Louai Al Roumani was head of finance and planning at Banque Bemo Saudi Fransi (BBSF), a privately-owned retail bank in Syria, when the war broke out in 2011. Over the next few years he would find himself leading at various points the finance, strategy and operations functions of one of the largest companies in the country in the midst of a warzone.
Part-memoir, part strategic business advice, Lessons from a Warzone draws on the lessons Louai learned over the next four years steering the bank through unbelievably difficult times and proposes nine hard-learned lessons applicable to any leader in the midst of a crisis situation including-
Lesson #1- Don't do things right but do the right thing
Lesson #2- Transform your concept of time
Lesson #3- Don't overplan
