Omar H El Gabaly is a medical doctor and healthcare executive with over 15 years of experience in management consulting, healthcare administration, and business development. He is currently the General/Executive Manager of CAIROSCAN Radiology & Labs, Egypt's leading private provider of diagnostic imaging and labs. In this role, he has successfully grown company revenues and profits significantly while overseeing an expansion plan to triple the branch network size. Prior to this, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co advising healthcare clients across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
1. Omar H El Gabaly
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9 Rostom Street
Garden City
7th f loor, f lat 31
Cairo, Egypt
+201009999191
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5 September 1983
Egyptian
Value Proposition Medical doctor with 7+ years experience as a top executive and consultant in the
healthcare industry. Roles spanning across Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Easy going, creative, and
focused professional with solid analytical and problem solving skills. Demonstrated ability to deliver under
pressure in challenging, cross- cultural settings.
2012 - Present CAIROSCAN Radiology & Labs.
2014 - Present General/Executive Manager
Managing a leading Egyptian private provider in the field of diagnostic imaging and labs, earning
approximately 100 mil LE in revenue, and employing 650+ employees across 15 branches
Successfully grew company revenues by more than 50%, EBITDA by more than 225%, and
Pretax profits by more than 550% in a span of 2 years
Led branch network geographic expansion plan to double its 2011 size, and currently overseeing
expansion plans to triple network size by 2018
Negotiating capital raise process equivalent to 2X current paid in capital with a number of
international, regional, and local PE firms including Duet, NBK capital, Swicorp, Cedar Bridge,
EFG Hermes, and others
Secured debt to finance current expansion plan, including 10 mil USD long term loan from the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Introduced novel company operating model for management of day-to-day operations, ensuring
smooth and efficient operations and stable succession in the company
Managing the business process optimization through IT, including procurement and
implementation of ERP system, RIS/PACS for radiology, LIS for labs, and call center software
Spearheading efforts to expand into west Africa, including design of market survey across 3
countries, building the financial model, and managing the relationship with investors
2. 2013 - Present Board Member
Participation in company-wide governance issues including budget approvals, expansions plan,
compensation, and staff skill building
2013 - 2014 Branch Manager
Managed more than 60 employees of medical, nursing, technical, and administrative backgrounds in the
chain’s most important branch, earning more than 30% of company revenues
Grew branch revenue by more than 50% in a span of 18 months, by identifying revenue growth
opportunities across service lines
Implemented new incentive schemes for improved cross selling of services, increasing lab
revenues by more than 300%
Executed new incentive policy resulting in 100%+ utilization of MRI service
Supervised physicians schedules, resulting in lowered patient waiting times by 40%
Promoted second generation of employees running the branch, resulting in improved overall
employee satisfaction, and more sustainable governance of branch
2012 - 2013 Business Development Manager
Engineered and executed the turnaround process of all commercial activities in the company, as well as
‘brand facelift’
Set and executed the sales and marketing strategy for both the radiology and labs business
Recruited, trained, and evaluated the entire direct sales team of 14 people across corporate,
walk-in, syndicate, and tele-services team
Managed Corporate Identity (CI) transformation process, from agency tendering till full delivery of
CI applications package
Managed the 2012 multi-channel advertising campaign, spanning from agency tendering till full
execution
Revised pricing strategy, resulting in abolishment of all loss-making contracts and improved
margins across all services
2008 - 2010 McKinsey & Co.
2009 - 2010 Research Analyst - United Arab Emirates
Managed the knowledge content on all client engagements related to the healthcare industry in the
Middle East as the primary focus, and globally as the secondary focus
Cofounded the mobile healthcare practice; a joint telecom- healthcare initiative comprised of
100+ consultants and serving 6 clients in Africa, Middle East, India and North America
Performed organizational restructuring and process improvement for a food and drug regulator,
affecting circa 1500 employees and 50 branches
Devised fleet management plan for a national air ambulance provider covering 5m people
Analyzed the regional health insurance market and developed launch strategy for a global health
insurer into Jordan, Qatar and UAE
Participated in setting up a health advice phone service receiving 50,000 calls/day in an East
African country
3. Performed market segmentation study for mobile health- related services across 6 geographies.
Results were presented in the World Mobile Congress, the telecom industry's largest mobile
exhibition in the world.
2008 - 2008 Junior Research Analyst - United Kingdom
Engaged in multiple health systems related studies across Western Europe
Developed HealthTracker, an analytical tool designed for assessment of health systems across a
variety of access, quality and cost- related dimensions
2007 - 2008 Kasr Al Aini Teaching Hospital
2007 - 2008 Junior Medical Doctor - Cairo, Egypt
Completed rotations in a broad range of medical specialties including surgery, internal medicine,
obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics and emergency medicine
Education
2011 , IMD MBA Candidate, Lausanne, Switzerland
2000 - 2007 Bachelors of Surgery and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
Languages Arabic, English
Interests Music, soccer, running