Nicholas Harvey

Nicholas began his career in 1996 and henceforth has accumulated over 15 years within Executive Search and Recruitment. He has covered the full gamut of Recruitment services; working on the client side as a Director of Talent, in a UK contingent firm, ran his own RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) company from India and spent 7 years as a Director in a tier one Executive Search firm in the Middle East.

His career has spanned four continents and includes employment in Sydney, Tokyo, San Francisco, London, Pune (India) and most recently, in Dubai. For the past 9 years Nicholas has lived and worked in the UAE with his wife and three children. During his time in the Middle East his primary area of business focus has been in the GCC. He has, however, successfully conducted business in the Levant, North Africa, Pakistan and Iraq.

Nicholas prides himself on his ability to understand and collate his clients’ needs, their culture and business strategy coupled with an aptitude to attract and deliver the right Executives that will have the desired long-lasting impact. He has been able to build long-lasting relationships through his open and honest informed approach, never over-promising on what can be delivered.

Covering the Middle East & Africa region for InterSearch, Nicholas has covered a broad number of senior positions from Media & Telecoms to Construction & Government. His focus however, is primarily on Transport Infrastructure and he has a track record of helping to build leadership teams with a number of the region’s major Maritime Organisations, Airports and Airline Carriers. Nicholas holds a Bachelors in Economics from Newcastle University, UK.