For senior managers to C-suite · UAE and Saudi
Most senior roles in the Gulf are filled by someone the business was already talking to. I make that person you. In ten working days I build your positioning, the companies worth your time and the message for the right person in each. Then Direct Approach Live tells you, twice a week, what just moved at those companies and who to message about it.
By purchasing you agree to the Terms & Refund Policy. Start any time within 90 days.
10 working days to build
First month of Direct Approach Live included
Reworked if it does not sound like you
A quick walk through the documents and Direct Approach Live, using a fictional client. 1 min 35.
Why the usual route stalls
I have recruited senior people into Gulf businesses since 2007. The pattern does not change. A Managing Director knows a gap is coming, mentions it to a few people, and someone they already know gets the first call. The advert, if there ever is one, comes after.
Applying puts you in a pile. Waiting for a search firm means waiting for them to call, and they work for the employer, not you. The people who land these roles were simply in the conversation early. That is a method, and it can be built for you.
Direct Approach Live
Pick your sector. Each story comes with why it matters to you and who to message about it.
Lulu Retail · Expansion
Why it matters to you
Twenty-plus openings in a quarter means stretched operations leadership. A record of opening at pace with margin intact is exactly the proof they need.
Approach: COO →
Jahez · Results
Why it matters to you
Growth with a loss puts pressure on unit economics. Lead with how you have tightened operating cost without slowing expansion.
Approach: COO →
BinDawood Holding · Expansion
Why it matters to you
New plants need people who can run supply chain and stores as one operation. Saudi rollout experience is the angle.
Approach: COO or Head of Retail Ops →
Diriyah Company · Contracts · 5 Oct 2026
Why it matters to you
Two contractors have just taken on six hotels in one district. They will need delivery and fit-out leadership to run it, and hotel experience is what they will screen for.
Approach: Project Director at Urbacon Saudi →
Dubai Holding · Contract · 9 Sep 2026
Why it matters to you
A Dh5bn job running to 2030 means senior commercial and delivery hiring for years, not months. Branded residential is the angle to open on.
Approach: Commercial Director, CSCEC ME →
ROSHN · Leadership · 1 Sep 2026
Why it matters to you
A new CEO usually reshapes the top team within months, and Al-Futtaim now has a gap at the head of its real estate arm. One move, two doors.
Approach: ROSHN or Al-Futtaim Real Estate →
Saudi Investment Bank · Leadership · 28 Sep 2026
Why it matters to you
An internal promotion leaves the deputy role and his old treasury and balance sheet brief to fill. That is where the movement will be.
Approach: CEO or CFO →
QNB · Results · 12 Oct 2026
Why it matters to you
Slower growth at home and growth abroad means the senior hiring is in the international businesses. If you have run a country P&L, that is your story.
Approach: Head of International →
HSBC · Expansion · 12 Oct 2026
Why it matters to you
A new wealth centre needs a team, and the senior hires are made before the doors open. A private or premier banking book is the opening.
Approach: Head of Wealth, UAE →
Real, dated, sourced news from the briefing of my sample client, Jane Hassan, September and October 2026.
Build my campaign · AED 4,950How it works
Step 1 · You · about an hour
Pay, then fill in my questionnaire with your CV and LinkedIn. Everything is built from your answers, so this hour matters most.
Step 2 · Me · ten working days
I come back with questions on the numbers and decisions behind your roles. Then I write your positioning, choose the companies, write the CV to it and write every message.
Step 3 · You · at your pace
Sign in, read what moved at your companies, send the message that is ready, mark it done. A fast thirty days, or quietly over six months if you are not in a rush.
I review every document before it reaches you. Your information is handled securely and used only to build your campaign.
What lands with you
Shown for Jane Hassan, a fictional client. The layout and the depth are exactly what you get. Tap any page to enlarge.
Everything you get
Who you are in one paragraph, the roles you fit, and your LinkedIn headline and About section rewritten to match. Everything else is built from this.
AED 5,000 to 9,000two or three sessions with a Dubai executive coach, which is what it takes to get this far
20 or more companies in tiers, chosen from live market intelligence: who is growing, who is moving, who hires at your level, and the angle to open on with each.
AED 28,000 a yearwhat companies pay for the market intelligence tools behind a list like this. Yours is scoped to you
A connection note, a Day 7 and a Day 14 for each type of person you approach, plus the email route. In your voice, ready to send.
Only hereI do not sell these on their own
Rebuilt around your positioning by a recruiter who reads a hundred a day. Word and PDF.
AED 2,000 to 4,000what Dubai executive CV writers charge
The method step by step, from warming people up to handling the reply and the first call. You are never guessing what to do next.
Only herewritten for your campaign
Twice a week, the news at your target companies and what it means for you. The message drafted around it. Your tracker, your documents and new companies worth adding, all in one place.
AED 795a month after the first, if you keep it
Day one of your campaign is sending, not preparing. Doing this yourself is weeks of evenings, if you know the market.
Weeks savedfrom intake form to delivery
The investment
AED 4,950
All in · one payment · about $1,350 · bought The 48-Hour CV in the last 90 days? The AED 695 comes off.
Price what has a market price, the positioning work, the CV and the month of Direct Approach Live, and you are past AED 7,500 before the target list, the messages or the guide. One payment covers all of it.
A senior Gulf package pays AED 80,000 to 150,000 a month, tax-free. If this brings your start date forward by one week, it has paid for itself several times over.
By purchasing you agree to the Terms & Refund Policy. Start any time within 90 days.
Message me your role and where you are targeting. I reply personally, and I will say so if it is not a fit.
Ten working days
Usually with you within ten working days. The clock starts the day your intake form lands.
It has to sound like you
Tell me within seven days of delivery and I rework it until it does.
Yours to keep
After the first month Direct Approach Live is AED 795 a month, cancel any time. Your documents and tracker stay yours either way.
I take around ten clients a month
Every document is written by me, from your answers. Ten is what I can do properly.
of places left in . Places reset on the 1st.
is full. Next intake opens . Join the waitlist and I will message you the day it opens.
“I’m thoroughly impressed. What stands out most is how deeply you studied my career to extract my core value proposition and unique differentiators. Besides the CV, the Campaign Guide and 30-Day Campaign Tracker are invaluable tools.”
“A sharp understanding of the nuances of executive positioning. His advice was clear, strategic, and tailored.”
Working with me directly
I take on a small number of people each year to work with directly through their move. If you think that is you, tell me about your situation.
By purchasing you agree to the Terms & Refund Policy. Start any time within 90 days.
I reply personally, and I will say so if it is not a fit.
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