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Danir SalikhovDS

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About Danir

I help companies improve performance, profitability, and growth.

I have 15+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, and business transformation across industrial sectors. My background includes corporate strategy, commercial excellence, operational improvements, organizational design, and portfolio management, including work with private equity–style projects.

I focus on practical solutions — not just analysis, but implementation. I help companies identify where value is lost and how to improve it quickly and effectively.

Typical projects I support:
• Corporate and business strategy
• Commercial excellence and pricing
• Operational efficiency and cost reduction
• Organizational design and performance management
• Portfolio analysis and investment decisions

MBA (Chicago Booth). Structured, reliable, and focused on results.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Conversational

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Self-employed
    Business Consultant
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    June 2023 - Today (3 years)
    Mechelen, Belgium
    • ● Structured business case of green H2 and green ammonia production
    • ● Integrated management controlling procedures for a construction company
    • ● Identified business development opportunities in Turkey for industrial companies from Central Asia with a potential of $15+M revenues.
    Business Plan Development Business analysis Feasibility study Market analysis
  • SIBUR (the largest
    Senior Manager, Commercial Excellence
    CHEMICAL
    August 2020 - March 2022 (1 year and 7 months)
    Moscow, Russia
    • ● Successfully integrated auction format of sales in the global commercial practice; project NPV is $100-120 mln
    • ● Integrated global B2B marketplace platforms as a lead-generation tool and sales channel; project NPV is $70-90 mln
    • ● Developed pricing strategy for several major petrochemical products; project NPV is $40-50 mln
    • ● Initiated development of Digital sales to small clients and set target model (processes, systems, and organizational structure)
    • ● Initiated and integrated transformation of salesman motivation system to prioritize per-unit profit margin
    • ● Successfully negotiated and finalized agent sales agreement and JV agreement with major competitor, establishing a mutually beneficial partnership
    • ● Initiated and successfully accomplished analysis of Cost-to Serve of channels on export markets
    Sales Excellence Commercial strategy Structuring
  • SIBUR
    Project manager, New Business development
    CHEMICAL
    February 2019 - August 2020 (1 year and 6 months)
    Moscow, Russia
    • ● Led a joint team of 9 specialists in the development of feasibility study of Crude-to-Chemicals complex
    • ● Coordinated cross-functional teams in feasibility study of two investment ideas: Naphtha steam cracker and Aromatics complex
    • ● Coordinated economical and technical feasibility assessment of production of 5 chemical products; one product was approved by Investment Committee
    • ● Led cross-functional team in structuring a petrochemical JV between SIBUR and the biggest Azerbaijani gas-producing company
    Feasibility study Carve-Out Structuring

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Education

  • Master of Business Administration
    The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
    2009
    Master of Business Administration
  • Bachelor/Specialist, PhD
    Kazan Finance and Economics Institute
    2003
    Bachelor/Specialist, PhD

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