Private Speech Advisory

Sharpness.
Density.
Precision.

For Country GMs, Regional Leaders & Brand Presidents in Luxury and Consumer.

Paris · Singapore · Shanghai · Hong Kong · Seoul · Tokyo

Excom, Group Mancom, Senior Leadership. Impatient, hard to impress, looking for a reason to say no.

Substance isn't enough. One angle that doesn't hold. Ambiguity becomes the reason to defer or decline.

Est. 2016
8 to 10 engagements / year

Engaged by C-suite leaders at CAC 40, Fortune 500, and government bodies

Where mandates
are decided.

ServiceSituations
The
Situations
  • 01First address after a promotion or new role+
  • 02Annual business review with Group leadership+
  • 03Internal conventions and town halls+
  • 04Launch of a regional HQ, BU, or innovation center+
  • 05Press and brand spokesperson moments+
EngagementTerms

One discipline.
Three forms.

+ Single-speech intensive

One speech, prepared end to end. Three to five weeks.

+ Yearly retainer

For when the stakes return.

+ Last-minute intensive

48 to 72 hours before the moment.

"The strategy is yours.
How it lands, leave it to me."

70% substance. 30% form. The work happens upstream of the speech: angle, narrative arc, logic of argument, anticipation of objections.

Five phases.
End to end.

Phase 001
Strategic Reframing

Map the audience. Who supports. Who detracts. Find the angle that repositions the speech before a single slide is touched.

Phase 002
Narrative Architecture

Build the skeleton. The opening that earns attention. The single idea they must leave with. The close that locks the verdict.

Phase 003
Argument Sequencing

Order the proofs. Control when they agree, when they question, when they concede. Sequence is leverage.

Phase 004
Adversarial Pressure

Attack the argument before the audience does. Surface every weakness, every ambiguity, every line that invites the wrong question.

Phase 005
Full Simulation

Rehearsal under real conditions. Pacing, presence, authority. Every pause, every answer to the question you don't want asked.

The result
You walk in sharp.

Every word precise. Every minute dense. A message built to hit under any pressure.

What
followed.

Outcome
Annual review. Audience held.

Global Brand GM defending strategy in front of Group leadership. Mandate approved before Q&A. Promoted two years later.

Outcome
First address. Authority established.

A newly appointed executive's first address to the organization. Tone established. No challenge to direction.

Outcome
Portfolio strategy. $5B cession. Promoted.

Business Unit Director defending portfolio strategy during a $5B cession. Named Marketing Director and Board Member of the new entity.

How I
Work

Principle 01
Direct by design

I don't build the presentation. I challenge it. Every assumption, every slide, every line. The structure collapses here, not on the day.

Principle 02
Situation-first, not method-first

Every preparation starts from your specific situation. The method follows, never the reverse.

Principle 03
Obsession with the first 90 seconds

The decision is made in the opening. Lose them in the first 90 seconds, and no argument recovers it.

Principle 04
Invisible by intent

No methodology to credit. No brand to mention. The only people who know I exist are the ones you would refer me to.

Sofian
Meguellati

10 Years.
100+ Engagements.
L'Oréal
Marriott
P&G
Unilever
Disney
Dole

For 10+ years, I've prepared GMs and Brand Presidents at the world's leading luxury beauty, hospitality, consumer goods, and entertainment groups. On the speeches that decide mandates, budgets, and roles.

What I bring is the pattern recognition from 100+ engagements that delivered the outcome. I know what works, what doesn't, and what flips the verdict.

When the speech
decides the mandate.

First address. Annual review. Convention. If the angle isn't there yet, reach out.

sofian@hack40.com or WhatsApp +33 6 25 32 06 78

Engagements held in strict confidence