Win the right work. Control commercial risk. Protect and improve margin.
Independent commercial and performance advisory for energy sector contractors across the UAE and Middle East region.
About MSquared Consulting
Our Expertise
At MSquared Consulting, we specialise in providing Independent commercial and project leadership for complex and high-value contracting environments, bringing senior, hands-on capability without the fixed overhead of a full-time hire — well suited to targeted consultancy, freelance support, interim leadership and short diagnostics.
INDEPENDENT INSIGHT • PRACTICAL DELIVERY • MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
Why clients use MSquared
When complex initiatives need senior leadership support
When complex initiatives need senior leadership support
When complex initiatives need senior leadership support
When sharper bids and contract decisions are needed
When complex initiatives need senior leadership support
When complex initiatives need senior leadership support
When governance is slowing delivery or exposing risk
When margin is under pressure and costs need control
When margin is under pressure and costs need control
When margin is under pressure and costs need control
When margin is under pressure and costs need control
When margin is under pressure and costs need control
Core Capabilities
Bid, Pricing and Contract Risk Challenge
Partnering, Market Entry and Governance Support
Margin and Commercial Performance Improvement
Bid / No-Bid and Approval Challenge
Independent challenge of strategic fit, deliverability, risk, return and competitive position—helping leadership teams pursue the right opportunities and make properly informed approval decisions.
Pricing and Commercial Strategy
Review and challenge of pricing assumptions, risk allowances, contingencies, cash flow and commercial strategy—strengthening competitiveness without exposing the business to unmanaged risk or unsustainable margins.
Contract Risk Review and Negotiation
Identification and assessment of material contractual exposures, including liability, payment, performance, change and termination provisions. Practical support is provided to develop qualifications, negotiation priorities and clear risk acceptance decisions.
Margin and Commercial Performance Improvement
Partnering, Market Entry and Governance Support
Margin and Commercial Performance Improvement
Margin and Performance Diagnostic
Focused review of project or business performance to identify margin leakage, unrecovered entitlement, cost exposure, weak controls and realistic opportunities for financial improvement.
Improvement Planning and Implementation
Development of a prioritised improvement plan with defined actions, owners, targets and timescales—supported by hands on implementation to ensure identified opportunities convert into measurable results.
Post Award Commercial Performance
Strengthening the management of change, claims, cash, forecasting, subcontractors and contractual obligations throughout delivery—protecting entitlement, improving predictability and preventing avoidable margin erosion.
Partnering, Market Entry and Governance Support
Partnering, Market Entry and Governance Support
Partnering, Market Entry and Governance Support
Market Entry Strategy
Independent assessment of market attractiveness, entry options, investment requirements, operating model, risks and potential returns—providing leadership with a commercially grounded basis for investment decisions.
Partner and Joint Venture Support
Support with partner evaluation, due diligence, commercial alignment, risk allocation, governance and operating model development—helping establish partnerships and joint ventures that are workable beyond contract signature.
Governance and Decision Frameworks
Development of practical Delegations of Authority, approval gates, accountabilities and reporting arrangements—enabling timely decisions while maintaining appropriate control over commercial and operational risk.
How we work
Assess
Execute
Assess
Confirm priorities, pressure points, risks and quick wins.
Align
Execute
Assess
Agree scope, decision points, pace and success measures.
Execute
Execute
Execute
Work hands-on with your team to move actions and decisions forward.
Embed
Execute
Execute
Leave behind clearer governance, ownership and sustained improvements.
Experience & credibility
25+
25 years with Wood, including senior Commercial Director responsibility and the establishment of a commercial function across the Middle East, Africa and Caspian.
Winning work
Led successful commercial bidding with cumulative values in the tens of billions of dollars
International capability
Commercial oversight of a Europe, Middle East and Africa portfolio valued above USD1.5bn annually.
Profit
Built and led a margin improvement initiative generating more than USD10m.
Relevant experience includes
Senior leadership experience across bid governance, contract portfolios and commercial performance improvement.
Support for complex approvals, pricing decisions and risk-led bid reviews.
Margin improvement, cost optimisation and performance-focused governance uplift.
Delivery in competitive and regulated environments where control, judgement and risk discipline matters.
Why this matters
Clients gain senior commercial and project judgement with hands-on delivery support exactly where it is needed — strengthening bid decisions, improving governance, accelerating difficult initiatives and protecting margin, without the cost or delay of a permanent hire.
Commercial and project leadership when it matters most
Senior-level expertise without unnecessary overhead.
Independent challenge grounded in real delivery experience.
Practical support for growth, bids, commercial governance and difficult initiatives.
Flexible consultancy and freelance engagement model.
Available for consultancy, bespoke support and targeted assignments.
Discuss a commercial challenge confidentially
MSquared Consulting
malcolm@msquared-consulting.com enquiries@msquared-consulting.com +971 56 412 4305
Hours
Mon | 07:30 am – 08:00 pm | |
Tue | 07:30 am – 08:00 pm | |
Wed | 07:30 am – 08:00 pm | |
Thu | 07:30 am – 08:00 pm | |
Fri | 07:30 am – 08:00 pm | |
Sat | Closed | |
Sun | Closed |
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