Ghaleb El Masri, Founder & Managing Director
1205 Consulting brings management-board operating experience to mid-market companies facing performance, people, and workplace decisions.
An operator's career
Ghaleb El Masri founded 1205 Consulting in 2019 to give mid-market leaders the operating judgment usually reserved for large enterprises. Before 1205, he spent a decade in strategy, technology, and transformation roles at ING Bank, ING Insurance, and NN Group, rising to COO, Chief Transformation Officer, and Management Board member at NN's Romanian business. He held P&L responsibility, led a 140-person technology organization across Europe and Asia, and supported seven divestitures, including two IPOs.
He holds a Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School, an MSc from the University of Toronto, and a BSc with distinction from Queen's University.
- Operator-led
- In practice since 2019
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Operating record.
Ghaleb's operating roles, transactions, board roles, and education.
- Operating record
- Former COO and Management Board member. ING Bank, ING Insurance, NN Group.
- Career scope
- A decade across ING and NN Group in strategy, technology, shared services, transformation, and country operating roles.
- Complex transactions
- Held program-leadership roles supporting seven divestitures, including two IPOs, across Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Graduate education
- MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School; MSc from the University of Toronto.
- Undergraduate education
- BSc in Life Sciences, with distinction, Queen's University.
- Professional membership
- HRPA member
- Board roles
- Board of Governors, Appleby College (ex officio, as President of the Alumni Association); Advancement Committee
- Publishing
- Forbes Business Council contributor since 2022
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