Mehdi’s career started in music as a sound engineer and evolved into video games through academia in 2009 at the SAE group as Group Academic Director followed by industry relations. 10 years later, Mehdi joined RCP as BDM representing the interests of 12 studios. In early 2021, he took on business development at i3D.net, a game hosting company part of the Ubisoft group serving as VP until March 2025.
Since fall 2024, Mehdi has been heading his business and strategy consultancy Zenith Pirates as CEO representing clients such as Modulate and Gate21 (a THQ Nordic studio), as well as advising studios such as Harakka Studios. Additionally, Mehdi serves as Chief Business Officer at GIN (Games Industry Network), a disruptive game industry centric professional social network.