An overview of McGregor Boyall's operations in the Middle East

1. THE MIDDLE EAST
McGREGOR BOYALL ASSOCIATES

2. About Us
London
Edinburgh
Manchester
Dubai
Singapore
For thirty years McGregor Boyall has been successfully
delivering professional recruitment services to a national and
international client base from our London office. Since 2012
we have been bringing the same high levels of service to the
Middle East region from our office in Dubai.
Our core focus is to identify, attract and deliver high quality professionals who can support
and enhance their new employer’s corporate objectives.
We deliver recruitment solutions against a wide range of permanent, interim and contract
requirements but whilst the roles we resource are diverse and changing, our approach
remains simple, consistent and successful. In a marketplace in which effectiveness and value
are increasingly prized by both clients and candidates, we believe that the qualities that have
sustained our performance in the past will continue to do so in the future.
We have been successful due to the professionalism, sector knowledge and experience of
our consultants. It is their commitment to high levels of service and effective delivery that
has allowed us to develop a deep, industry-wide pool of candidates who consistently turn to
McGregor Boyall when searching for a new position.
Headquartered in the City of London, and with further offices throughout the UK (Manchester
and Edinburgh) as well as globally in Dubai and Singapore, we are able to offer recruitment
solutions throughout the UK & Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.

3. Our History
1987
McGregor
Boyall
established
1989
Sister company
Creative
Recruitment
established
2000
Technology,
Media and
Telecommunications
(TMT) division created
(now C&I team)
2001
Awarded BS EN
ISO 9001 quality
accreditation
2002
Became
corporate
members of the
Recruitment &
Employment
Confederation
(REC)
2005
Launched our
division Women
in Technology
- aimed at
promoting
gender diversity
within the IT
sector
2008
Built our Risk,
Compliance &
Finance team
2006
Created Change
& Transformation
Division
2011
Developed our
Insurance & Asset
Management
offering
2011
Opened our
Singapore
office to focus
on recruitment
delivery across
the Asia Pacific
region
2012
Opened our office
in Dubai to focus
on recruitment
delivery across the
Middle East region
2012
Opened our office in
Edinburgh to focus
on recruitment across
Scotland
2013
Re-branded our
division Women
in Technology
to offer clients
a dedicated job
board
2013
Re-focused and
expanded our TMT
team to create
our dedicated
Commerce &
Industry Division.
2009
Established our
Marketing Division
- focusing initially
on financial services
clients
2014
Opened an office
in Manchester to
provide further
coverage in the
Midlands and North
of England
2015
Became Corporate
Members of the
Association of
Professional
Staffing Companies
(APSCo)
2016
Established a
specialist Senior
Appointments Team
2017
Celebrated 30
years of
business!

4. Financial Services
McGregor Boyall has been covering the Middle East region
specifically for the past five years and our regional headquarters
was formally established in Jan 2012 in Dubai, DIFC.
Our highly experienced consultants work in close collaboration
with our London and Singapore teams to deliver against the
recruitment and resourcing requirements of a broad range of
regional and international financial services clients that include:
Asset / Investment Management firms
Consultancies
Exchanges
Insurance and Reinsurance firms
Investment Banks
Private Banks & Wealth Managers
Ratings Agencies
Regulators
Retail Banks
Wholesale / Commercial Banks
Our Middle East operation has specialist consultants and full
research capability, all with extensive industry experience within the
Global and Middle East financial services market coupled with an
in-depth appreciation of the cultural diversity across the region. Our
business approach is one based on results, of complete
transparency, working quickly and efficiently whilst always delivering
to the highest levels of ethics and integrity. Our objective is always to
ensure that we develop long term trusted relationships with clients
and candidates alike.
Our core focus is to identify, attract and deliver high quality
professionals across:
AssetManagement
Compliance
Corporate&WholesaleBanking
CorporateFinance
Finance
GroupStrategy&Research
InformationTechnology
Marketing&Communications
Operations
PrivateBanking&Wealth
Retail&CommercialBanking
RiskManagement
Treasury&GlobalMarkets

5. Commerce & Industry
Whether you have a challenging appointment to fill or multiple vacancy requirements McGregor
Boyall’s Commerce & Industry practice has an extensive network and global reach to find the best
talent for your business.
Consistently delivering recruitment and talent management services across all industry sectors, we
are well equipped to deal with a diverse range of skill sets, and recruitment levels. Our client
portfolio ranges from SMEs to global blue-chip organisations:
Energy
Engineering
Financial Services
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceutical
Public Sector FMCG
Transportation
We have extensive experience of successfully placing mid to senior level candidates in positions
throughout the Middle East and Africa, across the following disciplines:
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Sales & Marketing
Supply Chain & Logistics
Technical & Engineering

6. Legal
With more than ten years’ experience in the sector, our Legal team recruit professionals into
permanent positions across the Middle East region.
Through a mix of contingency based recruitment and retained search and selection, McGregor
Boyall’s Legal division is able to offer flexible, tailored recruitment solutions. Through our network
we have established a trusted and valued presence in this marketplace. Roles we recruit for include:
Company Secretaries
In-house Lawyers
Legal & Ethical compliance professionals
Private Practice Associates & Partners
Headed up by a qualified lawyer, the McGregor Boyall Legal division specialists have over five years’
experience in the Middle East region and have developed a network of local and international
candidates in the area. We work in partnership with leading global institutions, as well as SMEs and
start-ups, using our local expertise to effectively source the right talent.
Our knowledge of the legal sector allows us to offer a tailored approach to suit the individual
requirements of our clients and candidates, providing advertised selection and search services as
required.
We are a well-known and established player in the market who has worked hard to develop strong
relationships with the relevant candidate pools, allowing us to provide our clients with access to
global talent. Most importantly, we value our long lasting relationships, all of which are built on trust
and our teams’ dedication to the job at hand.

7. Our Team
Richard Lett
Regional Director, Middle East
Richard graduated from Durham University in 1996 with a BA in Arabic with Middle Eastern and
Islamic Studies. For the past fifteen years, Richard has been specialising in financial services
recruitment both in London and the Middle East. His personal track record includes multiple
successful placements at a mid to senior level across banking and financial services.
Most recently these have been across Global Markets, Wholesale Banking, Treasury and Global
Markets, Asset Management, Risk Management, Compliance and IT. Prior to moving to the region,
Richard headed the banking division of one of the City’s leading financial services recruitment firms
in London. Richard is Regional Director and responsible for McGregor Boyall’s Middle East
operations based from Dubai, DIFC. He lives with his wife and two sons in Dubai.
Giles Button
Associate Director
Banking & Senior Appointments
Giles has been the recruitment industry for almost 15yrs covering financial services across Europe,
Asia and Middle East from mid-level through to ‘C’ level management roles. Over the last 5rs Giles
has evolved in developing a footprint across a wide variety of industries at senior management level
specialising in working with large local and International groups across Banking, Retail, FMCG and
more recently the Pharmaceutical/Healthcare industry whilst leveraging of our regional and
International coverage globally.
He has lived and worked not only in the UK, but Tokyo and now Dubai, giving him an appreciation
for different cultures and sensitivities around the world. Giles is a Senior Consultant within the Dubai
team and responsible for helping grow McGregor Boyall’s footprint across the MENA region. Giles
graduated from Swansea in 1996 with a BA in Business Studies and lives in Dubai with his wife and
daughters.
T: +971 4 377 0603
E: rlett@mcgregor-boyall.com
T: +971 4377 0604
E: gbutton@mcgregor-boyall.com

8. Our Team
Kate Cerny
Head of Technology
Kate moved to the UAE in 2011 as a Technology recruiter and for the
past five years has been working as a specialist Change & Technology
consultant across multiple industry sectors including but not limited
to; Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail and Education. Kate’s
expertise lies in the execution of multiple mid to senior
appointments within the Change & Technology space across the GCC
region.
With a degree in Computer Science, combined with a Masters in
International Business, Kate has established herself as a genuine
trusted advisor to her clients where she is able to truly understand
and deliver to the technical and strategic needs required by an
organisation. This success is further complemented by her
personable approach in supporting and advising talent when
seeking their next opportunity.
Mark Hibbs
Associate Director
Banking & Financial Services
Mark has over 12 years of senior level executive recruitment
experience across the UK and Middle East. Graduating from
Sheffield Hallam University in 2003, Mark joined a market
leading global recruitment firm in 2004 where he built a robust
recruitment reputation delivering into the Financial Services
sector within the UK. Mark moved to Qatar, Middle East in 2008
where he continued to successfully recruit into both regional
and international banks and financial institutions, develop new
territories and lead small teams.
In 2012 Mark made an internal move to Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. With 8 years GCC exposure, Mark has a deep rooted
candidate network of both expatriate and local national talent
and has been involved in multiple mid to senior / C Level hires
across the GCC region within Banking & Financial Services.
Lavanya Bhatt
Technology Consultant
Lavanya Bhatt specialises in IT recruitment at McGregor Boyall,
focusing on Business Intelligence and Information Security
related roles. Prior to joining McGregor Boyall, Lavanya worked
at Deloitte as an Auditor, post which she joined a FTSE listed
global recruitment consultancy, recruiting mid to senior level
IT roles across UAE and KSA. Her expertise includes filling niche
roles with very specific requirements in the technology sphere.
She was raised in the UAE and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in
Finance.
T: +971 4 377 0606
E: kcerny@mcgregor-boyall.com
T: +971 4377 0611
E: mhibbs@mcgregor-boyall.com
T: +971 4377 0600
E: lbhatt@mcgregor-boyall.com

9. Our Team
Sami Qureshi
Head of Legal, Middle East
Sami joined McGregor Boyall in 2012 to oversee the legal and
compliance function for the Middle East team, having been a
legal and compliance recruiter in the region since 2008. Prior to
coming to Dubai Sami was based in New York, where she spent
three years with a leading international recruitment firm. Sami
has a proven track record having consistently recruited Senior
Lawyers and Compliance Officers within regional institutions,
multi-national corporations and top tier law firms.
Prior to her career in legal recruitment, Sami practiced as a
litigator in Manhattan for several years. She graduated from a
top tier law school in Washington, DC and completed her LL.M
from Fordham University in New York. Sami is admitted to
practice in both the state of New York and Washington, D.C.
Puja Engineer
Associate Consultant
Puja is a CIPD qualified professional with a bachelor’s degree
in Law and a Masters in Human Resource Management both of
which she attained in London.
She has 5 years recruitment experience gained from both
agency, where she specialized in financial services and also
in-house in a world-leading international organization.
After moving to Dubai in July 2016, Puja joined McGregor Boyall,
as an Associate where she assists with recruitment across all
disciples, predominantly within financial services at Senior
Level.
T: +971 (0)4 377 0602
E: pengineer@mcgregor-boyall.com
T: +971 4 377 0601
E: squreshi@mcgregor-boyall.com
T: +971 4377 0613
E: kbramwell@mcgregor-boyall.com
Kate Bramwell
Principal Consultant, Legal
Kate Bramwell is a seasoned legal recruiter who has been in Dubai
since 2008. Kate started her career back in 2002 in the London
market covering legal interim recruitment across both private
practice and in-house roles.
Following her relocation to Dubai in 2008 Kate has focused upon
permanent roles within the in-house market. She has over 15 years’
experience placing lawyers from all levels, ranging from paralegal
through to Legal Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel and Heads of Legal
on both a contingent and search basis.
Kate has an excellent track record in the region which has enabled
her to become the ‘go to’ with many clients and candidates due to
her honest, transparent and consultative approach enabling her to
build strong successful relationships.

10. Corporate Values
We trust that our image is one of an open, professional, meritocratic company which is
committed to delivering high quality recruitment solutions to our clients. A company’s culture is
not something that is created overnight. It is the result of consistent values influencing its
development over a sustained period. At McGregor Boyall we believe our core values form the
foundation for shaping the way we work and our company culture:
Accountability
We take responsibility for what we say and do. We do not excuse ourselves nor blame others.
Collaboration
We expect everyone to work together to achieve our common corporate goals, whilst acting with
openness and respect at all times.
Integrity
We believe in doing the right thing, we say what we mean and mean what we say.
Quality
We are constantly striving to uphold the highest professional standards, through the quality of
our people and excellence in everything we do.
To ensure our values are embedded across our organisation they are integrated into everything
we do; internal recruitment, induction training, company policies, training & development, work
behaviour and best practice.

11. Quality & Diversity
A focus on quality has always enjoyed a critical position at the heart of
McGregor Boyall’s service offering.
Accompanying our commitment to ethical business practices, the firm’s key policy commitment is to
quality. McGregor Boyall has therefore chosen to promote quality as the key organising principle of
its operations by gaining ISO accreditation BS EN ISO 9001: 2008. Since then we have been audited
by a member of the British Standards Institution on an annual basis and have been awarded
continued accreditation. Our Pride in Quality programme includes:
Quality Management System for client satisfaction
Post-Assignment Quality Surveys
Recruitment Assignment Performance Reviews
Continuous Consultant Performance Measurement
Additionally, McGregor Boyall operates a comprehensive Diversity & Inclusion Policy that states that
everyone shall be treated equally, irrespective of gender, marital status, age, disability, sexual
orientation, colour, religion, ethnicity or national origin.
All applications for employment are managed on an individual basis and the grounds for selection
are based purely on a candidate’s skills, qualifications and aptitude. Our best endeavours are made
to ensure that this is applicable to every applicant and regular monitoring is performed throughout
the recruitment process.

12. Added Value
McGregor Boyall regularly conducts market research programmes to provide individual clients
and market participants in general with timely human resourcing and recruitment related data.
Our Business Support Team assists with all added value requirements, marketing and public
relations support where required by the client. Recent examples of such added value services
include publications on:
Salary benchmarking
Updates on recruitment and demand for skills
Updates on level of demand for expertise
Indicators of shifts and changes in hiring patterns
Impacts of new regulations

13. Contact Us
mcgregor-boyall.com
Primary Contact
Richard Lett
Call: +971 4 377 0603
Email: rlett@mcgregor-boyall.com
Visit: Office 513, Liberty House, Dubai International Financial Centre,
PO Box 506635, Dubai, UAE