The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.

A senior C-suite leader, typically with 20 or more years of operating experience, who embeds in your business on a part-time or retained basis. They are not a consultant who advises and steps away. They hold the decisions in their domain, execute alongside your team, and are accountable to measurable outcomes, for the share of time the role actually requires.

Yes, and it matters. ADGM on Al Maryah and Reem Islands applies English common law directly, with its own courts, a distinct regime from Dubai's DIFC and from UAE federal civil law. The capital's economy is oriented around sovereign capital and the GRE ecosystem rather than trade and tourism, and its business culture is more institution-led and relationship-driven. Our collective is fluent in that ecosystem, not in generic UAE free-zone language.

Engagements are contracted company to company, invoiced cleanly, and typically cost 30 to 60% less than a full-time executive hire. An ADGM-regulated finance leader can command 20 to 35% above a mainland equivalent, and the ADGM Employment Regulations 2024 made end-of-service gratuity uncapped, so the saving compounds. There are no recruitment fees, no benefits to administer, and no gratuity accrual on the arrangement. Engagements usually run six to twenty-four months, with one month's notice to scale up, scale down, or conclude.

The model is well suited to family businesses professionalising their governance, ADGM-based financial services and investment firms requiring experienced finance or risk leadership, Hub71 scale-ups needing their first senior CFO or COO, and companies supplying the ADNOC and IHC ecosystems where ICV certification gates contract access. Any business that needs genuine C-suite capability but cannot yet justify the fixed cost of a full-time executive is a natural candidate.

Most engagements move from an initial conversation to a matched executive within a few weeks. Behind every placement sits our collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives across finance, operations, technology, revenue and people functions. Your leader can draw on that depth when the work requires it, so you are not dependent on a single individual's knowledge.