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N° 130The retained executive search market in the GCC: a mid-2026 reading
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 60 GCC family-controlled listed companies reveal about how the chair role is changing, and the four shifts boards must make to stay credible to capital markets and the next generation of family principals.
N° 136The succession gap: readiness across sixty GCC family groups
Forty-seven of sixty Gulf-listed family-controlled companies face a succession event within five years. Fourteen have a documented internal successor. The gap that defines the next decade of Gulf governance.
N° 144Who runs the Gulf's operating mandate: the 2026 operator-CEO index
Sixty-four operating CEOs run the Gulf's senior corporate platforms in 2026. Where they came from, what they earn, how long they stay, and the structural shifts reshaping the senior operator market.
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