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About

The brand, and the operation behind it.

Marketing, corporate services and branding specialist, based in Dubai and working in English, French and Arabic.

Abba Oumar at his desk in Dubai, on a call with a corporate client

PhD

Marketing Research

4

Languages, two of them full professional

Dubai

Based in the UAE since 2019

My work sits where three things meet: what a business promises, what a customer actually experiences, and what the numbers say afterwards. Most marketing stops at the promise. I hold a PhD in Marketing Research, an MBA in Business Analysis and a degree in Computer Science, so I can design a brand and also specify the corporate process that delivers it.

That is why the record below is roles rather than campaigns. Nearly six years inside UAE government transactions and document clearing, marketing and client relationships for a medical fitness and government services centre, and three ventures I founded alongside them. Before Dubai took all of it, I was president of FISA Pune from 2019 to 2021, representing the international students of an entire city. In every one of these I have had to answer for the delivery as well as the pitch. Branding without an operation behind it is decoration, and an operation without a brand competes on price alone.

I work with companies, founders and organisations across the UAE and internationally. Some want a brand rebuilt from the positioning up. Some want the government and corporate process handled so their people never have to think about it. Some want someone credible to carry the message publicly. Often it is all three.

How I work

01

The plan is written down

If the strategy only exists in a conversation, it is not a strategy. Everything I produce is a document your team can act on after I leave the room.

02

No claim I cannot defend

Positioning that falls apart under a hard question was never positioning. I pressure-test the story before it goes public, not after.

03

Built for the team you actually have

A content system a five-person team cannot sustain is a plan for failure. Scope follows capacity, not ambition.

04

Measured on the business, not the feed

Reach is an input. Enquiries, pipeline and retention are outputs. The reporting reflects that.

Background

Education

PhD, Marketing Research

Savitribai Phule Pune University, 2022

MBA, Business Analysis

Savitribai Phule Pune University, 2019 to 2020

BSc, Computer Science

Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, 2016 to 2019

Baccalaureate, General Studies

Lycee Felix Eboue, 2009 to 2013

Languages

English, full professional
French, full professional
Arabic, limited working
Hindi, elementary

Areas of work

Brand strategy
Marketing management
Business analysis
Social media strategy
SEO and AI search
Marketing automation
Customer experience
Corporate communications
Digital transformation
Team leadership

Certifications

Data Visualization for Data Analysis and Analytics
Introduction to Business Analysis
B2B Marketing Foundations
Social Media Marketing: Strategy and Optimization
Marketing: Copywriting for Social Media

Tell me where the business is now.

And where you want it to be. If I am not the right person for it, I will say so.