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Fractional Executive Search.

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

Senior leadership for SMEs in Dubai and across the UAE, curated and embedded directly into your business, without the commitment, cost or liability of a full-time hire.

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350+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksFrom brief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire
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Governance as a service

We do not make an introduction and step away

Hire one leader and the perspective of the whole collective comes with them. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working. The executive holds the decisions in their domain and owns the outcomes.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader embeds in the team, executes, and is measured on business outcomes, not on deliverables or decks.
A collective behind every placementOur collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives stands behind the engagement, across finance, operations, technology and more.
The roles we place

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 build the bench.

Chief Operating Officer

COO

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Technology Officer

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Revenue Officer

CRO

Chief Revenue Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

CMO

Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Human Resources Officer

CHRO

Chief Human Resources Officer

Proven leadership

Our executives have led at the companies you know

AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
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.

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The Dubai commercial case

Senior leadership, without the employment

An engagement is company to company. That removes the cost and liability that a permanent executive hire carries in the UAE.

Brief a search
01

No employment visa

The engagement is contractual. There is no visa to sponsor and no headcount to carry.

02

No insurance burden

No medical cover, no benefits administration, none of the overhead a permanent hire brings.

03

No end-of-service liability

No gratuity accruing on the balance sheet, and no severance exposure when the work concludes.

04

One month's notice

Scale the engagement up or down, or step away, on one month. You keep the optionality.

05

Business to business

A company-to-company arrangement, invoiced cleanly. Senior leadership without the employment.

How an engagement works

From the moment to the match, in weeks

Tell us where you need leadership and we handle the rest. The first conversation does most of the work.

01

Tell us the moment

Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.

02

A working conversation

We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.

03

The match

We search our collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.

04

Deployment

Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.

Common questions

The questions founders ask first

A senior C-suite leader who embeds directly into your business on a part-time or retained basis. They do not just advise. They hold the decisions in their domain and stay accountable to the outcomes, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Engagements are business to business and typically run six to twenty-four months. Start with one leader or a micro-team, and scale either way on one month's notice as your priorities shift.

A consultant advises and steps away. A fractional executive embeds and executes. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working; the executive owns the outcomes.

Typically 30 to 60% less than a full-time executive. You pay for the seniority and the time you need, not idle headcount, and there are no recruitment fees, benefits or end-of-service costs.

Get started

The home of fractional leadership.

Tell us where you need leadership. We will match a vetted executive in weeks, backed by our collective of 350+, with no visa, no end-of-service liability, and one month's notice.

Find your leader