michael page middle east & africa capability doc
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PAGEGROUP
Middle East and Africa
Michael Page at a glance
Michael Page is a leading global recruitment specialist, providing a local, tailored service to all our clients large and small. Part of PageGroup, a FTSE
250 company, Michael Page Middle East & Africa brings nearly 40 years of group wide experience in professional recruitment consultancy to our clients.
We conduct highly customised search assignments aimed at aligning our clients’ missions, cultures and strategic goals with exemplary candidates. Our
experienced and well networked consultants employ a high-quality, targeted and consultative approach to each mandate, thereby enabling our clients to
source the talent to take their businesses to the next level. We partner with some of the region and the world’s most prestigious organisations.
6 offices with
140+ Consultants
Access to over
3.5m active
candidates via our global
database
In 2014
£5.5m spent on job
advertising
globally
21 languages
spoken
Our Middle East & African
management team has over
260 years’ collective experience in local
and international recruitment.
Specialist
Middle East &
Africa recruiter
since
2005
27 Professions
and sectors
Supporting your business across the Middle East & Africa
With over 5,500 consultants across 35 countries, spanning six continents, Michael Page is ideally placed to source the best candidates across
the Middle East and Africa.
We source and deliver the highest calibre candidates to our clients, giving them a real competitive advantage. We have all the resources necessary to
support our clients with their recruitment requirements across the whole of the Middle East & Africa. This ensures a consistency of approach, yet with a
flexibility and openness to accommodate local legislation, local needs and local expectations.
LANGUAGES OUR TEAM SPEAK
21 languages
Afrikaans, Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian,
isiZulu, isiXhosa, Malayalam, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Portuguese, Punjabi,
Setswana, Sesotho, Spanish, tshiVenda, Urdu
Our service delivery model includes the following benefits:
SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Account teams broken down by
discipline, sector and location
putting specialist knowledge at
your finger tips.
EXTENSIVE NETWORK
Access to our superior
network of candidates via
our database, websites
and social communities
giving you the best talent.
FULL CONSULTATION
Full consultation for each
recruitment campaign as
you require, including
local on-site visits.
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
Account management services to
measure performance against
your key performance indicators,
ensuring consistent global
service delivery.
Our specialist businesses
Our specialist teams:
Finance & Accounting
Audit & Consulting
Tax & Treasury
Banking & Financial Services
Buying & Merchandising
Consultancy, Strategy & Change
Engineering & Manufacturing
Environment & Energy
Executive Search
Health & Social Care
Hospitality & Leisure
Human Resources
Insurance
Legal
Life Sciences
Marketing & Communications
Offshore
Oil & Gas
Procurement & Supply Chain / Logistics
Property & Construction / Facilities
Management
Public Sector / Not For Profit
Retail
Sales
Secretarial & Business Support
Technology
Temporary / Contract
Our complete candidate attraction solution:
Our locations across the Middle East & Africa
Our international businesses are not
alliance based or purchased.
Each PageGroup business has been
grown organically and is continually
benchmarked to ensure our quality of
service is consistent worldwide.
All of the Middle East & Africa.
One Approach.
Dubai & Abu Dhabi UAE (2 offices)
Doha ,Qatar
Paris, France
Casablanca, Morocco
Johannesburg South Africa
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
LEBANON
ANGOLA
Country Coverage by
Office:
Our clients
We are the advisor of choice among leading companies who are seeking a trusted recruitment partner. Our clients operate across all industries
and are of all sizes. Some of our current clients across the Middle East & Africa include:
Case study: General Manager – Saudi Arabia (ThyssenKrupp)
Situation: ThyssenKrupp has 150,000 employees in over 80 countries, generating sales in excess of GBP40 Billion. Saudi Arabia is a key growth market for the elevator & escalator
division and, to capitalise on this, ThyssenKrupp needed to employ a best in class General Manager to drive the P&L, cross functional reporting and most importantly
capture new projects and sales in the KSA construction market. The profile required regional construction market experience, Arabic language skills and someone of
Muslim faith to allow entry to Makah.
Solution: Given the time and profile constraints of this assignment, PageGroup worked in full partnership with ThyssenKrupp and utilised all the sourcing tools available to us,
including, a blind press and online advertising campaign, our local database as well as head hunting and networking with high calibre profiles we have developed over the
past decade in the Middle East. Our research team formulated a long list of multinational target companies so we could target top Sales Directors and General Managers
in the region, while advertising allowed us to capture the broader passive market.
The key selection criteria included: • Bi-lingual – fluent in both Arabic and English
• Bachelors Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, preferably with an MBA
• Either Sales Director or General Manager for a multinational building technology (electrical or mechanical) company
• Sales revenue or P&L ownership of $50m++
• Previous Saudi experience
• Strong leadership skills and outstanding communication skills
Outcome: • After a four week campaign, a shortlist of relevant candidates was forged using PageGroup’s integrated sourcing techniques. Shortlisted candidates included profiles
from direct competition like Kone, Schindler and Mitsubishi; industry leaders in the construction industry such as Honeywell, ABB and Siemens; as well as parallel
industry leaders like Sita, Lafarge and Chicago Bridge & Iron.
• The selected candidate was a tri-lingual (French, Arabic & English) MBA graduate from London Business School with a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering from
the American University of Beirut. He was currently Regional Sales Director at Siemens and was seeking a General Manager role opportunity as a career step up
along with remaining within the building technology sector.
Case study: Sales recruitment campaign - Qatar (Ooredoo)
Situation: Ooredoo is a leading international communications company with a customer base of more than 93 million. They have been the fastest-growing telecommunications
company in the world since 2005. In Qatar, they are the preferred choice for world-class communication for consumers, businesses, residences and organisations – and
they continue to build the network to make Qatar, their home nation, one of the best-connected countries in the world.
Ooredoo Qatar approached Michael Page wanting to recruit 30+ staff in a global campaign. Positions covered senior sales and services roles within Direct Sales and
Business Accounts.
Solution: Dubai and Oman were selected as initial candidate sourcing locations. Michael Page provided a three week time line where candidates would be sourced and selected.
Our consultants used the below sourcing strategy to reach out to the market and find the best calibre of candidates within the criteria fixed by Ooredoo:
• Database - Michael Page complements every search campaign with a thorough search of our local and global databases. We have the most extensive and accurate
candidate database in the MENA region with more than 80,000 registered local candidates.
• Headhunting - Our research team assisted our consultants on further sourcing of candidates for senior management roles by using a headhunt and market mapping
approach.
• Advertising Strategy - We launched an aggressive online advertising campaign to source the best talent in the Middle East. As such, we were able to draw from over
3,000,000 active candidates.
Outcome: • Michael Page (headed by one Account Director and a dedicated a team of 4+ consultants) screened over 300 candidates against agreed key selection criteria and
briefed candidates on the role. Shortlisted candidates where then approved by Ooredoo line management and HR and booked in for an interview in Dubai the
following week.
• 60 interviews were arranged to take place in Dubai’s DIFC over a 5 day period. The Michael Page account team worked with Ooredoo to coordinate and assist in the
set up across the week, where both HR and line management interviews took place along with ability testing.
• 15 candidates were offered various positions with Ooredoo. Michael Page successfully
closed 10 candidates and they will be joining Ooredoo in the coming months.
• The second stage of the campaign is now underway in the UK.
Case study: Procurement Director EMEA – United Arab Emirates (Aggreko Plc)
Situation: Aggreko Plc is a FTSE 100 publicly listed business headquartered in the UK and is a global leader in power generation and temperature control technology. Operating in
130 locations, they required a Procurement Director for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) to be based in Dubai to strategically manage the regional purchasing and
supply chain management. This was an integral position for their regional development strategy, and they were seeking to attract the highest calibre candidates globally
to be able to successfully lead this function.
The key selection criteria included: • Ten years’ leadership experience, with substantial exposure in a multi-national organisation with a strategic mindset
and the ability to design and implement the necessary change agenda required within the region for Aggreko.
• A ‘hands-on’ style and the ability to implement a strategic sourcing program to deliver key savings for Aggreko
across a wide geographic region.
• Experience in the centralisation of a procurement function and the implementation of best practice within a sizable business.
• Talented, energetic and results driven candidates who have demonstrated their abilities through leading teams, delivering strong commercial results and the
development of their personnel.
Solution: Due to the calibre of individual required, and the timescales to recruit the role, Michael Page was engaged on an exclusive retained basis. Over a three week period, Michael Page delivered a robust search for suitable individuals to match Aggreko’s requirements. This included:
• A global advertising campaign (bespoke design utilising Michael Page’s international online platforms along with numerous tactically placed advertisements:
(Total Jobs, Seek, Careerbuilder, Gulf Talent, LinkedIn, Career Junction, Bayt).
• Michael Page database search. Since 2001, Michael Page consultants have built a market leading database within the Procurement & Supply Chain sectors.
• Networking - with strong local and international networks, we maximised our search through official bodies and partners (CIPS), along with briefing our international
counterparts to yield high quality candidates.
• Headhunting and market mapping - Michael Page have a dedicated research team who were briefed on Aggreko’s specific requirements. We mapped Aggreko’s
competitors and companies with close links in their industry, and then actively headhunted and approach key personnel in corresponding positions within these
organisations.
Outcome: • Aggreko interviewed six shortlisted candidates, and four were taken forward to final stage presentations in front of senior executives.
• Six weeks after giving Michael Page the initial brief to recruit, Aggreko successfully offered the position to a candidate who had worked for internationally renowned
businesses such as GSK, Honda and VW.
• This candidate relocated from Brussels, Belgium to Dubai for the position after seeing Michael Page’s advertisement in that country.
• Of the final six candidates, four were based outside of the Middle East and were sourced from the campaign Michael Page conducted.
Case study: CEO x 4 – United Arab Emirates & Saudi Arabia (IFFCO)
Situation: The IFFCO Group is a multinational FMCG company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates with presence in over 30 countries and revenue in excess of $2billion.
They operate across 12 categories including premium brands, commodity products and raw materials. Some of their leading brands include Tiffany, Al Baker, London
Dairy, Igloo, Hayat, Noor and Rahma.
The organisation was looking to step change the business growth over the next three to five years and asked Michael Page to recruit four critical CEO positions ranging
from $250,000 to $300,000 salary plus bonus. The positions were:
• CEO – Ice Cream
• CEO – Biscuits
• CEO – Food Service
• CEO – Saudi Arabia
The key selection criteria included: Each position had clearly defined key selection criteria which focussed on:
• Specific product/category knowledge gained within a multinational
• Leading business transformation via sales, marketing and manufacturing
• Arabic speaking and expertise in KSA distribution universe (for the CEO – Saudi Arabia position)
Solution: Michael Page utilised their global databases, research team, headhunting and personal networks to generate shortlists for each role with the final candidates selected
and successfully starting – all remaining in post.
Outcome:
• CEO – Ice Cream: headhunted from Nestle Ice Cream in Brazil, was previously their Sales & Marketing Director.
• CEO – Biscuits: headhunted from a top Greek conglomerate with previous experience with Kraft and Nestle in Greece in the biscuits category.
• CEO – Foodservice: headhunted from a top UK food business with previous experience at P&G running their ‘away from home’ div ision.
• CEO – KSA: headhunted from top KSA family conglomerate with previous experience at Coca Cola and Pepsico.
Case study: Multiple sales roles – Kenya & South Africa (Lucozade Suntory)
Situation: Following the acquisition of the Lucozade and Ribena brands by the Japanese based Suntory Group from GSK, Suntory’s Dutch office approached Michael Page to
assist them with the launch of their first offices in both Johannesburg and Nairobi. Suntory was established in Japan in 1899 as a brewing and distilling company
group. They have since expanded into other fields including soft drinks and are one of the world’s largest players in the beverages sector. Suntory’s South African
office had just been set up (two people from GSK transferred across following the acquisition) and they needed four senior sales staff to be based in Johannesburg. In
Kenya, Suntory had also just registered a company and they wanted Michael Page to recruit their first four hires for the business which were also sales roles.
The key selection criteria included: • Degree qualified candidates, preferably with marketing or commerce degrees
• Proven sales experience in the FMCG sector, preferably in beverages
• Mature, professional and trustworthy candidates, capable of setting up an office
• Strong understanding of distribution channels in either South Africa or Kenya
• Able to prioritise and work under pressure
Solution: Suntory came to Michael Page with eight roles in total and the approach taken for this complex project was to focus separately on the South African and Kenyan
roles. We worked on a mix of retained and contingent (success only) agreements, with the two most senior roles (Commercial Director South Africa and Commercial
Director Kenya) being retained and the three mid level roles reporting into each of these positions (Sales and Key Account Managers) being contingent.
• For the roles based in South Africa, we relied on our very strong South African candidate database as well as our existing networks for
recommendations and referrals
• For the roles based in Kenya, we relied on our networks in Kenya for recommendations and referrals, social media and a targeted online advertising campaign.
• For the two Commercial Director roles we also engaged our in-house research team to map the market and identify relevant candidates performing a similar role
within competitor companies and pro-actively headhunting them.
Outcome:
• We submitted a minimum of three relevant candidates for each position.
• All South African candidates were met with face to face and interviewed extensively to ensure they met with Suntory’s requirements as well as their company
culture. All candidates based in Kenya also underwent a comprehensive interview process with Michael Page via Skype.
• We then conducted a professional shortlist presentation to Suntory and following their interview process, all eight positions were successfully filled.
Case study: CFO – Guinea (BHP Billiton)
Situation: The Guinea iron ore deposits are amongst the very last ones of this quality known in the world. Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée (SMFG), a BHP-Billiton and Newmont consortium, is focused on developing the deposits around Mount Nimba, which is expected to be a Tier 1 mining operation and is estimated to go into production within the next decade. The site of Mount Nimba is located near the border of Guinea and Liberia and employees work on a FIFO (Fly In Fly Out) status rotating between six weeks on site and three weeks at home. BHP-Billiton was in the process of selling its stake in the project and approached Michael Page to assist them in hiring a Finance and Compliance Manager for this purpose. In addition to the remote site issue, an additional complication was finding someone with the right qualifications who would be happy to work on a one-year contract position.
The key selection criteria included: • Strong academic background in Finance (Chartered Accountant)
• Previous experience in French-speaking Africa with exposure to French-inspired local legislation
• Experience in multiple reporting lines with various shareholders and governmental representatives
• Proven track record in developing in-country employees through planned training, support and coaching
• Experience in the resources industry within emerging markets and in the delivery of major CAPEX projects
• Fluency in both English and French
Solution: BHP engaged Michael Page on an exclusive retained search. The approach used was designed to target relevant professionals from the mining industry who were familiar with a harsh working environment and FIFO status. It included:
• A web campaign focused on highly specialised job boards (www.infomine.com , www.jobs4mining.com) as well as the ability to reach candidates in countries
with a strong mining culture (namely Canada, South-Africa and Australia) through our colleagues and Michael Page websites in those countries
• A detailed search of our African database comprising of over 10,000 candidates with a background in mineral resources
• Networking and connecting with key contacts in the industry to identify relevant professionals available on short-notice in the market
Outcome: • A short-list of six senior candidates was presented to BHP-Billiton. Two candidates were based in Canada, one in Australia and three in France
• Five of these candidates were selected for first round interviews
• Of these, three were progressed to final round interviews which were held in London.
• The successful candidate was offered the position only two months after the search was launched. This was considered a very fast recruitment process in the
African context and also given the nature of the role.
• The selected candidate had 13 years’ experience in the mining industry including 10 years in French-speaking Africa. He had previously worked in Guinea
and had worked on FIFO status during various stages of his career.
Case study: Managing Director – Morocco (PERI)
Situation: Founded in 1969, PERI is one of the leading providers of formwork and scaffolding systems in the world. Headquartered in Germany, the company has more than 50
international subsidiaries and over 100 stock yards around the world. The company has over 6,700 employees and their revenues in 2013 revenues were 1,099 million
Euros.
Peri approached Michael Page to assist them in recruiting their Managing Director of Morocco for a large development project. Reporting to the Regional Managing
Director based in Germany, the position was a business critical role for the group as it involved one of their most profitable projects. The main goal for the Managing
Director was to develop a new organization within the Moroccan subsidiary and to develop Moroccan business.
The key selection criteria included: • Strong academic background
• Minimum 10 years’ experience as Business Unit Director or Managing Director,
with a proven track record onto the Moroccan Market.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Fluency in French, English and German
Solution: PERI engaged Michael Page on an exclusive, retained search. The approach used was designed to target relevant professionals with experience in the Moroccan market
and/or emerging markets and included:
• A detailed search of the Michael Page Africa and mining databases to map the market and identify relevant candidates performing a similar role
• An advertisement was posted on our African website to attract similar profiles with African experience
• Active networking campaign amongst senior industry professionals.
Outcome: • A shortlist of 6 highly relevant senior candidates was presented to Peri
• 4 candidates went through a comprehensive interview process and the candidate selected was a trilingual Business Unit Director with 10 years’
experience in the heavy and mechanical industry in both Morocco and Germany.
• He possessed a strong track record in business development and improving company performance.
Case study: Multiple roles across different disciplines – South Africa (Shell)
Situation: Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories around the world. Shell
approached Michael Page to assist with the recruitment of a number of roles across a variety of their business divisions. Michael Page has 10 specialist recruitment
divisions - each with their own team of specialist recruiters. Michael Page appointed one central account manager to the Shell account to coordinate our ability to
efficiently and effectively recruit for a large, complex business such as Shell across multiple specialist disciplines.
Solution: Michael Page appointed an account manager to Shell. The account manager was responsible for understanding the different requirements of the various business
divisions of Shell and what individual hiring managers were looking for. As the central point of contact, the Michael Page account manager was in charge of translating
what Shell hiring managers wanted and conveying this to the appropriate Michael Page specialist recruiter to execute. Having one central contact meant that Shell hiring
managers only needed to deal with the one Michael Page recruitment contact. This kept things simple and efficient for Shell. The approach taken for each recruitment
assignment was dependent on the seniority of the role as well as the skills required, and involved methods such as:
• Engaging our in-house research team to perform market mapping and strategic headhunting of relevant individuals within the energy / petrochemicals sector
• Active networking campaign amongst senior professionals in the relevant discipline.
• A targeted online advertising campaign. This enabled us to reach a large audience through key online sourcing portals (www.michaelpageafrica.com, LinkedIn,
Google, Pnet, Career Junction, Careers24, Executive Placements, bestjobs.co.za, justthejob.co.za and jobs.co.za)
• Search of our global Michael Page candidate databases
Outcome: Since signing the Preferred Supplier Agreement with Shell we have worked with them on roles across HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Engineering and Finance.
Positions filled include:
• Project Engineer
• Field Business Development Manager
• Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) Manager
• Terminal Operations Manager
• Group Reporting Manager
Key contacts – Middle East
Pierre Emmanuel Dupil
Senior Managing Director
Middle East & Africa
T: +971 4 709 0310
M: +971 56 549 5727
Experience
Pierre Emmanuel is the Senior Managing Director for PageGroup
Middle East & Africa with full commercial responsibility for the
operation and management of our businesses across the entire
region.
In the Middle East, Pierre Emmanuel is responsible for over 75 staff in
our three offices (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha) as well as our
expansion into the Saudi market.
In Africa, Pierre Emmanuel is responsible for over 65 staff in our three
offices (Casablanca, Johannesburg and Paris) who recruit for leading
local and international businesses across the entire African continent.
Pierre Emmanuel joined Michael Page in Paris in 1998 and, prior to
transferring to Dubai to run our MEA operations, was Managing
Director of Michael Page France. Here he was responsible for over 220
staff and a business with a turnover of €40m. Pierre Emmanuel played
a key role in the consolidation of Michael Page's leadership in the
French market and left the business with a double digit growth trend.
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Experience
Leith is Regional Director for the Middle East overseeing Sales,
Marketing, Retail, HR, Engineering, Manufacturing, Property,
Construction, Technology, Procurement, Supply Chain and Oil &
Gas. Arriving in Dubai in 2008, Leith played a lead role in the
establishment of the overall Middle East operation.
Leith’s current role includes leadership of the Middle East operation,
acting as Account Director for key clients and executive search across
Government, Semi Government, Multinational and Family groups
Prior to arriving in the Middle East Leith worked in our global
headquarters in London. Between 2003 and 2008 he was responsible for
the London Sales & Marketing recruitment division. Leith’s expertise at
the time included FTSE 100 client account management, overseeing or
personally recruiting/building teams for start up organisations and
delivering signature UK and International Marketing Director placements
for some of the words best known brands
Leith joined PageGroup in Melbourne, Australia in 1999 recruiting in
IT/Technology during the dot.com boom. He then moved to Sales &
Marketing where he recruited for global and local FMCG organisations
and was subsequently transferred to the biggest FMCG marketplace,
London UK. Leith possesses a Bachelors of Business (Marketing) &
Bachelors of Languages (Indonesian) from Deakin University, Australia
Leith Ramsay
Regional Director
Middle East and Property & Construction
T: +971 4 709 0330
M: +971 50 276 6769
Key contacts – Middle East
Experience Jake is the Regional Director for Page Executive across the Middle
East and leads Board and Executive level recruitment across the
Region. He also plays a leading role in our expansion into the
Saudi market.
Jake moved to Qatar in August 2011 originally to develop the
PageExecutive brand and recruitment of C level positions in Qatar
and Saudi Arabia, but has recently relocated to the Dubai office to
play a more central role in the growth across the whole of the GCC.
Jake joined PageGroup in 1994 and, until his move to Qatar, was
responsible for the growth of PageGroup’s footprint in the Executive
market, leading the team covering London and South of England.
Prior to this Jake spent 11 years in the British Army with both the
Parachute Regiment and The Green Howards, leaving in 1993 in the
rank of Captain.
Jake Olds
Regional Director
Page Executive & Legal
T: +971 4709 0364
M: + 971 56 140 0537
Experience Ben is the Director for PageGroup Middle East, based in Qatar and
specifically focusing on the Northern Gulf countries of Qatar,
Bahrain & Kuwait. He personally plays a lead role recruiting senior
executives for clients across the Northern Gulf across multiple
sectors.
Ben joined PageGroup in London, UK, in 2000 where he worked in
the City for six years before moving to the UAE in 2006 to open the
first Middle East office for PageGroup in Dubai. In 2008, Ben
opened the second UAE office in Abu Dhabi guiding the business
through the Global Financial Crisis in 2009.
After six years in the Gulf, Ben was appointed to lead the growth in
South Africa, opening the second office after Johannesburg, based
in Cape Town and covering the Western Cape, Namibia &
Botswana region.
After two years, Ben was relocated back to the Middle East in
December 2013, this time to Qatar, to focus on the Northern Gulf
with regular monthly visits to also cover Kuwait & Bahrain.
Ben Ewbank
Operating Director
Northern Gulf
T: +974 4 413 3508
M: +974 3362 3798
Key contacts – Middle East
Experience
Jon is the Director of the Sales, Marketing and Human Resources
practices across all Middle East locations and industries for
PageGroup. In addition to managing the above teams, Jon also
personally delivers on senior and executive level appointments across
Multinational, Semi-Government, Government and local/ family groups.
Typical searches conducted include, but are not limited to; Marketing
Director, Sales Director, Business Development Director, Regional
Leader, VP Sales, Country Manager, Managing Director, General
Manager. Jon covers senior level roles across the B2B Sales &
Marketing spectrum including but not limited to; Engineering,
Manufacturing, Defence, Telecommunications, Media, Technology,
Business Services & Life Sciences/Healthcare.
Jon has over 12 years’ specialist, best practice international recruitment
experience within global recruitment consultancies and holds a degree
in Business & Marketing.
Jon possesses expertise in senior and executive level recruitment
across most industries and sectors having partnered with a broad
spectrum of FTSE 100 & FTSE 250 organisations over the course of
his career.
Jon Ede
Operating Director
Sales, Marketing and Human
Resources
T: +971 4 709 0339
M: +971 50 551 6320
Domenic Falzarano
Operating Director
Oil & Gas, Procurement & Supply Chain,
Engineering & Manufacturing and IT
T: +971 4 709 0305
M: +971 56 644 5170
Experience Domenic is the Operating Director for Michael Page Procurement &
Supply Chain, Engineering & Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and
Technology. He is responsible for eight staff across the four practices
and the team focus on recruiting roles across the Middle East.
Domenic personally recruits senior mandates within Technology and
Procurement & Supply Chain. Positions recruited include Chief
Procurement Officer, Supply Chain Director, and Chief Information
Officer to name a few.
Domenic joined PageGroup in the UK in 2006 as a graduate having
completed a degree in Politics & International Relations. His focus
was senior finance appointments in the Scottish market operating out
of the Edinburgh office. In 2008, Domenic transferred to Dubai to
establish and run the Procurement & Supply Chain business in the
Middle East and has led the team to become a market leader in their
field.
Key contacts – Middle East
Experience Huwy is the Associate Director of Middle East Finance recruitment
and search team. Based in Dubai, Huwy manages a team of
consultants and is responsible for overseeing the recruitment of all
finance positions in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
Huwy personally specialises in the recruitment of CFO and Finance
Director level positions across Commerce and Industry sectors, and
regularly travels to Saudi Arabia to meet with clients and enhance
Michael Page’s presence in the market.
Huwy joined PageGroup in 2005, recruiting accounting and finance
positions in Melbourne, Australia. He was promoted to Manager in
2008 and subsequently transferred to Dubai in 2011. Huwy was then
promoted to Associate Director in 2015.
Prior to joining PageGroup, Huwy worked as an Accountant for
Oakley Inc. in Australia and completed a Bachelor of Commerce
(Accounting & Finance) from Deakin University.
Adam Man-Cheung
Associate Director
Finance & Financial Services
T: +971 4 709 0341
M: +971 56 644 5171
Experience
Adam is the Associate Director of the UAE Finance and Banking &
Financial Services teams for PageGroup in the Middle East. He is
responsible for a team of consultants who cover the recruitment of roles
from executive C-level positions through to middle management
finance and banking positions.
During his tenure within the Group, Adam has specialised in key hires
for both local and multinational organisations. His sector coverage
includes, but is not limited to: Oil & Gas, Banking & Financial Services,
FMCG, Retail, Hospitality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Shipping,
Mining, Consultancies and Business Services.
Adam has over six years of specific Middle East finance recruitment
experience and originally joined PageGroup in the UK in 2003 where
one of his achievements included starting a brand new office in Kent.
Adam graduated from the University of Sheffield in the UK in 2002 with
an Accounting and Finance degree.
Huwy Jones
Associate Director
Finance – Dubai & Saudi Arabia
T: +971 4 709 0316
M: +971 56 603 8415
Key contacts – Middle East
Gavin Cheadle
Associate Director
Procurement & Supply Chain, Oil &
Gas and Engineering & Manufacturing
T: +971 4 709 0304
M: +971 56 174 3314
Experience
Gavin manages the Procurement & Supply Chain, Engineering &
Manufacturing and Oil & gas teams for Michael Page in the Middle
East.
He recruits senior to executive level candidates for local, national and
multinational organisations. With over 10 years’ recruitment experience
across supply chain and operations, Gavin has a strong depth of
experience recruiting technical, operations, engineering and supply
chain based professionals.
Gavin joined PageGroup in 2005 in the UK focusing on Purchasing and
Supply Chain as well as Engineering & Manufacturing professionals.
He managed two teams in the UK and established the Newcastle office
in 2008, before transferring to Dubai in October 2012.
Prior to joining PageGroup, Gavin worked as a logistics and supply
chain professional in the UK and Europe for five years with a leading
3PL. Gavin graduated from the University of Leicester with a Bachelor
of Science.
Anna Willersdorf
Associate Director
Onsite Recruitment Team
Dubai Tourism
T: +971 4 201 0527
M: +971 50 248 6815
Experience Anna is the Associate Director of the PageGroup Onsite Team at
Department Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) since its
inception in April 2014. This is PageGroup Middle East’s first RPO
engagement. Anna manages the onsite RPO team of three
consultants and is also responsible for overseeing executive search
agencies in the placement of key senior recruitment mandates across
DTCM, DCTCM, DFRE and EXPO DWTC.
The PageGroup Onsite Team has been re-awarded the Onsite
Recruitment Support Contract for 2015-2016. Throughout the course of
the onsite assignment to date, the team have managed 150+
acceptances. The team has been instrumental in the design and
implementation of Dubai Tourism’s Emiratisation Project hiring 30+
UAE Nationals.
Anna joined PageGroup in 2001 and has worked for the business in
Australia, the UK and the Middle East recruiting across Finance &
Accounting, Financial Services, Technology, Professional Services and
Executive Search. Anna has been based in Dubai since 2008.
Prior to joining PageGroup, Anna worked as a Corporate Tax
Consultant for Arthur Andersen and completed a Bachelor of
Commerce/Arts from the University Of Melbourne, Australia.
Key contacts – Africa
Nathan Byrne
Managing Director
Sub Saharan Africa
T: +27 11 303 8330
M: +27 7 2250 2816
Experience
Nathan is the Managing Director of our Sub Saharan Africa business,
with full commercial responsibility of the operation and management of
our 10 specialist disciplines: Finance, Banking, Legal, Human
Resources, IT, Procurement & Supply Chain, Engineering &
Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing and Executive Search.
Nathan specifically focuses on executive placements across Sub
Saharan Africa and in his 15+ years at Michael Page has specifically
focused on finance, procurement, supply chain, engineering,
manufacturing, operations, quality, Six Sigma, property and
constructions roles.
Today, his focus is on CEO, MD, VP and GM level positions across
Sub Saharan Africa in the following sectors: consumer goods,
industrial & energy, financial services, retail, IT&T and property.
Nathan has over 15 years’ experience with Page Group. He has
worked for the business in Australia, Hong Kong & Southern China,
the Middle East and now Africa, with a focus on the recruitment of
senior level positions.
Prior to joining PageGroup, Nathan spent 5 years in the Australian
military and possesses a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of
Melbourne.
Boualem Kadi
Executive Director
Northern Africa
T: +212 (0)5 29 03 99 15
M: + 212 6 00 09 10 66
Experience Boualem joined Page Group in 2006 as a Consultant recruiting across
a variety of disciplines such as Retail, Health, Telecommunications
and Finance for Michael Page Africa.
Boualem was promoted to Executive Director in 2011 and he built the
Michael Page Africa team based in Morocco from a single consultant
to a team of ten consultants in three years.
The business is continuing to grow and now recruits positions across
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In addition to managing the team,
Boualem personally specialises in the recruitment of senior
executives for a range of high profile international clients as well as
large local firms.
Prior to joining Page Group, Boualem worked within the recruitment
industry for over 15 years.
Boualem is fluent in English and French and graduated from Leeds
Polytechnics with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
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Key contacts – Africa
Igor Rochette Executive Manager
West & Central Africa
T: +33 1 41 92 44 68
M: +33 6 83 36 84 51
Experience Igor joined Page Group in 2008 in our Paris office. Igor progressed his
career rapidly in the Mining and Oil & Gas African desk being
promoted from Consultant to Senior Consultant, Manager and to his
current position of Executive Manager in 2013.
Igor has recruited across a variety of disciplines at senior management
and top executive level in the Energy sector. He now leads our
Finance, Engineering and Procurement recruitment teams for West
and Central Africa, Egypt, Angola and Madagascar.
In addition to managing these teams, Igor personally recruits executive
appointments in the business to business sector.
Igor spends half of the year based in Paris and the other half in
Luanda (Angola).
Prior to joining Page Group, Igor was a Training Coordinator for a
major oil company – he was first based in France with the business
and then expatriated to Balikpapan (Indonesia) for three years.
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Our offices
JOHANNESBURG
5th Floor
The Forum
2 Maude Street
Sandton City 2196
Johannesburg
South Africa
Phone: +27 (0) 11 303 8300
ABU DHABI
Suite 2.02
Floor 2, Tower A
Al Jazira Sports & Cultural Club
111963
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 (0)2 611 9200
CASABLANCA
Immeuble Plein Ciel
8 Rue Ali Abderrazak
Quartier Racine
20100
Casablanca
Morocco
Phone: +212 (0)5 2903 9919 DOHA
Office 2
Tornado Tower
Majlis Al Taawon Street
Doha
Qatar
Phone: +974 (0)4 413 3500
PARIS
159 Avenue Achille Peretti
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Paris
France
Phone: +33 (0)1 41 92 4488
DUBAI
Office 204, Tower 1
Al Fattan Currency House
Dubai International Financial Centre
(DIFC)
PO Box 506702
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 (0)4 709 0300
