Sarah Adam

- Led commercial due diligence for $14B petrochem acquisition, assessing the market, competition, business plan and value-creation opportunities
- Developed the business plan, governance model and 11-workstream launch roadmap for a digital services JV projected to generate $375M over 5ys
- Identified opportunities to improve efficiency by 20-30% across 5 processes of a GCC energy major

Competitively selected by Kearney to represent the firm on secondment
- Led a global critical minerals initiative across data centre, power grid and electric vehicle value chains; defined the workplan, stakeholder map, governance and reporting cadence through Davos 2026
- Conducted 60+ C-suite and senior stakeholder interviews
- Developed the flagship publication ‘From Minerals to Megawatts’

- Designed the procurement operating model for a multibillion-dollar rail, transport and logistics organisation, covering organisation structure, governance, processes and capability requirements
- Developed the digital and IT strategy and operating model for a national research organisation, translating strategic priorities into initiatives and an implementation roadmap

Select engagements:
- Identified and evaluated more than 30 partnership and investment opportunities worth over $15B to support the development of strategic alliances between a GCC country and multiple African countries
- Evaluated the non-fuel retail business strategy and prioritised initiatives for a multi-national energy company seeking to diversify downstream revenue and improve profitability

- Prepared a 5-year development roadmap for a sub-Saharan African gas company, defining strategic priorities, organisational requirements, and implementation approach
- Assessed & modelled market attractiveness of African countries and sectors, using more than 50 socio-economic indicators to develop an international investment strategy

Supported project planning and regulatory analysis for the international transport of radioactive materials, including routing, quotations, material classification and compliance requirements

Internship within the Physical and Chemical Foundations of Process Engineering group, with particular focus on crystallisation.

Conducted experimental and modelling work on industrial crystallisation, including data analysis in MATLAB.

Investigated the feasibility of replacing water pumps in a fluorine plant to optimise plant operation and minimise energy consumption

Apr 2023

Combined Master's across the Catalysis and Bioprocessing Institutes. Six months of Catalysis course-work and 1.5 years of laboratory experiments.

Dissertation focused on synthesising silver nanoparticles for antibacterial, water purification purposes to improve drinkability, a pertinent problem to solve in Africa.

- Placed on Dean’s Merit List each year of study
- Awarded the Gerda van Rosmalen prize: most promising student in Crystallisation & Precipitation course
- Invited to join the Golden Key Honour Society as a top achiever within Chemical Engineering