INDEPENDENT ADVISORY. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
Stronger organisations. Clearer decisions.
Transformation that moves from vision to execution.
CORPORATE DISCIPLINE.
CULTURAL VISION.
BUILT ON THE FOUNDER’S
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior career experience of Bassam Challita. These organisations are not presented as clients or endorsers of Challita Advisory.
01 / WHAT WE DO
Challita Advisory is led by Bassam Challita. We connect organisational restructuring, risk management and process modelling, executive training, and cultural strategy to help organisations move from diagnosis to implementation.
Select a practice to explore the challenges, approach and deliverables. ↗
02 / LEARNING THAT TRANSFERS TO WORK
Tailored programmes built around your team's context. Case studies, applied exercises and tools to take back to the organisation.
Practical skills.
Real responsibilities.
Available in Arabic, English or French.
In-house or live online, by agreement.
FOR MANAGERS & PROJECT TEAMS
Understand the numbers behind a business or project, build realistic budgets and anticipate cash-flow pressures.
03 / CULTURE & INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Advisory for cultural institutions, foundations, public-sector teams and private organisations developing a meaningful cultural role.
Culture deserves
a long-term vision.
From a founding vision to a programme that people experience.
STRATEGY → INSTITUTION → EXPERIENCEDefine purpose, identity, audiences and strategic priorities. Translate them into a multi-year portfolio with clear objectives.
Outputs: strategic framework, pillar map, delivery roadmap.Design operating models, leadership responsibilities, decision rights and policies for cultural platforms and organisations.
Outputs: governance model, responsibilities, operating procedures.Shape coherent seasons, festivals and multidisciplinary experiences connecting music, storytelling, visual arts and heritage.
Outputs: programme concept, curatorial brief, delivery plan.Map relevant institutions, artists and partners. Develop collaboration propositions and cross-border programme structures.
Outputs: partnership map, collaboration briefs, engagement plan.Design learning programmes and opportunities for artists, cultural managers and communities to participate and grow.
Outputs: learning framework, workshop concepts, participation plan.Connect artistic intent to budgets, funding options, audience development and meaningful measures of progress.
Outputs: budget scenarios, funding approach, evaluation framework.SELECTED PRODUCTIONS FROM THE FOUNDER’S CULTURAL CAREER
An original production connecting Arabic and Flamenco traditions through music, storytelling and dance. Presented at Casino du Liban, Murcia Tres Culturas and Jerash Festival.
An immersive production bringing together orchestra, dancers, singers and visual storytelling. Associated with Bassam’s Murex d’Or 2024 recognition.
A cross-cultural production integrating classical, oriental and contemporary influences, presented at Casino du Liban.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Explore the kinds of challenges our approach is designed to address.
Professionalise a founder-led business, clarify accountability across a portfolio company, or make a new operating model work in practice.
04 / WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
For a leadership team that needs a clear view before committing to change.
For organisations ready to reshape an operating model or critical process.
For teams that need practical skills connected to their daily responsibilities.
Each engagement is scoped individually, with agreed deliverables, timing and fees before work begins.
“Understand the business.
Design the right solution.
Make sure it actually happens.”
05 / FOUNDER-LED ADVISORY
Founder & CEO
Executive judgement. Cultural vision. The ability to connect both.
Bassam brings approximately 20 years of experience spanning Deloitte, EY France, Ad Astra Advisory and senior global roles at the International Rescue Committee, with professional exposure across more than 40 countries.
At IRC, his work covered supply-chain risk and compliance across 30+ countries, followed by global systems and ERP transformation. Earlier work included internal-control restructuring in the Vale New Caledonia industrial environment.
As Founder & Executive Director of Bassam Challita Productions, he conceives and delivers multidisciplinary cultural work connecting Arabic, Andalusian and Mediterranean traditions. His cultural leadership also includes OPRA Beirut and Platea Lebanon.
06 / HOW WE WORK
Every assignment starts with the problem to solve and ends with clear ownership of the next steps.
Agree the strategic, operational or cultural challenge and the boundaries of the assignment.
Listen to stakeholders, examine evidence and map how work gets done.
Develop options, test assumptions and agree practical recommendations.
Equip teams with tools, responsibilities and a workable action plan.
PERSPECTIVES / HOW WE THINK
Practical viewpoints on the decisions leaders face. Explore a short briefing.
LET’S START WITH YOUR CHALLENGE
Tell us what your organisation is facing. We can explore the right scope, approach and next step.
bassam.challita@gmail.com ↗Direct contact with the founder.
Remote and on-site delivery, agreed by location.