James Douglas Middle East

We are James Douglas Middle East, a privately held recruitment company operating in the staffing and recruiting industry. We were founded in 2022 and are headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

We are a Dubai-based professional search and leadership advisory firm, delivering specialist services and leveraging the scale of a global platform. We are part of a holding company, a publicly listed firm and part of the EMA Global network spanning 40+ countries enabling us to deliver board-level and senior talent solutions across high-impact, high-growth industries. We work with fast-scaling, regulated, and transforming organizations, offering clarity in leadership hiring, discretion in execution, and speed in delivery.

We deliver our services through a combination of psychometrics, AI tools, and a structured search methodology, supported by a disciplined process that emphasizes discretion and timely delivery.

We provide services across Professional Search, Leadership Hiring, Executive Search, Emiratization, Talent Advisory, Banking Recruitment, Succession Planning, Executive RPO, Talent Intelligence, and Nationalisation Hiring.

We operate in the United Arab Emirates.

We are part of a holding company, a publicly listed firm and part of the EMA Global network spanning 40+ countries, enabling us to deliver board-level and senior talent solutions across high-impact, high-growth industries.