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Najet Tenoutit

Strategic Risk Advisor

€900/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Najet

Consultante indépendante et conseillère stratégique, j’accompagne depuis plus de 20 ans des dirigeants, Comités exécutifs et Conseils d’administration dans la structuration de leur gouvernance, la gestion de risques complexes et la conduite de décisions sensibles à forts enjeux politiques, réglementaires et réputationnels.

Mon parcours s’est construit au plus haut niveau d’organisations multilatérales, de cabinets de conseil de premier plan et de groupes privés globaux, dans des environnements exposés et fortement scrutés (institutions financières internationales, États, Fortune 1000, ONG).

J’interviens principalement sur des missions de diagnostic stratégique, structuration de dispositifs (gouvernance, conformité, risk management, affaires publiques), appui à la prise de décision exécutive, et sécurisation de partenariats ou de projets sensibles. Ma valeur ajoutée réside dans ma capacité à traduire des exigences complexes (réglementaires, fiduciaires, politiques) en cadres opérationnels clairs, mesurables et directement activables par les équipes dirigeantes.

Habituée aux contextes à haute visibilité et sous contrainte de temps, je travaille en étroite relation avec les décideurs pour éclairer, arbitrer et sécuriser des décisions structurantes.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Basic

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • UNICEF,
    Senior Advisor (Consultant)
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
    Washington, DC, USA
    × Advise senior leadership on policy, compliance, and regulatory strategy with international financial institutions (IFIs) and major donors; align Legal/Finance/Procurement with productized governance to reduce risk and friction.
    × Lead partnership development with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC); define engagement model, governance, audit expectations, and risk allocation to de-risk collaboration and accelerate programmatic deployment.
    × Negotiate Partnership Framework Agreements (PFAs) (e.g., with CAF); structure positions on fiduciary controls, audit rights, immunities, and dispute mechanisms; establish baselines, KRIs, and review cadences to expedite downstream agreements.
    × Produce high-stakes scenario briefs (e.g., Yemen IDA financing agreement) for senior staff, framing fiduciary, audit, and immunities issues succinctly for decision.
    × Build exec-ready dashboards (e.g., Power BI) and KRI sets that monitor pipeline/risk/implementation status; codify decision gates for condensed Annual/Spring Meetings windows.
    × Coordinate template and clause improvements (PFAs, MoUs, grant agreements; confidentiality, sanctions, immunities) to enable repeatable, scalable partner engagement.
    × (As appropriate) Counsel corporate donors/F1000 partners on program design under heightened scrutiny, translating regulatory requirements into operating specs for CSR/grantmaking teams.
    Strategic Partnerships Governance
  • Foundever,
    Vice-President, Managing Director — Impact
    March 2023 - January 2025 (1 year and 10 months)
    Washington, DC, USA
    × Co-founded and launched Foundever.org and the #CXforGood movement, positioning enterprise impact with global partners, regulators, and analysts; embedded policy & government relations into corporate affairs posture.
    × Instituted a metrics framework and quarterly reporting to the C-suite on 6 global projects; tied program inputs to inclusion and employability outcomes (training completion, placement rates).
    × Led public affairs engagement during IPO-readiness, positioning the firm with institutional and government stakeholders as a trusted ESG-aligned partner.
    × Built global influence coalitions and advocacy tools to shape narratives around inclusive labor practices and responsible tech use.
    × Developed repeatable playbooks for outreach, diligence, MoU/PFA structuring, and pilot activation—reducing cycle time and improving clarity for external partners.
  • Bain & Company,
    Director, Global Risk
    December 2021 - February 2023 (1 year and 2 months)
    Global and Multicultural Center, Tallahassee, FL, USA
    strategy firm with ~16,000+ employees in 65 offices; revenue est. $6.5B.
    × Designed and led global risk governance for public-sector/regulated portfolios; instituted policy-sensitivity screening and legislative/regulatory mapping across 65+ countries.
    × Deployed AI-assisted diligence (PEP/conflicts/adverse media) and standardized go/no-go criteria, improving time-to-mitigation by 35% and reducing manual review by ~12 hrs/deal.
    × Contributed to litigation-adjacent media strategies (e.g., South Africa case, UK 3-year ban), managing stakeholder expectations during public inquiries/market bans.
    × Developed localized accreditation and risk-governance standards to maintain compliance in government tenders and ensure implementation of global best practices.
    × Provided Board subcommittees and regional governance leaders with advisory materials supporting enterprise risk alignment.

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Education

  • M.A., International
    University of Lyon III
    2006
    M.A., International
  • M.A., Crisis
    University of Savoy
    2005
    M.A., Crisis

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