Strategy · Management Consulting · Digital · Sovereign AI · CyberSecurity
A senior-led consultancy delivering strategy, technology and cyber security to governments, national champions and multinationals — industry-specific, practical, accountable to outcomes.
Current projects across business & technology
Professionals across Europe & MENA
Years of activity — 11 in the MENA region
Trusted by regulated enterprises, sovereign entities and critical-infrastructure operators
Industries
We serve the governments, national champions and sovereign entities shaping the region's next decade — bringing deep international know-how, proprietary technologies and delivery models adapted to local regulation, culture and ambition.
We partner with GCC champions who are building the future of the region — bringing global expertise, proprietary technologies and delivery models adapted to local regulation, culture and sovereign ambition.
We partner with government operators and local entities to provide fully sovereign AI-enabled strategies, solutions and services specialized to Defense & Interior — from secure command systems and national cyber resilience to border intelligence, identity, public safety and mission-critical infrastructure.
Banks, MDBs, insurers and capital markets — from digital operating models to core modernization and regulatory-grade cyber.
Ministries, regulators and sovereign entities — national digital agendas, shared services, secure infrastructure and citizen experience.
Upstream to downstream — data platforms, ICS/OT security, plant optimization and digital operations for capital-intensive assets.
Power, water and grid operators — modernization of control environments, asset performance and cyber resilience for critical infrastructure.
Carriers, digital natives and platform businesses — network transformation, platform engineering and monetization models.
Payers, providers and life-science organizations — clinical platforms, data interoperability and secure patient experiences.
Retailers and consumer brands — commerce platforms, unified data, store technology and demand-driven supply chains.
Mining, chemicals and heavy industry — industrial digitalization, plant reliability and safe, sovereign data platforms.
What we do
Every organization is unique — so is every mandate. Browse our practice areas, and reach out if your challenge calls for a completely new approach.
All services →From strategy to full execution — sovereign AI roadmaps, open-weight and proprietary models, data platforms, governance and production deployment, all designed to keep data, models and inference under national or institutional control.
Full Forward Deployed Engineering teams embedded inside your organization — solution-agnostic by design, with a deliberate focus on open, sovereign-first technologies that keep control, skills and roadmap in your hands.
Board-level digital vision, operating models and roadmaps — grounded in the realities of your industry vertical.
Reshape the IT function end-to-end — from target architecture and sourcing to delivery organization and governance.
A coherent blueprint for business, data, application and technology layers — designed to evolve with your strategy.
Evidence-based programs that unlock value for shareholders and citizens through modern sourcing and rationalization.
GRC, OT/ICS security, incident readiness and third-party risk across regulated industries and critical infrastructure.
Modernize, consolidate and rebuild application portfolios so they carry — rather than constrain — the business.
Engineer for scale, latency and resilience so critical platforms hold up under real-world load and change.
Design, migrate and operate hybrid data center estates — from private cloud footprints to hyperscaler landing zones.
Modern enterprise networking — SD-WAN, campus, DC fabric and secure connectivity for distributed operations.
Give people the tools to work well together — modern collaboration, endpoint and identity, done pragmatically.
How we work
No hand-offs between strategy and delivery. The people who frame the problem stay in the room until the outcome is live in your operating environment.
We start on the business — value at stake, constraints, regulatory frame, stakeholder map — before touching technology. Weeks, not months.
Operating model, target architecture, sourcing and delivery plan — one coherent blueprint that survives contact with reality.
Senior operators in the room within 10 days. Governance, delivery cadence and quality gates in place from week one.
Hands-on execution — we build, integrate, secure and operate. Our name goes on the outcome, not just on the deck.
Knowledge transfer, playbooks and skills uplift so your teams own what we built — long after we are gone.
From strategy to execution
In multiple engagements, technology is both the connective tissue and the spine on which our clients' strategies are designed and executed. In others, it opens whole new lines of business.
Mandays delivered per year
Digital & Cyber Security budget managed
Average mobilization time
Credentials
Engagements spanning strategy, cyber security and data across regulated industries and critical infrastructure in the GCC. Get in touch to learn more.
Sovereign AI layer — National BPO operator
Strategized, designed and implemented a full sovereign AI layer for a national business-process outsourcing operator — from AI strategy, data architecture and model governance to production deployment — cutting average handling time and raising quality while keeping data and inference inside national borders.
Read the full case studySovereign AI on sovereign cloud — National cyber & compliance
Strategized, designed and implemented a sovereign AI capability built on open-weight models and sovereign cloud infrastructure for a national cybersecurity and risk compliance program — delivering in-country control of models, data and inference across threat intelligence, compliance automation and risk operations.
Read the full case studyAI-first specialized academy — Defense entity
Designed and built from scratch an AI-first specialized Academy for a Defense-related entity — strategy, operating model, curriculum, technology solutions and military-ready training facilities — to produce sovereign AI talent at scale.
Read the full case studyAI-native deal, distribution & FDE business — GCC Family Office
Blank-sheet setup of a three-in-one platform — AI-augmented deal desk, curated ISV distribution arm and Forward Deployed Engineering practice — under a single P&L. Nine-month PMO, USD 400M+ qualified pipeline and two flagship FDE engagements live at month 12.
Read the full case studyData security strategy and implementation
Full data-security operating model, org and process framework for a regional cyber provider, implemented end-to-end against military-grade and civil standards at global, regional and local level.
Read the full case studyDigital Strategy for MDB
End-to-end digital strategy with the President and C-level of a single-lender MDB expanding into crowdfunding, PE and VC — new operating model, technology blueprint, sourcing redesign and reskilling plan, under active implementation.
Read the full case studyCyber Security for Critical GCC Infrastructure
Maturity assessment against national and international regulation, urgent remediation in under three months, then a full people-process-technology strategy and roadmap delivered and re-assessed to target maturity.
Read the full case studyData strategy for National Oil Company
Six-month blueprint of Master Data Management and a working Corporate Information Factory pilot for an upstream NOC, plus the 18-month implementation roadmap now under execution.
Read the full case studyMSS Market entry strategy
End-to-end MSS growth-and-cost strategy for a regional provider — service catalogue, pricing, positioning and operating model redesigned, cost base rebuilt to raise quality while reducing spend.
Read the full case studyEcosystem
We maintain deep skills and partnerships across the top and frontier global vendors — but we are not tied to any one stack. Our starting point is sovereign control, local regulation and the mission, then we select and integrate the right mix of global, open-source and regional solutions.
Cloud landing zones, migrations, well-architected reviews and cloud-native builds across the global leaders — always with a sovereign-first posture and local data-residency requirements.
ERP, CRM, workflow and collaboration platforms as the operating fabric of large enterprises, selected and configured to fit local processes and regulatory expectations.
Enterprise low-code and modern application platforms for accelerated renewal, custom builds and rapid sovereign application delivery.
Modern data platforms, lakehouse patterns, AI-ready foundations and sovereign AI stacks — open-weight, proprietary or hybrid, depending on the mission.
Security, identity, SASE, OT/ICS protection and Zero Trust architectures across the top-tier global and regional technology landscape.
SD-WAN, SASE, campus, DC fabric and secure connectivity for distributed, mission-critical and regulated operations.
Detection, observability, analytics and intelligence platforms at national-scale volumes, deployed with sovereign telemetry and control.
Open-weight models, open-source infrastructure and sovereign AI tooling — the stack of choice when control, auditability and independence matter most.
Industrial IoT, plant optimisation, SCADA/ICS integration and OT security for energy, utilities, chemicals and heavy industry.
Deep relationships with GCC and regional technology providers, system integrators and sovereign-cloud operators who understand the local landscape.
Insights
Perspective
Regulation is now table stakes. The real board conversation is about sovereign control of data, keys and detections — and the operating model to sustain them.
Read the perspectivePoint of view
Lessons from moving a single-lender development bank towards crowdfunding, private equity and venture capital — and the digital operating model that made it possible.
Read the perspectiveField note
Master data, corporate information factory and an 18-month implementation plan for a National Oil Company setting the foundation for large-scale digital transformation.
Read the perspectivePerspective
Critical infrastructure operators cannot secure what their integrators, OEMs and MSPs quietly control. A practical framing for asset owners in the GCC.
Read the perspectiveWhat makes us different
No pyramid, no bench of juniors learning on your program. The partners you meet are the operators who deliver.
We refuse generic playbooks. Every mandate is grounded in the regulation, physics and economics of your sector.
We sign up to business outcomes, not deliverables. Governance and pricing follow the same logic.
Data, keys, detections and skills stay with our clients. We build capability — we do not lock it in.
The team
Managing Director
Dubai, UAE
20+ years of global digital transformation with enterprise customers across most industries. Deep expertise in cloud platforms, enterprise systems and low-code platforms (Mendix, OutSystems).
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Chief Operating Officer — MENA
United Arab Emirates
Over 23 years of experience in technology strategy, risk management and cyber security. Leads large-scale transformation programs across the Gulf and technical delivery firm-wide.
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Chief Technology Officer
Saudi Arabia
Industrial IoT, plant optimization and ICS/OT security in Oil, Gas, Chemicals and Utilities. Merges deep technical craft with managerial rigor for complex capital programs.
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Head of Operations
Dubai, UAE
Strategic leader in financial analysis, budgeting and risk optimization. Drives operational efficiency and a culture of continuous improvement across the firm.
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Senior Partner
Dubai, UAE
Global strategy and management consulting executive with a decade helping governments, enterprises and founders solve complex challenges across the public, private and defense sectors in MENA, Europe and North America.
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Partner
Dubai, UAE
CTO of Metra Group and co-founder of Darklake. 24+ years spanning software engineering, cybersecurity leadership, regulated fintech and practice building — including a VARA-regulated broker-dealer and gold-backed digital asset stack.
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Technology Consulting Director
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Leads regional technology consulting engagements across the Middle East — advising on digital growth architecture, automation, AI enablement and Governance, Risk & Compliance. 15+ years across PwC, SIBUR and VTB spanning IT risk, cybersecurity assurance and large-scale IT transformation.
View LinkedInGlobal presence
A Saudi-headquartered firm with a truly international bench. From Riyadh we lead the practice; from Dubai and London we mobilise senior teams; and through our GCC satellites in Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait — alongside near-shore engineering in Amman and a European hub in Milan — we deliver in the language of local regulators, global vendors and international capital.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Main headquarters
Global leadership, board advisory and P&L control for the firm. Anchored in the Kingdom to serve Vision 2030 owners, ministries, giga-projects and PIF portfolio companies at the highest level.
United Arab Emirates
Delivery & excellence hub
Centre of gravity for client delivery, cyber and digital strategy practices, quality assurance and talent integration.
United Kingdom
Global delivery hub
International gateway for capital-markets, sovereign investors and cross-border transactions — linking GCC clients to the City, global technology vendors and the Anglo-American delivery bench.
Bahrain
Satellite delivery hub
Specialised finance and fintech delivery support for GCC banking and capital markets clients.
Qatar
Satellite delivery hub
On-demand advisory and project support for public-sector and infrastructure transformation programs.
Kuwait
Satellite delivery hub
Regional delivery support for oil, gas, utilities and public-sector technology modernization.
Jordan
Engineering & near-shore delivery
Application, data and cyber engineering talent for the wider MENA region.
Italy
European practice
Enterprise architecture, industrial digital and European client delivery.
Careers
We hire senior operators who want the accountability of a boutique with the scope of a global player. No pyramid, no bench, no hand-offs — just meaningful work with the clients that shape economies.
Dubai · Full time
Riyadh · Full time
Riyadh · Full time
Dubai · Full time
Milan · Full time
Amman · Full time
Dubai · Full time
Riyadh · Full time
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