Carmichael Fisher is a leading executive search firm in the Middle East with over 4 years of experience in the region. They have a dedicated team of over 30 staff including 4 directors, 15 consultants, and 6 researchers. They have expertise in sectors like banking, financial services, and insurance. Carmichael Fisher uses a tailored 5 week process for searches that includes research, candidate identification, interviews, and negotiations. They also provide market analysis projects and have a history of success and satisfied clients in the region.

1. Our Solution Banking & Financial Services Middle East

3. Our Reach

4. Our Specialists

5. Our Expertise

6. History of Success

7. Our Capability

8. Our Process / Value Add

9. Consultant Profiles

10. Testimonials / ClientsOverview

12. 100% track record

15. 30 Staff - 4 Directors, 15 Consultants, 6 Research Team, 5 Admin Team

17. Corporate Banking

18. Transactional Banking

19. Project Finance and Infrastructure

20. Private Banking

21. Investment Placement

22. Insurance

23. Asset Management

24. Brokerage

25. Hedge Funds

26. Investment Banking

27. Corporate Finance

28. Islamic Banking

30. Treasury

31. Operations

32. Sales and Marketing

33. Liabilities Sales

34. Legal

35. Relationship Management

36. Corporate Services

37. Finance

38. HR

39. Internal Audit

42. Market Analysis Projects (MAP)

43. Senior Management and Specialist roles

45. Clearly defined timescales

48. Confirm the assignment in writing

49. Establish target sectors, companies and people

51. Begin to approach and meet potential candidates

54. Arrange interviews with client

56. Negotiate letter of offer and manage the process

58. Local Partner with local knowledge

59. Strong Global, regional and local networks

60. Tailored, structured approach

61. Honest & open feedback

62. Business partner and brand ambassador at all times

64. Outplacement review

66. Yasir joined Carmichael Fisher with a five-year track record in executive search in the Middle East. His experience was gained at one of the leading regional executive search boutiques, where he completed numerous financial services assignments. Yasir specializes in placing front office senior executives in Asset Management, Investment Banking & Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Investment Placement, Investment Research, Corporate Banking and Liabilities’ Sales. He has completed large scale projects, placing executives from Vice President through to Director and Managing Director levels. In addition he has also been instrumental in closing a number of high profile strategic positions across various organizations in the GCC at C-Suite level. Yasir started his career in Africa completing an eighteen-month project for one of the well-established education centers in Sudan. He was responsible for the recruitment of high caliber teachers into the institute, raising the programs’ quality and standards to those of international entities. Yasir is an Arabic speaker, raised in Saudi Arabia, and has unequalled understanding of the culture, customs and religions in the MENA region. Academically, Yasir holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from King’s College London, focusing on Psychology, Physiology and Neuroscience. Yasir Ali p:+971 4 430 9309 f: +971 4 430 9311 yali@carmichaelfisher.com www.carmichaelfisher.com

67. Craig Pointon graduated from the UK with a Bachelors degree in International Business before joining a multinational retail business on their executive development program. Craig was promoted to become the youngest general manager in the UK with a weekly turnover of USD 2 million and a headcount of 500. Due to his extensive industry knowledge, Craig was approached by a leading global recruitment firm in the UK to join their business focusing on senior retail hires into London. Based on his achievements he was tasked with building the retail banking market from scratch which he achieved on a national basis. In 2005 Craig was headhunted to relocate to Dubai to build the banking team for a generalist firm in the city. He built the Middle East banking division across all asset classes and functions, with a personal focus on Private Banking, moving a number of high profile teams during the banking boom of 2006. Craig was approached in early 2007 to lead the Carmichael Fisher Executive Search business in the Middle East. He has invested heavily in bringing the very best international search talent to the region to provide Carmichael Fisher’s business partners with a consistent, reliable offering based on understanding and delivery. Craig Pointon p:+971 4 430 9309 f: +971 4 430 9311 cpointon@carmichaelfisher.com www.carmichaelfisher.com

68. “Carmichael Fisher is an extraordinary Executive Search company with the outstanding capability of being able to successfully complete any mandate we’ve given them. They have an incredibly experienced team of Search Consultants one of which I have worked very closely during the past year It is a contentment to recommend to you my esteemed business partner, Carmichael Fisher in my capacity as Regional HR at SHUAA Capital. Carmichael Fisher have managed our account extremely well and they have proved to have excellent networks and search capabilities at the senior level in the Middle East Region. They are very dedicated and exceptionally skilled in managing their clients and candidates through the various processes.” Zeina Kanan, Regional HR, SHUAA Capital PSC

69. “I have worked with Andre Nasr on several retained mandates in which we were looking for senior individuals with very specific skill-set in the field of Operations and IT and these individuals were not easily identifiable in the market. I have always been impressed by Andre’s professionalism, his energy level and his capability to find a choice of relevant candidates in terms of technical skill-set and most importantly in terms of attitude/personality which would fit perfectly within my organization. “ Thierry Bardury, COO, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

70. “When I came back to Dubai to work this year I met with a number of other search firms regarding the 30 positions I had to recruit. Carmichael Fisher was the only retainer based search firm I met; the others were contingency; they were focused solely on “getting the order and filling the order” as quickly as possible; they did not conduct reference checks; they in fact for the most part, did not even meet in person with the candidates and they did not conduct a search; they merely took resumes from their database and sent them via email to me.” “Carmichael Fisher did an outstanding search for our legal counsel and completed the assignment within six weeks. The second search was for our Credit Risk Officer; a difficult search as we had a very particular person in mind but didn’t know where he was or even if was working. Our consultant was able to locate the gentleman and presented us with two other equally as qualified candidates as well; again in record time. Our next two searches were for Vice President, Operations. Again we were quite particular; we wanted at least one woman; and we wanted a national; these people had to have in-depth credit card/call centre operations experience and if they had worked for GE Capital, all the better. Again Carmichael Fisher found some excellent candidates; and we hired an ex-GE capital employee (a woman) and a wonderful national man, with an excellent background in call centre operations. In all instances; one as a candidate myself, and three times as a client, Carmichael Fisher has proven to be one of the best firms I’ve used; and in my previous jobs I have worked with Spencer Stuart, Korn Ferry, Caldwell Partners, and other large firms, so I believe I’m qualified to make this statement.” Jacueline Hammond – HRD Dubai First International, A Dubai Holdings company. Zeina Kanan, Regional HR, SHUAA Capital PSC