CFO search firm in Dubai.
Retained Chief Financial Officer search in Dubai and across UAE · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Kuwait. The CFO role has changed faster than any other in the last decade. We run CFO searches as much for capital-markets fluency, treasury sophistication and IR credibility as for accounting depth.
How we read a CFO.
Every CFO candidate we shortlist for a Dubai mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of CFO placements across India and the GCC:
- 01Capital-markets experience — IPO, QIP, debt issuance
- 02Treasury and FX management at scale
- 03Investor-relations track record with analysts and institutional investors
- 04Audit-committee and regulator relationships
- 05FP&A and business-partnering depth
₹3.5–9 Cr fixed + variable + ESOP / LTI
Typical CFO band for Dubai-based mandates, fixed plus variable plus long-term equity / ESOP. Adjust upward for listed-company and PE-backed roles.
10–16 weeks
Kick-off to signed offer. Add 4–6 weeks for confidential CXO replacements and cross-border briefs.
Retained
Single-firm retainer, milestone-billed at 25–33% of target compensation. 12-month replacement guarantee.
From the ground.
Our CFO franchise spans listed financials, technology, manufacturing and consumer — over 200 CFO placements since the firm began.
Our Dubai office runs leadership search across the GCC — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait — for banks, family offices, sovereign-linked businesses, GCC entrants from India and global multinationals.
- CFO mandates in Banking & Islamic Finance
- CFO mandates in Family Offices & Conglomerates
- CFO mandates in Real Estate & Hospitality
- CFO mandates in Energy & Renewables
- CFO mandates in Healthcare
- CFO mandates in Technology & E-commerce
Other Dubai search practices.
CFO search across our offices.
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