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For over two decades, Search Point has built specialist expertise in Banking & Financial Services and Digital Transformation, with a focus on senior leadership appointments. That depth of expertise enables us to understand markets, identify exceptional talent and deliver leaders who create lasting impact.
We recognised early that the most important hires in financial services were no longer just bankers. They were the CIOs modernising infrastructure, the CDOs transforming customer experiences, the CISOs strengthening resilience, and today, the AI leaders shaping what's next. Our digital transformation hiring practice in Dubai has helped Heads of Digital Product, Solution Architects, Cloud Specialists, Platform Owners, and AI Leadership across the GCC. We know who is doing exceptional work in this space, and we know how to attract them to your opportunity.
As Gulf governments accelerate national talent strategies, organisations need more than access to national candidates. They need leaders who can make an immediate impact. We apply the same search discipline we bring to every senior appointment, identifying and evaluating national professionals for capability, leadership potential and long-term fit, then building the pipelines that turn nationalisation goals into lasting leadership strength.
We offer two engagement models. Understanding the difference matters.
Our contingency recruitment service is results-driven. You only pay when we successfully place a candidate. A dedicated consultant manages the entire process, from sourcing and evaluation to offer management and onboarding, while you remain in control at every stage.
Best for: Mid to senior management roles where speed and flexibility are key.
For roles at the top of the organisation, such as CEO, CFO, CIO, CDO, MD and equivalents, we recommend retained search. This model dedicates our most experienced consultants exclusively to your mandate. It enables a deeper, more confidential search and applies our full profiling and assessment capability before a single CV crosses your desk.
With retained search, you receive:
Best for: C-suite and senior executive appointments where quality and discretion are paramount.
The most consequential executive appointments are rarely filled by candidates actively applying for roles. More often than not, the right person is already employed, performing well and not searching job boards.
Reaching them takes more than a database. It takes trusted relationships built over years, something that sets specialist executive search consultants apart from generalist recruitment agencies.
Over two decades, we've built relationships with senior professionals across 25+ countries, from the GCC to Europe, Central Asia and the Americas. Many of our most successful placements begin with a conversation, not an application.
When the best candidate isn't local, we look further. We've successfully placed leaders from the UK, South Africa, Southeast Asia and across MENA, managing relocation, visas, notice periods and cultural integration throughout the process.
For highly specialised or newly created leadership roles; particularly in AI, data protection and emerging technology; we extend our search globally, ensuring clients have access to the strongest talent available.
Senior search is not a pipeline — it is a methodology. Every mandate we take runs through the same rigorous
five-phase process. Here is what that means for you.
We take the time to understand your objectives, culture and leadership needs before beginning the search.
We identify and engage talent across regional and international markets, including professionals who are not actively seeking new opportunities.
We evaluate candidates for capability, leadership style and organisational fit before presenting them.
We manage the offer process to ensure alignment, transparency and a smooth transition.
We stay involved beyond placement, supporting successful onboarding and integration.
Search Point presents the right candidates. Their team took the time to understand our culture and long-term vision before the search even began, and it showed in every shortlist they brought us.
What sets Search Point apart is how invested they are in getting it right, not just getting it done. Two of our most critical leadership hires over the past five years came through them, and both are still with us today.
We've partnered with Search Point since 2005, and over that time they've consistently brought us candidates who were a genuine fit for the role. It's a relationship we value.