How do you hire a CXO for a UAE company?

To hire a CXO for a UAE company, first decide whether the leader should be a local UAE hire or sourced from India or elsewhere, then check what the role pays and approach people already doing it. Boardroom CXO runs searches for companies in Dubai and across the UAE, including India-based brands building a Gulf team.

Local hire or India-sourced?

We look at leaders already working in the UAE first. International sourcing, from India, the Philippines, Europe, the US or the UK, is available when a client specifically wants it, for example when the role needs experience the local pool does not have.

India-based brands building a Gulf team

For an India-based brand building a Gulf team, the question is often whether to move a trusted leader from India, hire locally, or do both: a local head with an India-sourced second line. We map both options before you decide.

Map the pay before you set the budget

Pay varies by seniority and scope, and a generic salary survey is a weak guide. We map what the role pays in the market before you commit a budget, so the offer is neither too low to close nor higher than it needs to be.

Roles we search for in the UAE

Senior and CXO roles only: CEOs, MDs and business heads, CFOs and finance heads, CMOs and marketing heads, sales and business development heads, and CHROs. We run them for companies in Dubai and across the UAE, including consulting, business-setup and corporate service firms. See our UAE search page.

What a UAE search costs

AED 1,000 starts the search. It is not refundable, and it is adjusted against the final fee of one month's salary, invoiced when your hire joins. If the hire leaves within 90 days, we find one replacement free.

How the search runs

The method is the same as in India. We map what the role pays, agree what it must deliver over the next 12 to 24 months, approach people already doing the job at competitor companies, and give you a confidential shortlist and a realistic offer number. Our first consultation is free.

How to start

Call or WhatsApp +91 98567 55000, which covers India and the UAE, or email hire@boardroomcxo.com with the role and the city. It helps to say at the start whether the leader must already be based in the UAE, and who inside the company may know about the search.