Marc Lambert

Background

About Marc Lambert

Founder, owner and operator of Maktabak.Space; premium, private and customizable office spaces. Formerly, Managing Director of Yellow Media (Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd.) from June 2001 till October 2021. Skilled and passionate about dynamic team building. Specialized in running a large sales-driven and data aggregation/leasing organization with multiple international partners such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, TomTom, Vodafone as well as numerous local brands. Transitioned a print-product only company into a leading digital ad sales and digital platform management organization. During the pandemic pivoted our sales approach from traditional face-to-face sales calls to complete e-selling solutions including digital contracts and payments. Experienced in leadership, business operations and development, effective communication, customer service, strategic, opportunity and crisis management, process improvement, pay-for-performance schemes, strategic partnership development and management. English and French native languages. Fair spoken/written Spanish. Fair spoken Arabic. Adaptable, open-minded, creative, flexible, loyal and dependable. Core Competencies and Expertise • Organization Building – Building the right teams and skill sets needed in all operational areas to execute a company’s business plan and achieve its goals by recruiting top-talent, identifying, mentoring and promoting top-performers, and weeding-out under-performers. • Common Vision – Motivate people together by instilling a shared vision, sense of belonging and common purpose, inspiring them to believe in the Company’s ability to succeed, and fostering a sense of pride and ownership in the Company’s success, • Culture – Lead by example, encourage “take your hat off and get your hands dirty” approach, foster key values and a culture based on high performance, empowerment, collaboration, accountability, desire to succeed. • Problem Solving & Process Improvement – Work with teams to proactively identify areas for process and performance improvement while uncovering internal and external to ever evolving challenges and find solutions therewith. • Proven Crisis Management Effectiveness – Kept the company together particularly in hard times over two decades - two major currency depreciations devalued the company and built it back up. Worked diligently at keeping spirits up with a “ together, this too we will overcome” approach during two revolutions and a pandemic.