The appointment
What the business needed.
Search context
The business needed a Dubai-based HR leader to apply global people priorities across an international GCC workforce. The brief required a practical understanding of regional growth, local employment rules and expatriate employment.
The role
Responsibilities covered regional HR strategy, working with local and global leaders, employee engagement, performance, talent acquisition, succession planning, employee relations and workforce risk. The brief also included expatriate employment arrangements, mobility, contracts and localisation requirements.
Who we looked for
We looked for senior HR leaders with hands-on UAE and GCC employment experience, a record of working with multinational leadership teams and responsibility for workforces with a large expatriate population. Fluency in English and Italian was required.
Placement
We completed the search and placed the candidate. Client and candidate details remain confidential.
Role focus
What the role covered.
HR Leadership
GCC
Expatriate Workforce
Confidentiality
A note on confidentiality.
We only share client and candidate names with their permission. Each overview covers the completed appointment. Responsibilities in the brief describe what the person was hired to do.
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