client relationship stays yours.

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  • 10 years

    multi-year client mandates at Microsoft Germany — DE, CH, NL and the Middle East

  • EUR 30M+

    transformation programmes incl. M&A carve-outs and spin-offs

  • 100 %

    of critical audit findings closed as CISO of a BaFin-regulated bank

  • 5 languages

    German, French, Arabic native · English, Dutch business fluent

01 · Practices

Where I strengthen your team.

  1. 01

    IT due diligence & post-merger integration

    Assessment of application landscapes, dependencies, security posture and integration effort; day-1 readiness and a 100-day plan the business can run.

    M&A carve-outs and spin-offs at Microsoft Germany, EUR 30M+ with business continuity secured.

  2. 02

    Cybersecurity & regulatory delivery

    NIS2 and DORA scoping, gap analysis against ISO 27001 and BAIT/MaRisk, remediation to audit readiness — up to an interim CISO role under your project lead.

    CISO at Sparda-Bank Berlin (BaFin); ISO 27001 for 20,000+ users at GEA; group cybersecurity at Emirates Group, 70+ staff.

  3. 03

    Enterprise architecture & IT strategy

    Target architectures, roadmaps, architecture governance and investment transparency — connecting target picture, governance and delivery.

    Chaired the Enterprise Architecture Committee at ALDI Nord (EUR 100M+, LeanIX); core-banking target architectures at Finanz Informatik Solutions Plus.

02 · Consulting craft

What I bring to your engagements.

  • Analysis & assessment

    Due diligence, gap and maturity analyses, landscape and dependency reviews.

  • Board-ready decision papers

    Target pictures, roadmaps and business cases for management board, advisory board and investors.

  • Programme & vendor management

    Programmes above EUR 30M, including carve-outs, with business continuity secured.

  • Governance bodies

    Built and chaired a binding architecture committee across international country organisations.

  • Stakeholders & change

    500+ stakeholders enabled, adoption up 40 %.

  • Delivery to evidence

    ISO 27001 certification with 100 % audit success; orderly handover to the line organisation.

03 · How we work together

Simple terms for your firm.

  • Freelance, as subcontractor or under your framework agreement — no temporary staffing.
  • Your client relationship stays yours; client protection respected as a matter of course.
  • White-label on request — I appear under your brand.
  • Remote and on site — DACH and international.
  • Available immediately; the day rate is agreed per mandate.

04 · Client experience

Client engagements.

  • Deutsche Telekom
  • Swisscom
  • KPN
  • Etisalat
  • Deutsche Post
  • DHL
  • Deutsche Bank
  • VHV Versicherung
  • Swiss Re
  • Munich Re
  • Lufthansa
  • Austrian Airlines
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Volkswagen Group
  • Bundesagentur für Arbeit
  • Bundespolizei
  • Belastingdienst
  • Axel Springer

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