Independent Advisory
Clarity, then transformation.
Independent IT advisory for financial institutions across the GCC. First clarity — exposing what is genuinely broken or holding the organisation back. Then the shift — building the technology capability that carries it forward.
Services
IT Diagnostic and Transformation Advisory
IT Governance and Regulatory Readiness
IT Health Check and Operating Model Review
Fractional CIO Retainer
About the Founder
Sami Askar is a Bahraini IT transformation advisor with over two decades of senior leadership across GCC banking and insurance, including group-level CIO responsibility within CBB-licensed institutions.
He founded ClearShift on a conviction shaped over two decades: that lasting transformation begins with clarity. An independent adviser who has sat in the chair and knows the regulatory environment can see what others cannot — and turn that clarity into the shift the organisation needs.