A focused executive job search across the GCC.
In 60 days, build a clearer executive position, a researched company and decision-maker map, and an outreach campaign you lead in your own name.
Tried recruiters and applications, and still not in the right conversations? I work on your side of that problem, paid by you, not by an employer. For Directors, VPs, GMs and selected C-suite leaders targeting the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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I work for the candidate, not the company.
Recruiters are paid by employers, so they work for the employer. I'm paid by you, so the work starts from your goals: which markets to target, who matters, and how to reach them.
A recruiter is still worth a call when they hold a brief that fits you. When nobody does, you need your own route in.
Built for Directors, VPs, Heads of Function, GMs, Country and Regional Leaders, and selected C-suite, across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC.
Recruiter or adviser: which do you need? →See who it's for →
From market signals to the right conversations.
Expansion, restructures, leadership change and market entry can give you a reason to look closely at an organisation. A signal is where research starts. It doesn't establish a vacancy, budget or hiring decision, so every target is checked before you act.
It doesn't guarantee an offer. It gives you a focused route to the right conversations.
Inside the 60-day engagement → See an example of the work → How the hidden job market works →
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Diagnosis and Positioning
Make your value clear at senior level
We sharpen your executive narrative, CV and LinkedIn so decision-makers quickly see where you fit and why you're relevant now.
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Market Mapping
Know where to focus, and who to approach
A prioritised map of GCC companies where growth, restructuring or leadership change may create demand, with the relevant decision-makers in each and the order to approach them, warm routes first.
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Live Campaign
Turn the map into conversations
Targeted outreach in your own name. Each week we review the market's response and refine the approach. As opportunities develop, we prepare you for conversations, interviews and negotiation.
Daniel Sterenzon
Founder, Sterenzon Advisory
Helping senior leaders become visible, trusted, and chosen.
I've spent over a decade across HR, advisory and market-facing work, including years inside senior talent markets in Saudi Arabia and the GCC with executive search exposure at Michael Page. I saw how leadership roles move, how decision-makers assess talent, and why strong professionals stay invisible until their positioning is fixed.
Today I combine that with market intelligence, AI-supported research and decision-maker mapping. One aim: making you more visible, more credible and more likely to be considered by the right market.