Enabling Leadership

Efficiency and innovation are no longer advantages. They are imperatives. Through targeted methods of assessment and applied expertise, ecap measures and leverages capability, to create value.
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Leading by Example, Leading by Result

As executive headhunters, we provide a definitive solutions-driven service built on results, relationships and providing our clients with the informed confidence to act.

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Clarity Drives Confidence, Confidence Drives Capability

The capability of your people determines the success of your business.
The biggest differentiator between success and failure is knowing how engaged your people are and how they think and make decisions.
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Data Driven Insight Driving Better Leadership Decisions

Targeted, functional and sector-specific analytics, independent data, benchmarking and advisory consulting that enables organisations to identify issues, leadership impact, optimal structures or receive a business health check.
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Expertise Insight, Impartial Effective

Board clarity acts as your superlative board advisor, pooling talent to meet the needs of your business; providing the insight, network and data to create a purpose-built advisory network.
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We are ecap

A leadership
and executive advisory firm

DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS PEOPLE WITH WORLD-CLASS POTENTIAL 

With more than 30 years of experience in leadership assessment and executive placement, we believe that people are your greatest asset.

That’s why we’ve built a business to help you acquire, restructure, develop and retain your assets for a maximum return on your investment. We deliver true leadership advisory solutions for Boards, Executive teams, Governments and Regulators to unlock the untapped talent of your people.

We’ll connect you with our global team of experts who have extensive experience in leadership assessment, people consulting and senior, specialist, and niche executive appointments.

We build and deliver targeted talent assessment programs, giving you the insight and confidence to make effective decisions and implement optimal structures. 

We provide quality-assured reward strategies, strategic initiatives, and leadership programs to help you build a high-performance team, maximize growth and make a lasting global impact as a market leader: let’s get to work.

About Us

Why

We care about the tenure, performance and success of the executive leaders and board advisors we place.

We work with organisations to build and assess senior leadership teams and boards providing them with a competitive mindset advantage.

How

By assessing the emotional intelligence, mindset and behaviours of executive leadership teams.
We use innovative leadership assessment and performance management tools developed by global leaders in psychological assessment and
performance.

What

We share insights, research and assessment data on individuals to ensure the right executive appointments.

We provide organisations with performance management metrics and leadership assessment data to drive optimal levels of performance.

We establish advisory boards and support our clients on the appointment of non-executives, board performance effectiveness and evaluation.

Leading by Example
Leading by Results

We have global executive search experience and regional expertise. Our team of experienced executive search consultants support clients on senior, specialist and niche executive appointments.

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Market Leading
Assessment Tools

Our talent assessment and performance management tools enable our clients to obtain validated employee or new hire performance assessment data.

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Consulting and
Advisory Services

Advisory consulting providing targeted business intelligence analytics for functional and industry specific support. We are the regions leading Strategic Talent Advisory Firm.

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Advisory Board
Services

We have an extensive track record in providing emerging and established institutions with access to board advisors, non executives and board effectiveness assessment tools..

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Executive Search firm based in UAE specialised in global executive searches and leadership appointments in the Middle East and North Africa…

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Cutting edge assessment and leadership development tools to better understand mindset, E.Q., Values and Behaviours…

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Board Advisory services, non- executive board formation and board performance assessment.

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Interim management and advisory solutions to support clients on Human Capital and Talent Management Consulting and project engagements.

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We are borderless

Global Network
Regional Knowledge

ecap has a global network and an extensive emerging and frontier markets track record.

As a Monstarlab Company, we are the Executive Talent and Human Capital Division of a Global Technology, Digital and Strategy Consulting group that has over 1400+ experts based across offices in 27 cities around the world.

Our platform provides our clients with seamless services to support excellence.

Our Consultants

Connect with a Consultant

We have global executive search experience and regional expertise. Our team of experienced executive search consultants support clients on senior, specialist and niche executive appointments.

Daniel Murphy

Dubai, UAE

Daniel has led some of the largest restructuring and change agendas in the GCC. He is recognized by board members as a trusted and honest Advisor, and, over the course of the last decade…. Read More

Renee Tauro

Dubai, UAE

Renee is the Head of Client Engagement for ecap. In this role Renee leverages her 15+ years of expertise within the executive search, leadership assessment and talent management industry. Read More

Christopher Abreu

Dubai, UAE

Christopher is a seasoned head-hunter and advisory board member who has dedicated over eighteen years to understanding the roles and characteristics of successful leaders and executives. Read More

Our Talent Assessment Tools

We provide our clients with access to market leading employee performance and leadership assessment products. Conduct an employee performance assessment using our employee performance management tools.

The Discovery Process

Mindset Advantage

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Testimonials

What our clients say about us

Financial Services Company

Financial Services Company

Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Company

I have known Daniel since 2015, he has the ability to understand the big picture and properly contextualize complex dynamic professional variables in sophisticated global markets. Dan is also diligent, hard-working, smart and has his moral compass aligned to the right bearings. Simply outstanding on all fronts, a leader in his field.
Chief HR Officer

Chief HR Officer

Chief HR Officer, -sdfdf

I wouldn’t hesitate to endorse Chris and his team at ecap when it comes to assessing, or identifying world class talent. When it comes to Emiratisation agenda their track record of appointing senior UAE Nationals places them within the top firms across the sector.
Financial Services Company

Financial Services Company

Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Company

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Chris on several executive searches. He and his team have always provided high quality service and candidates with a quick understanding of the business and the role. He is extremely dedicated and very professional.
Trading and Investment

Trading and Investment

Group HR Director, Trading and Investments

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Chris on several executive searches. He and his team have always provided high quality service and candidates with a quick understanding of the business and the role. He is extremely dedicated and very professional.
Security

Security

Head of Recruitment, Security

The modern process applied to our recruitment strategy increased our ability to process candidates so much quicker, by 80%, and more effectively screen them to identify talent and potential, especially in emotional intelligence, values and predicting behaviors on the job.
Regional Bank

Regional Bank

Chief Executive Officer, Regional Bank

Daniel is an extraordinarily gifted professional. In an industry where knowledge, intelligence, trust and dedicated engagement are required. He understands the delicate nuances that make for an exceptional senior advisor. He “gets it” and has provided critically important and strategic advisory to the highest caliber experts in the region.
Digital Transformation Company

Digital Transformation Company

CEO, Digital Transformation Company

Daniel is intellectually very capable and combines this with an excellent ability to build teams and develop one on one relationships. He is articulate and adept in using his very strong influencing skills. He is a resilient and motivated individual who continually demonstrates a high level of drive for results.    
Digital Transformation Company

Digital Transformation Company

Chief Human Capital & Admin Officer, Digital Transformation Company

Chris’ core competence revolves around delivery, getting things done, properly and professionally. This differentiation and delivery have earned Chris and his business an enviable reputation in the market. I recommend Chris and ecap to any potential client, because they are, without doubt, the best of the best in the market.

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