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Market intelligence drawn from JOH Partners’ mandate book and structured intelligence across the Gulf. Each report is a practitioner’s read, not a consulting deck.
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N° 132AI in the Gulf Boardroom: The Readiness Gap
How Gulf boards are being asked to oversee artificial intelligence, where directors fall short on readiness, and the leadership the boardroom now needs.
N° 132The Rise of the Chief of Staff in the Gulf
The chief of staff is the fastest-rising role beside the Gulf CEO: what it is, how it differs from a COO or an EA, and why appointments are climbing.
N° 132The Gulf Executive Reward Report 2026
How Gulf boards reward senior leaders in 2026: base, bonus, equity and long-term incentives, and why executive pay structures are starting to shift.
N° 132Inside the Gulf Family Office: Leadership and Talent
The Gulf's family office boom is a leadership story. Who runs a single or multi family office, the roles they hire, and the governance behind the capital.
N° 132Nationalising the C-Suite: Saudization and Emiratisation at the Top
Saudization and Emiratisation have reached the executive floor. How nationalisation is reshaping Gulf boards and C-suites, and what it means for leaders.
N° 132The retained executive search market in the GCC: 2026
A mid-2026 reading of the Gulf's senior search market by sector, role and geography. Composition is shifting; the headline figure is not the story.
N° 132The new mandate for chairs in Gulf-listed family businesses
What sixty GCC family-controlled listed companies reveal about the changing chair role, and the four shifts boards must make to stay credible to capital.
N° 132The succession gap: readiness across sixty GCC family groups
Forty-seven of sixty Gulf-listed family companies face a succession event within five years, and only fourteen have a documented internal successor.
N° 132The 2026 Gulf operator-CEO index: who runs the mandate
Sixty-four operating CEOs run the Gulf's corporate platforms in 2026: where they came from, what they earn, how long they stay, and what is shifting.
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