Country Head search firm in Dubai.
Retained Country Head search in Dubai and across UAE · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Kuwait. Country Head mandates are usually first-or-second hires for an inbound multinational, or a strategic reset for an existing entity. We run them with a market-entry lens, not a pure leadership-search lens.
How we read a Country Head.
Every Country Head candidate we shortlist for a Dubai mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of Country Head placements across India and the GCC:
- 01Market-entry or scale-up experience in similar businesses
- 02Regulatory, legal and tax fluency in the target market
- 03Talent-acquisition firepower (the next 20 hires)
- 04Headquarters fluency — comfort working across time zones and matrices
- 05P&L ownership at the relevant scale
₹2.5–8 Cr fixed + variable + LTI
Typical Country Head band for Dubai-based mandates, fixed plus variable plus long-term equity / ESOP. Adjust upward for listed-company and PE-backed roles.
14–20 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.
Cross-border Country Head mandates are a core franchise — we have placed Country Heads of global banks, technology majors, consumer brands and family-office vehicles.
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.
- Country Head mandates in Banking & Islamic Finance
- Country Head mandates in Family Offices & Conglomerates
- Country Head mandates in Real Estate & Hospitality
- Country Head mandates in Energy & Renewables
- Country Head mandates in Healthcare
- Country Head mandates in Technology & E-commerce
Other Dubai search practices.
Country Head search across our offices.
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