2. About Us
The GCC Partners is a specialised Executive Search and Recuruitment firm run
by professionals with over 25 years of combined experience of global
markets. We are able to offer our clients the benefit of this international
experience and insight with local perspective and knowledge, creating a
unique and truly value added service.
run by
Our objective is to build long term relationships and share our knowledge professionals
and experience with our clients to enable them to grow their businesses.
We benchmark ourselves on the highest levels of performance. Performance with extensive
creates trust which is key to any successful relationship.
experience in
performance We have a diverse team of experienced consultants and researchers who
each have their own area of expertise, with a mixture of ex-industry and
global markets
creates
recruitment professionals who are multi-lingual including Arabic.
trust
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4. We are active across a
number of sectors
including:
Executive Search
medical practitioners The GCC Partners offers an unparalleled combination of professional experience
and regional presence to deliver the best candidates for our clients. The partners
Oparamedic each having over 10 years of international markets experience to draw upon
and are able to fully understand the requirements of our clients. This allows us to
be more selective in our candidate search and more selective in the candidates
healthcare software we present for consideration. This saves our clients considerable time and effort
in their recruitment process.
solutions
The GCC Partners are based in The United Arab Emirates and operate across
sales & marketing the region. We are able to utilise a vast network not only in the MENA region
but globally. We understand the nuances of the local market and the difficulties
clients face either when looking for top candidates within the region or looking
support services to bring in talent from outside the region.
executive
hospital management
search
insurance
5. Management Profiles
Giles Blundell - Partner and Co-Founder
Before founding The GCC Partners Giles worked for Makaseb Islamic Financial
Services as Head of Institutional sales in Dubai. Prior to this Giles was a Managing
The GCC Partners Director at Bear Stearns in London in the Risk Arbitrage department. He spent
10 years at Bear Stearns helping build the Institutional and hedge fund sales
Office 4, Level 20 business. Before this he spent three years at HSBC Investment Bank in their
Al Shafar Tower equity derivatives department. He is a graduate of City University Business School
P. O. Box 450198, Dubai with a Bsc in Insurance and Investment.
United Arab Emirates
Charles Francis - Partner and Co-Founder
Tel: +971 4 446 2800
Email: info@thegccpartners.com Charles has worked in the investment banking industry for 12 years in London and
www.thegccpartners.com the UAE. He was hired by Libertas Capital (Dubai) to set up their MENA trading
platform. Before this he was a senior trader in Credit Suisse’s pan-European
Equtities trading team where he traded on behalf of clients as well as managing
Giles Blundell a proprietary trading book. He has intimate knowledge of a variety of sectors
Tel: +971 4 446 2802 including Mid Caps, Risk Arbitrage, Energy, Oil, Utilities as well as American
Mob: +971 50 104 9567 Depository Receipts. He also holds the Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) from
gblundell@thegccpartners.com the Securities & Investments Institute.
Bernadine Rishmi - Senior Consultant
Charles Francis
Tel: +971 4 446 2801 Bernadine is a Senior Consultant at the GCC Partners and contributes over 10 years
Mob: +971 50 708 0874 of experience in healthcare as well as Recruitment & Talent Management. With a
cfrancis@thegccpartners.com Medical degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in HR, she offers knowledge of both
fields. She started her career working with a reputed Charitable trust Hospital in
India as the Head of Department for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and
moved into HR where she manages recruitment planning and man power needs
to the highest standards for the Health care and its service providers.
