For clients

Tell me the seat and the date. I'll tell you what the market looks like.

I work for the developers, contractors, operators, utilities, AI platforms and investors building data centre and AI infrastructure, and for the foreign firms opening in the Gulf. You deal with me from the first call to the start date.

Brief me on a searchAccess your search

Not ready to brief? Get a pay benchmark for your open seats

A benchmark of your open seats carries no fee. A full compensation study is a fixed-fee piece, credited against a search.

  • Brief once. You never chase, repeat yourself or wait for an update.
  • Watch the search live on your page and pick from the shortlist in one click.
  • Offer your interview slots and people book themselves; feedback in one tap; dates and invoices handled.
  • Searches filled across the GCC, Europe and North America
  • Executive search in energy and EPC across the Middle East
  • Retained mandates for multinational engineering groups, through their subsidiaries
  • Recruitment teams built and trained
  • Your search page, live from day one
  • A shortlist in 10 working days, in writing

What you get on every search

  • A talent map before any introduction. Who has delivered this scope, where they sit now, what they cost and how many would consider a move. Sources and sample sizes stated.
  • Consented introductions only. I never send a profile, named or anonymised, without the person's permission for your role. No unsolicited profiles, no surprise duplicates with other firms.
  • Pay evidence you can use. Base and allowances by market, so your offer lands first time.
  • Relocation handled. Notice, visas, family questions and the move into the Gulf, managed to the start date.
  • Your search page, live from day one. The funnel with counts, the anonymised shortlist, feedback and interview booking, the promised date beside the real one, and a log of every view and action.
  • A replacement guarantee in writing. If the person leaves inside the guarantee period, I run the replacement search at no fee. A replacement, not a partial refund: you get the seat filled again.

My promise

  • A reply within one business day.
  • A shortlist within 10 working days, with the date in writing, on every retained and engaged search.

See your search as it happens

From the day you sign, you get a private search page. You see what I see: the numbers, the people, the dates and the work behind them, without asking for an update.

  1. The funnel, with counts

    Everyone mapped, approached, interested, interviewed and shortlisted, with the number at every stage.

  2. The shortlist, anonymised until you choose

    A front sheet for each person, and one click to say you want to meet them.

  3. Feedback and interviews from the page

    Leave feedback and book interviews without a chain of emails.

  4. The promised date beside the real one

    The shortlist date I committed to, the date it will actually land, and every weekly report in one archive.

  5. A log of every view and action

    Who opened what and when, on both sides, so nothing is hidden from you or from me.

Retained and engaged. Money on signing.

I work on fewer searches and finish them. The fee on signing buys the talent map, the exclusivity and my diary for your search.

Retained

For leadership seats. The fee is paid in three stages: on signing, on the shortlist and at the start date. Exclusive. Shortlist within 10 working days. 6-month replacement guarantee.

Engaged

For a first search together or a hard specialist seat. A fee on signing, credited in full against the final fee; the balance at the start date. 3 consented people within 10 working days. 90-day guarantee.

In writing first

The fee for your country, the shortlist date and the guarantee, in writing before we start. The people I approach never pay anything.

How retained and engaged search work

The terms in detail: retained first, money on signing

Most of my work is retained executive search. For a first search together, or a hard specialist seat, I also run engaged searches. Both start with a fee on signing. I'll recommend one on our first call. Fees are set out in the terms for your country, which I send after we have spoken about the role.

Retained search

For
Leadership seats: programme and construction directors, heads of commissioning, power and grid connections, operations directors, country heads, heads of GPU operations and platform engineering, platform CEOs and CFOs, and first leaders in a new country.
How it works
The fee is paid in three stages: on signing, on the shortlist and when the person starts.
My commitment
A full market map, a shortlist within 10 working days, and a written report every week. Exclusive for the search.
Guarantee
6 months.
Why clients choose it
The seat is senior or confidential, the pool is small, and getting it wrong costs a phase. You get my full attention for the search, not a share of it.
My background
I helped set up a retained executive search process for a Middle East energy and infrastructure practice, won retained mandates for multinational engineering groups through their subsidiaries, have run director and C-suite mandates relocated into the Middle East, and have run data centre and AI infrastructure searches since.

Engaged search

For
A hard specialist seat, or our first search together.
How it works
An engagement fee on signing, credited in full against the final fee; the balance when the person starts.
My commitment
A shortlist of 3 consented people within 10 working days of the brief. Exclusive for the search.
Guarantee
90 days.

Contingent, by exception

Where I already know the people who fit, I will occasionally work on a success-only basis with exclusivity on the seat. Ask me on the call.

Permanent placement only. I don't supply contract or day-rate staff.

Who I work with

You areI usually help with
A data centre developer or hyperscalerHead of development, programme and construction directors, head of commissioning, before the phase date
An EPC or design-and-build contractorProject directors after an award; commissioning and MEP leads; named key personnel for bids
An operator, colocation firm or AI cloudCountry heads, operations directors, heads of GPU operations and platform engineering, commercial and leasing leaders
A utility or a power teamHeads of power and grid connections, energisation and HV programme directors for large-load connections
A foreign firm opening in the Gulf, or Gulf capital building abroadThe first leaders as one programme, localisation rules explained, national leadership shortlists, relocation of the people you already trust
An infrastructure investorPlatform CEOs, COOs and CFOs, heads of development, board seats
A technology firm entering the Gulf, or a regulated firmCountry manager and first engineering and sales leaders; the CTO, CISO and Head of AI seats a regulator names

Brief me on a search

The more you tell me, the more useful my first reply. I'll come back within one working day.

City, country

Prefer to talk? Book a 20-minute call.

Get a pay benchmark

Tell me the role and the city. I'll benchmark base and allowances against people who have done the job, state the sample size, and tell you how many would consider a move.

A benchmark of your open seats carries no fee. A full compensation study is a fixed-fee piece, credited against a search.

City, country

The Friday brief

Three facts, one project move, one role in demand. Who is building, who is hiring and what the seats pay, by market.

Every Friday: three facts, one project move, one role in demand. One click to unsubscribe. I don't share your details. You'll get one email to confirm.

Access your search

Live search with me? Enter your work email and I'll send a sign-in link to your search page: the talent map, the shortlist and the weekly report.

Questions clients ask

Do you work with our PSL?
Yes. Many clients bring me in for the one or two roles their PSL has had open longest.
Our TA team handles most hiring. Where do you fit?
On the 1 or 2 hardest roles. Your team keeps the talent map whether or not we work together.
Why is there a fee on signing?
Because it buys the map, the exclusivity and my diary for your search. A firm that is paid only on success has to spread its time across many briefs; I work fewer searches and finish them.
What if a search firm has let us down before?
Ask me for the consent policy, the shortlist date and the guarantee in writing before we start. All three are short.
Do the people you approach pay anything?
Never. Under UAE law, and everywhere I work, the people I approach pay nothing.