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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° 130The 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° 136The 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° 144The 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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