Responsibilities for this role include:
- Manage commercial due diligence and strategic intelligence projects across the Middle East and North African region, in particular the Gulf, Iran, Egypt and North Africa.
- Conduct public domain research using human source intelligence.
- Synthesise intelligence and prepare high quality long-form reports.
- Brief clients and internal stakeholders on existing project work.
- Assist with drafting client proposals and assist the business development team.
- At least 3 years’ previous experience in the business intelligence industry.
- Experience in researching complex matters with knowledge of relevant databases and other relevant sources of information in the public domain.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple concurrent complex projects.
- Strong communication skills.
- Expertise in at least one of the MENA countries (Gulf/North Africa countries are an advantage).
- An understanding of commercial and regulatory risks faced by investors in the region would be desirable.
- Fluent Arabic and Farsi or Arabic and Turkish languages is essential.