By stageWhere you are
Fractional Executive Search.
The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.
Abu Dhabi is the Capital of Capital, and a growing business here answers to serious institutions: government-linked groups, family offices, ADGM investors and the energy and industrial supply chains around ADNOC. We search our collective of 400+ vetted executives for the leader that moment needs, match them to you, and they embed for the share of the week the work takes.
Governance as a service
We do not make an introduction and step away
Executive search, done fractionally: we find the leader, then stay around the engagement. The support, structure and governance are ours, whether the client is a family group in Al Bateen, an ADGM fund manager on Al Maryah Island or a supplier to a government-linked group. The executive holds the decisions in their domain, sits with the team and owns the outcomes, while we keep the brief, the check-ins and the reporting rhythm that institutional backers look for.
An operator, not an adviserYour leader joins the team and is judged on results the business can see, not on decks. When a sovereign-backed investor joins the cap table, or a government-linked buyer asks for board reporting, they already know what that scrutiny looks like.
Matched to how the capital worksAbu Dhabi runs on long relationships and institution-led decisions. We match for that: executives from our 400+ who have answered to sovereign-backed boards, sat with family shareholders or run suppliers into energy and industry, across finance, operations, technology, revenue and people.
The roles we match
A full C-suite, on the terms a growing business needs
We focus on the leadership functions that move a company forward. Start with one, or draw on the whole collective.
Proven leadership
Our executives have led at the companies you know
Where we are brought in
A leader for the moment in front of you
Most engagements begin with a moment: a departure to cover, a raise to close, a market to enter, a business to turn around. Find the one that fits.
By stage
By momentWhat you are facing
For investorsBehind the capital
The Abu Dhabi commercial case
Senior leadership, without the permanent liability
An engagement is company to company: your business contracts with the executive's entity for a defined scope, with our standard one month's notice. Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time hire. It brings the calibre of leader the large government-linked groups hire to a growing Abu Dhabi business, without adding a permanent senior salary to the books.
Brief a search01
No permanent headcount
No senior salary on the payroll and no permanent role to justify to the board.
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No employment visa to sponsor
The executive works through their own entity, so there is no employment visa to arrange and no insurance burden for you to carry.
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No end-of-service accrual
No gratuity builds up year on year, because there is no employment relationship to accrue it.
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One month's notice
Change the hours, change the scope or bring it to a close on our standard notice. The decision stays with you.
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Business to business
Two companies, one clear scope, one invoice a month. Senior leadership for the business, contracted as a business.
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Tell us the moment
Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.
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A working conversation
We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.
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The match
We search our collective of 400+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.
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Deployment
Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.
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