Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• I’ve been offshoring for years. First for my own business, then for clients who saw how well it worked and wanted in.
• Remote Resource is the natural next step, giving businesses access to high-performing offshore talent without the headaches of hiring in-house.
• It’s not just about cutting costs. It’s about scaling smarter. We’ve built dedicated offshore teams that work seamlessly, deliver results, and drive real growth. Now, we’re opening that up to others.
• The reality is, if you’re still relying on expensive, onshore-only teams, you’re making business harder than it needs to be. Remote Resource gives you the same systems, same talent, and same efficiency that’s been working for us for years, so you can get more done with less overhead.
• if you’re not leveraging offshore talent, you’re leaving money on the table and making business more expensive and difficult than it needs to be.

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• At the end of 2024, I started a podcast all about the people behind the titles.
• We all see the success stories – the CEOs, the entrepreneurs, the industry leaders. But what about everything that came before? The childhood moments, the failures, the risks that almost didn’t pay off?
• Every episode, I sit down with founders and business leaders to hear the real stories behind their journeys. No rehearsed answers, no corporate speak. Just honest conversations about what it actually takes to get to the top.
• Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a business leader, or just someone who loves hearing the stories behind the people at the top, there’s something for you in this podcast.
• New episodes drop every Monday on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

• I help recruitment agency founders build six and seven-figure businesses using the strategies that scaled our firm to multi-seven figures.
• Starting from scratch over a decade ago, we bootstrapped a marketing-led recruitment agency model, leveraging offshore teams, automation, and efficient tools to boost profits and reduce overheads.
• Through a proven and adaptable program, you can transform your agency into a profit-generating powerhouse.
• With deep roots in MENA and APAC recruitment since 2008, my experience includes leading MCG Talent to seven-figure success and strategic ventures, like selling Diversely.io to The Access Group.
• Now, I’m focused on mentoring others to achieve financial freedom with a smooth, actionable blueprint covering everything from sales techniques and proposals to building effective offshore teams.
• Our core pillars—structure, client acquisition, candidate sourcing, marketing, and digital presence—equip you to build a lean, digitally savvy agency primed for growth.

Mar 2020 – Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Singapore

• I served as a strategic advisor and founding investor for Diversely, a pioneering technology firm dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). In August 2023, Diversely was acquired by The Access Group, joining its earlier acquisitions—Access Volcanic and Access Vincere—to form one of the most comprehensive recruitment technology solutions available. This acquisition allows Access to provide its clients with advanced tools to track, measure, and enhance diversity and ensure a bias-free hiring process for both candidates and clients.

Sep 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

• In late 2019, we made the decision to merge our business with agencies in the UK, USA, and Australia to create a global recruitment offering under the DMCG Global banner. At the time, globalisation felt like the right strategy for growth and client delivery.
• Then COVID hit, and everything changed.
• Post-pandemic, the group shifted towards a model, something that didn’t align with our goals or how we wanted to run our business. We also saw a clear need to double down on building focused, regional expertise in the Middle East and Asia.
• So in 2022, we exited the partnership.
• While the business still carries our name, as we are the ‘MCG’ in DMCG - we now operate entirely independently. MCG Talent in the Middle East and Asia has no ongoing involvement with DMCG Global. We’ve chosen to stay niche, stay focused, and build where we know we can deliver best.
• We wish everyone at DMCG Global continued success.

Jun 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• I was based in Singapore and built out our APAC client base. I also ran our MENA/APAC business based out of South East Asia as CEO.

Aug 2015 – Jul 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• In 2015 I formed MCG& Group. Kemistry was the second company we launched in the Middle East as part of the group, looking at the HR, Finance and Operations space.
• We closed the business in July 2019 as we focussed on the MCG Talent Brand.

Aug 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 7 mos

• I founded our firm back in 2010 and ran the businesses based out of London originally, then Dubai, then Singapore and now I am back in Dubai.
• In the 10+ years since setting up the business, I am still as excited today as I was on that first day.
• We are committed to our business being known as a trusted marketing, communications, creative and digital specialist in the Middle East and Asia.

Oct 2017 – Oct 2020 · 3 yrs · Dubai

• I co-founded a successful learning and development business, where I played a pivotal role in its early success by providing the initial funding, essential tools, and securing our first clients. After dedicating three years to building the firm and achieving substantial growth, I made the decision to exit the company. I sold my shares to my co-founder, ensuring the business was left in capable hands and continuing its trajectory towards further success.

Oct 2009 – May 2010 · 7 mos · Dubai, UAE

• EWC was a joint venture with a business associate. With our combined knowledge we placed candidates into advertising agencies, media agencies, media sales houses, banks, financial institutions and banking software vendors.
• Together we worked on a number of very senior assignments in locations such as UAE, Saudi Arabia, Germany, UK, Bahrain, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Sep 2008 – Jun 2009 · 9 mos · Dubai, UAE

• I arrived in Dubai in the midst of the financial crisis and the role I was recruited for changed. I worked in the construction and real estate industries across the Middle East. My primary focus was on placing senior executives at leading international companies within the facilities management and property development sectors.
• After almost a year with Macdonald & Company I craved a return to the communications industry and left the business. I met some great people in what was a very tough time to be recruiting in the property and construction sector.

Jun 2007 – Aug 2008 · 1 yr 2 mos · London, England

• My time at Spencer Harrington was very enjoyable and I was taught how to recruit by the best in the business.
• I led the media division at the agency and we were specifically hired on a search capacity to find senior exectuives for market leading media firms based in the UK.
• I placed candidates across the Digital, TV, Radio, Outdoor, Cinema and National Press sectors.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr · Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

• I spent a year in Honduras working for a non-profit organisation. I worked as an English teacher in the village of Taulabé in central Honduras. I also worked for a charity supporting street children in the capital city, Tegucigalpa.
• The experience is something I will never forget and Honduras a beautiful country I will always hold close to my heart. So much so that it is also the place I asked my wife to marry me, thankfully she said yes.

Jan 1999 – Dec 2005 · 6 yrs 11 mos · London, England

• Markettiers was an amazing agency to work for and is a cutting edge digital, television and radio consultancy, specialising in the creation and distribution of digital and broadcast content.
• Having started as the guy who packed boxes in the stockroom I climbed the ladder to the level of Account Director. In this position I had direct responsibility for the performance and development of the account management team.
• In my time at the agency I worked on award winning campaigns, made life long friends and developed an absolute passion for the communications industry.
• A fantastic seven years I will always treasure.