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The Executive Programme · By application · Two or three clients at a time

Executive search firms work for the employer. I work for you.

Two decades of executive recruitment in the Gulf, now on your side. Start with the Direct Approach System, built for you in ten working days. If you then want me alongside you in the market for eight weeks, that is the Programme, and everything you paid for the system is credited in full.

8 weeks · private 1:1 2 to 3 clients at a time AED 7,500 · one payment Dubai · since 2007
Executive Programme gold palm and star emblem
Offer in 6 weeks“Within six weeks of joining, I accepted a job offer in Dubai.”Ryan Addley
2 offers · via 1:1“Two job offers from one strategy call.”Lee Hall
Senior PM · signed“MECA works because Dan works.”Ganesh Subramanian
First UAE role“I secured my first role in the UAE shortly after.”Emmet Jones
Moved to Saudi“Supported my move to Saudi Arabia.”Johan Bak
Executive“Clear, strategic, and tailored.”Naoise King, ex FIFA & F1
After redundancy“Made a massive difference.”Ajay Shah
Offer in 6 weeks“Within six weeks of joining, I accepted a job offer in Dubai.”Ryan Addley
2 offers · via 1:1“Two job offers from one strategy call.”Lee Hall
Senior PM · signed“MECA works because Dan works.”Ganesh Subramanian
First UAE role“I secured my first role in the UAE shortly after.”Emmet Jones
Moved to Saudi“Supported my move to Saudi Arabia.”Johan Bak
Executive“Clear, strategic, and tailored.”Naoise King, ex FIFA & F1
After redundancy“Made a massive difference.”Ajay Shah

Step one · The Executive Direct Approach System · 10 working days

How senior people get into conversations before roles are advertised.

AED 3,950one payment · approx $1,075
See the system

Ten clients per month · ten working days from your intake form · credited in full if you continue into the Programme

Most senior roles are filled through conversation before they are advertised. Applications are the smallest and most crowded part of the market. This is how you get into the conversations instead: your positioning, the companies worth your time, the outreach, and a dated thirty-day campaign, built for you in ten working days by a recruiter with over twenty years placing senior people into GCC roles.

01

Executive CV rewrite

Rebuilt around your positioning rather than your job history.

02

Executive Positioning Summary

Your value proposition, best-fit roles, and the language for your CV and LinkedIn.

03

Target company list

Tiered, with why each company fits you and the angle to approach them on.

04

Outreach pack

Three-touch message sequences for hiring managers, recruiters and sector contacts, written for you.

05

30-day campaign tracker

Loaded with your companies, tiers and the roles to approach at each, with dates that calculate from the day you start.

06

How To Approach The Market

How to find the right people, build familiarity before messaging, and handle every kind of reply.

Scope. Positioning, target selection, outreach and a dated thirty-day campaign. It does not cover applications, interviews or salary negotiation. Contact names are not supplied: the system gives you the roles to approach and the method for finding the people in them. Delivered in ten working days or your money back.

In a crowded, high-volume market, senior professionals win by being visible in the right places, to the right people, in the right way. That is what we build, together, in eight weeks.

Is this you?

Built for three kinds of senior professional.

I

The relocating executive

Senior abroad, targeting the Gulf, and unwilling to spend a year learning this market by trial and error.

II

The in-region leader

Already in the GCC, ready for the next tier, and aware that the best mandates never reach a job board.

III

The discreet mover

Currently employed, needs total confidentiality, and wants a recruiter quietly working their side of the table.

Step two, if you want me alongside you · The Executive Programme · 8 weeks 1:1

Two phases. Everything built, then taken to market.

AED 7,500one payment · approx $2,040
WhatsApp me to be considered

It is me, personally, the whole way. A progress tracker keeps you accountable end to end. System clients are credited in full.

Weeks 1 to 3 · Built for you

Positioning and assets

  • Executive positioning and value thesis
  • Done-for-you executive CV, written end to end
  • LinkedIn rebuilt with you for inbound visibility
  • Target company map: 30 to 50 named GCC employers
  • Bespoke outreach playbook and approach scripts

Weeks 4 to 8 · In the market

Strategy and execution

  • 4× private strategy calls across the programme
  • Live outreach review every week
  • Interview preparation for senior conversations
  • Offer and package negotiation guidance
  • Priority WhatsApp support throughout

✦ The performance commitment

If you are not in active conversations with the employers you are targeting by the end of the programme, I keep working with you, at no extra cost, until you are. No other career service in this market puts that in writing.

Senior professionals, on the record

Discretion is the product. These chose to speak.

Senior-level positioning

His advice was clear, strategic, and tailored, helping me to refine how my experience and expertise are presented at a senior level. I appreciate his professionalism, discretion, and expertise.

Naoise (Nisha) KingStrategic Communications · former FIFA, CAF & Formula 1
LinkedIn recommendation
Clarity at executive level

His ability to bring clarity to career goals with a no-nonsense approach is invaluable, especially for senior executives navigating their next move.

Selena QuickDesign-Led Acquisition & Optimisation
LinkedIn recommendation
Proven in this market

His honest and open approach addresses every key aspect of what you need to do to secure the right opportunity. Dan understands the job market and has proven expertise.

Robert RandallFinTech · Operations & Client Services
LinkedIn recommendation

Programme investment

AED 7,500approx $2,040

One payment · 8-week private engagement · performance commitment included · system clients credited in full.

One senior GCC package typically pays AED 80,000 to 150,000+ per month, tax-free. The programme costs a fraction of your first month in the right role.

How it starts

Three steps. No forms.

01

Message me on WhatsApp

A short note is fine: your current situation and what you are targeting in the GCC. I reply personally to every message.

02

We speak

A direct conversation to work out whether I can actually make a difference for you. If I cannot, I will say so and point you to the right option.

03

We begin

Two or three clients at a time, so timing depends on availability. Once we start, you have me in your corner for eight weeks.

WhatsApp me to be considered Or start with the system

Two or three clients at a time

The best mandates in the Gulf are decided in private. Get someone in the room.

If you are serious about your next move, start the conversation today.

Executive optionsSystem AED 3,950 · Programme AED 7,500
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