A boutique built to close the gap between strategy and execution.
OPERION Advisory is a senior-led practice founded to help executives execute complex change with clarity, discretion, and control — without the layers, junior staffing, or one-size-fits-all frameworks of a large firm.
Sarkis Semaan
Founder & Managing Partner
Sarkis is a media executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience driving transformation, privatization, and operational restructuring. He has led high-impact consultancy engagements for national broadcasters and media entities — including privatization strategy, infrastructure due diligence, and large-scale operational audits.
He founded OPERION on a simple premise: the work that matters most to an organisation is rarely the strategy document. It is what happens after it is approved — the operating model that gets built, the transformation that gets delivered, the infrastructure that gets commissioned on schedule and on budget.
Download the OPERION profile (PDF) →Operating model build + execution
Design and stand up target operating models that hold under real operating pressure.
Public → private transformation
Privatization strategy, readiness, and implementation across regulated, government-adjacent entities.
Operational efficiency maximisation
Productivity, utilisation, and cost-structure gains without compromising delivery quality.
Infrastructure planning, RFPs, execution
End-to-end oversight from requirements to vendor selection to handover and acceptance.
That premise shapes how every engagement is staffed and run. There is no bench of junior consultants learning on the client's time. There is a senior partner, a tight scope, and a commitment to outputs that stand up to board and government-level scrutiny.
Principles that govern every engagement, not just the pitch.
Discretion first
Confidential by default. NDA-ready. Engagements involving sensitive government or board matters are handled with the same rigor as public ones — and disclosed only with permission.
Senior-led, always
The partner who scopes the engagement delivers it. No handoffs, no rotating staff, no learning curve at the client's expense.
Outcomes over decks
Every deliverable is built to be acted on: decision logs, blueprints, RFP packs, and governance structures — not slideware.
A specialist layer for international consultancies.
OPERION can support larger international consultancies as an embedded specialist: subject matter input, workstream ownership, deliverable review, and executive framing for boards and ministries.
Typical deliverables
- Operating model & governance frameworks
- Privatization program support & execution plans
- Infrastructure due diligence & gap analysis
- RFP scope, evaluation matrix, negotiation notes
- Board memos & executive packs