Walid Ardhaoui

About Walid Ardhaoui

I am a Strategy and M&A executive with deep operating and financial experience, driving durable growth and value across high-tech industrials, energy, and specialty chemicals. I have developed 120+ strategies and executed $44B in transactions, converting strategic ambition into sustained EBITDA expansion.As a trusted C-suite advisor, I lead cross-functional alignment and guide organizations through complex change. Pragmatic and hands-on, my approach incorporates AI-enabled analysis, while remaining rooted in customer-centricity and shaped by an early foundation in operations finance, capital planning, and market strategy across diverse international operating environments. This breadth enables me to translate strategic vision into disciplined execution, bringing a global and culturally agile perspective.Selected Impact- Strategy Leadership: I designed and delivered 120+ strategies driving measurable EBITDA growth for companies up to $22B in revenue; led strategy teams of 60+ in complex, matrixed environments- M&A Execution: I executed $44B in buy-side, sell-side, divestiture, and carve-out transactions; assessed 320+ targets and authored 100+ valuations; led global deal teams of 160+.Core Skills- Strategy: Corporate Strategy Design & Execution | Digital Transformation & Innovation | Portfolio Optimization | Capital Allocation | Transformation Leadership | Change Management | Stakeholder Alignment | Strategic Ideation- M&A: Cross-Border Transactions | Buy & Sell-Side Execution | Origination & Sourcing | Valuation | Due Diligence | Deal Structuring | Negotiation | Post-Merger Integration | Carve-Outs | Divestitures- Leadership: Global Team Mobilization | Cultural Agility | C-Suite Advisory | Cross-Functional Collaboration | High-Stakes Decision-Making.Always open to thoughtful dialogue on corporate strategy and M&A. Feel free to reach out via LinkedIn.

Experience

1. Founder and Principal

   Houston Strategy Group

   Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Providing strategic and M&A advisory services across high-tech industrials, energy, and specialty chemicals.Selected work: • Buy-side technology M&A for a global chemical company: strategic fit, diligence, valuation, integration. • Integration advisory for merger of two oilfield services multinationals. • Corporate strategy advisory for a regional industrial safety equipment distributor. • Strategy assessment of a global oilfield services company for a financial institution

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Mergers and Acquisitions Executive Program

• HEC Carthage School of Business

  Bachelor’s Degree, Finance

• Harvard Business School Executive Education

  Corporate Level Strategy Executive Program

• Virginia Tech

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Management Systems Engineering