InterSearch Middle East strategically leverages the extensive international network & depth of regional knowledge to provide our clients & candidates with local, regional and global executive search capabilities & delivery.

United Arab Emirates

InterSearch Middle East
Central Park Towers Offices - Omlaat Street - Dubai - Dubaj - United Arab Emirates

Office Locations

Dubai, Abu Dhabi

InterSearch Middle East is one of the oldest international executive search firms in the region after opening the first office in Dubai UAE in 1998. Proudly celebrating over 20 years collaborative partnership with InterSearch Worldwide, the well-established Middle East executive search business has an exceptional track record of providing clients & candidates with the capability to conduct local, regional and international cross border assignments, by strategically utilising the extensive global network & depth of regional Middle East knowledge

The well-established firm has delivered a very unique value proposition to the Middle East region by expanding across the GCC with four dedicated offices: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat & Riyadh. The multi-geography strategy ensures a more personalised and developed connectivity across the region and allows InterSearch to be closer to clients and candidates to build long-term relationships and deliver a higher-level of service excellence. InterSearch is recognised as the only international executive search firm to be officially licensed in Oman and Abu Dhabi the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

InterSearch Worldwide is ranked amongst the top 10 search firms globally and is recognised as a very passionate and entrepreneurial global network that operates across all major industry sectors; including Aviation, Banking & Finance, Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods, Industrial, Family Groups & Private Equity.

As a leading headhunter in emerging markets across the Middle East & Africa region, we are experienced, innovative and totally committed to our clients who gain competitive advantage by hiring great people to make a difference.

InterSearch Dubai

Dubai Central Park Towers
Office 19-36, DIFC
P.O. Box 502914
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

InterSearch Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Global Market Square
Al Sila Tower, 7th Floor
Office 5.
Abu Dhabi, UAE

United Arab Emirates - InterSearch Middle East

Samantha Robinson

InterSearch

Harris Karaolides

InterSearch UAE

Contact

Contact
Harris Karaolides
Samantha Robinson
Telephone
+971 50 476 4764
E-mail
H.Karaolides@intersearch.org S.Robinson@intersearch.org
Website
https://ae.intersearch.org
Central Park Towers Offices - Omlaat Street - Dubai - Dubaj - United Arab Emirates

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Samantha Robinson

InterSearch

Sam has almost 20 years combined executive search and in-house recruitment experience. She has developed her global leadership career with InterSearch in both Australia & Middle East. Sam was born in Kuwait, educated in Australia and lived in London and Canada for a number of years working within the HR teams of Merrill Lynch and BP International. In the Middle East, she worked with Standard Chartered Bank as the Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist, Middle East, Pakistan & Africa (MEPA); focusing on senior-level hires as well as committing to the global diversity agenda to attract Arab, African & female talent into the organisation. Samantha has been based in the Middle East region over 16 years and is currently Managing Director – Middle East. She is responsible for building and leading a multi-cultural team of high-performing Consultants and Research Associates across four offices and serving a variety of global, regional and country specific clients across the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region. Sam personally focuses on executing executive search assignments across the full spectrum of the Banking & Finance sector and became the InterSearch Worldwide Practice Group Leader for the Financial Services sector in 2014. Sam is a big believer in identifying and attracting disruptive global talent to help organisations transform, innovate, challenge and drive commercial opportunities to achieve success.

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

Sam holds a Bachelor of Science, with a major in Psychology, from the University of Melbourne in Australia and was recently elected to the InterSearch worldwide Board of Directors in 2017.

Harris Karaolides

InterSearch UAE

Harris began his career in 1989 and has worked in Athens, Greece, New York City, USA and Dubai, UAE. He has more than 20 years of experience as an executive search consultant, joining InterSearch Greece in 1998 and eventually becoming the General Manager of InterSearch’s Athens office, which reports into him until today. Since 2013 Harris has joined InterSearch Middle East and is currently General Manager of InterSearch’s Dubai office and has previously served as Global Media Relations Executive for InterSearch Worldwide, playing a significant role in increasing visibility and awareness for the Global organization. He is focusing on executive search across various industries, has specific market knowledge of the Energy and Renewable Energy sector through working with numerous large service providers and product suppliers. As such he leads Energy & Renewable Energies Practice of InterSearch Worldwide. Harris is also Sub-Leader for InterSearch Worldwide’s Global Consumer Goods & Retail Practice Group. Over the course of his career, he has helped InterSearch Worldwide’s delighted Consumer Goods & Retail clients place senior-level executives for mission-critical roles across a wide geography including locations as diverse as Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and Pakistan. He holds a Master’s Degree from Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in New York and a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Deree, The American College of Greece. He has been a recipient InterSearch Worldwide’s annual Excellence Award.