Mehdi’s professional career started in the music industry as a sound engineer and evolved into video games through academia in 2009 at the SAE group as Group Academic Director  to eventually take on the group’s EU industry relations. After a short stint as an entrepreneur monetizing music for games, Mehdi joined Remote Control Productions as a BD Manager representing the interests of 12 studios around the globe. 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 offering BDaaS for multiple companies such as Modulate and Gate21 , as well as advising studios across the globe. Additionally, Mehdi serves as Chief Business Officer at GIN (Games Industry Network), a disruptive game industry centric professional social media platform and co-founder at GOOGO reinventing Games funding