Ascent Search

Ascent Search is a Dubai-based boutique search firm providing executive search services to principal investors and growth-minded companies across the globe. The firm is laser-focused on moving beyond surface-level talent pools and delivering better information to support high-stakes hiring decisions.

Ascent Search serves two key sectors. In Principal Investing, the firm handles talent across private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, public markets, real estate, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds. In Industry, Ascent recruits across technology, software, media, telecoms, financial services, consumer goods and retail, hospitality, energy and infrastructure, real estate, business services, and industrials. The company has a proven track record in strategy and corporate development, M&A, and finance mandates.

Based in Dubai with global sourcing expertise, Ascent Search combines international reach with local market insight. The firm places executives across locations including Dubai, London, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, offering client testimonials from investors and executives across multiple continents.