Helen Undy

As the Managing Director of The Search Partnership, Helen has more than 20 years’ senior international Executive Search experience. She has been based in the GCC since 2003 providing Executive Search Consultancy and Talent Advisory services to clients across the region. Prior to establishing The Search Partnership, Helen has lived in Africa, Bahrain, Canada, UK and the UAE.

Although The Search Partnership’s Executive Search methodologies are non-industry specific; Helen possesses a deep understanding of the MENA regions’ Financial Services industry. This includes in-depth knowledge of Regulatory / Approved Status roles and business critical roles including (but not limited to) AML, Audit, Compliance, and Risk. As such, she counts global Banking Institutions, leading regional Investment Banks & Wealth Managers, major Middle East Financial Institutions, and Financial Service Regulators amongst her clients.

Helen’s extensive MENA Executive Search successes include: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Economist, General Managers and various ‘Heads of’ Functions. Her belief in, and support of, nationalisation initiatives has allowed her much success in assisting her clients to identify high calibre nationals for senior business critical roles and she is well connected within the local communities in several GCC countries. Further successes have included ‘Heads of’ HR, Finance, Economics, Compliance, Treasury & Capital Markets and General Counsel assignments.

Other major industry achievements include global searches for Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers and GM’s within the Aluminium, Oil & Gas, Telecommunication and Holding Company / Family Conglomerate sectors.