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Egon Zehnder in the Middle East

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Egon Zehnder has been serving major private and publicly listed companies, government-owned institutions, leading diversified family businesses, international businesses, and supra-regional organizations operating in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan region for more than 40 years. We started serving these clients in 1975 from our European base and then opened our first office in the region in Jeddah in 1998 and later our office in Dubai in 2005. From there, we have been working with clients across industries and sectors.

Our focus is on steadily advising our clients in building and strengthening strong organizations with lasting leadership. Initially, their needs emerged purely as executive searches but have evolved to include the full range of our leadership advisory services, including executive assessments, executive development, succession planning, leadership team effectiveness and board effectiveness. Not only have we built a local and regional track record that is leveraged by local institutions and multinationals to identify and attract top local talent, but we also leverage Egon Zehnder's international footprint to attract leading executive and board talent. 

We are proud of our long-standing commitment to the region, extensive client network, and personalized solutions that continuously yield significant repeat businesses. We look forward to partnering with you.

Meet the Middle East Team

Raed Kanaan

Raed Kanaan

Middle East Office Leader

Raed Kanaan is the Managing Partner of Egon Zehnder Middle East. He shares his deep financial and business expertise as an advisor with government… Read more

Larissa Petrova

Larissa Petrova

Middle East

Larissa leads Egon Zehnder’s Healthcare Practice in the Middle East and is an active member of our Services and Consumer Practice. Read more

Patrick Nader

Patrick Nader

Middle East

Patrick Nader co-leads Egon Zehnder’s Global Real Estate Practice as well as the Marketing and Sales Practice in EMEA. He advises clients in the… Read more

Eduen Mobayed

Eduen Mobayed

Middle East

Eduen Mobayed has been a trusted advisor to leaders in the MENA region for more than a decade. As a founding member of the… Read more

Golnaz Bahmanyar

Golnaz Bahmanyar

Middle East

Based in Dubai since 2008, Golnaz leads Egon Zehnder’s Consumer and Retail Practice in the Middle East, serving regional and multinational clients in… Read more

Imran Saleem

Imran Saleem

Middle East

Imran Saleem has been in the region since 2006 and with Egon Zehnder in the Middle East for over 16 years. Read more

Elies Abdelmalek

Elies Abdelmalek

Middle East

Elies Abdelmalek helps clients in the energy, mining and manufacturing sectors identify and cultivate the leaders they need in order to drive… Read more

Erik Seiling

Erik Seiling

Middle East

Based in Dubai, Erik Seiling leads Egon Zehnder’s Mobility Practice in the Middle East. Read more

Hana Habayeb

Hana Habayeb

Middle East

Hana Adib Habayeb is active in Egon Zehnder’s Communications & Connectivity space, which she co-leads for the EMEA region. In particular, Hana focuses… Read more

Hicham Sharara

Hicham Sharara

Middle East

Hicham Sharara leads Egon Zehnder’s Global Service Practice which includes Real Estate, Hospitality & Leisure, Transportation & Logistics,… Read more

Majd Altaher

Majd Altaher

Middle East

Majd AlTaher, based in Dubai, is active in Egon Zehnder’s Public & Social Sector and Services practices in the Middle East, focusing on helping… Read more

Dr. Laura Luelsdorf

Dr. Laura Luelsdorf

Middle East

Dr. Laura Luelsdorf leads Egon Zehnder’s Public and Social Sector Practice in the Middle East and is an active member of our Healthcare Practice. Read more

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