Executive search · Data centre and AI infrastructure
Leaders for data centre and AI infrastructure, from first power to full load.
Construction, commissioning, power, grid, platform and GPU seats, across the GCC, the UK and Europe, and the US.
Your next seat in data centre and AI infrastructure, before anyone hears your name.
- Searches filled across the GCC, Europe and North America
- Executive search in energy and EPC across the Middle East
- Your search page, live from day one
- Leaders moved into and out of the Gulf, across three markets
- Most searches are never advertised; you hear first
- Nothing shared without your permission, and you never pay a fee
Lloyd Venning, founder
I run every search myself. Dubai.
I am hiring
Retained search for the leaders your build depends on, shortlist in 10 working days.
Brief me on a searchI am a leader looking at my next move
A confidential conversation about the next seat and the package.
Register and share your CV- Brief once, never chase
- Watch it live, pick in one click
- Interviews self-booked, feedback in one tap
A benchmark of your open seats carries no fee. A full compensation study is a fixed-fee piece, credited against a search.
- Register once
- Hear of a seat before anyone hears your name
- Your own interview time
See your search as it happens
From the day you sign, a private page shows you what I see, without asking for an update.
The funnel, with counts
Mapped, approached, interested, interviewed, shortlisted.
The shortlist
Anonymised front sheets; one click to meet someone.
Feedback and interviews
Both from the page, with no chain of emails.
The promised date and the real one
Side by side, with every weekly report.
A log of every action
On both sides, so nothing is hidden.
How a confidential conversation works
A call, not a form
What you run today, and what you would move for.
Nothing shared without your say-so
Your profile goes to a client only with your permission, role by role.
The real package, in writing
Before you interview.
The move handled
Notice, visas and family, into or out of the Gulf.
No fee, ever
The people I approach never pay.
The seats I fill
Data centre development and construction
- Programme director
- Head of construction
- Head of commissioning
Data centre operations and commercial
- Country head
- Operations director
- Commercial director
Power, grid and energisation
- Head of power
- Grid connections lead
- Energisation director
AI infrastructure and GPU platforms
- Head of GPU operations
- VP platform engineering
- Head of HPC networking
Gulf entry leadership
- Country head
- RHQ C-suite
- National leadership shortlist
Investors and platform partners
- Platform CEO
- CFO
- Head of development
The Gulf bridge
The leader you need is often running the same job in another market.
First leaders for foreign firms opening in the Gulf, and leaders abroad for Gulf capital. Both directions, every week.
Retained search. One way of working.
- A fee on signing.
- A shortlist date in writing, within 10 working days.
- The balance on the start date.
- A six-month replacement if the person leaves.
- Exclusive, with the terms for your country in writing first.
Not ready to brief?
What does the seat pay?
Tell me the role and the city. I'll benchmark it against people who have done the job, with the sample size.
Thank you.
I'll come back within one business day with what I can benchmark for that role and when you'll have it, in writing.
How a retained search runs
Map
Who has done the job at your stage, where they sit, what they cost. Sources stated.
Shortlist
People who agreed to be introduced, each assessed in writing, within 10 working days.
Start date
Offer, notice, visas and relocation, to day one.
The Friday brief
Three facts, one project move, one role in demand.
The first issue goes out on Friday 6 November.
Nearly there. Check your inbox and click the link to confirm. You're on the list after that; the next Friday brief lands on Friday morning, Dubai time.
One seat with no name against it?
Tell me the role and the date. I'll reply within one working day.
Open to the right move?
Register in confidence, or ask what your seat pays elsewhere.