Middle East

Prepare for new opportunities in the Middle East amid geopolitical, economic and security uncertainties

As the world transitions to a greener energy mix, how will the major oil producing economies in the Middle East react? How will countries in the region compete as they restructure their economies to develop other sectors?

We help clients operating in the region anticipate and respond to a complex set of economic and geopolitical dynamics.

“The Middle East faces new challenges and opportunities, with the Gulf countries leveraging new powers of energy and capital to accelerate economic development and influence the global agenda.”

Dominic Asquith

Dominic Asquith

Partner

Dominic heads our UK Practice and our work advising clients on India, the Middle East and North Africa. He was formerly British ambassador to Iraq, Egypt and Libya, and high commissioner to India.

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Our Middle East Advisors Our People

Nader Mousavizadeh

Founding Partner & CEO

Nader co-founded Macro Advisory Partners in 2013 and leads engagements across our entire portfolio of clients.

Dominic Asquith

Partner

Dominic heads our UK Practice and our work advising clients on India, the Middle East and North Africa. He was formerly British ambassador to Iraq, Egypt and Libya, and high commissioner to India.

Steffen Hertog

Senior Advisor

Steffen specialises in the comparative political economy of the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on the Gulf. He is associate professor in comparative politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Colin Kahl

Senior Advisor

Colin served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the US Department of Defense from April 2021-July 2023. He is the Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation.

Vali Nasr

Advisory Board Member

Vali is the former dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is a member of the US Department of State’s foreign affairs policy board and director of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Meghan L. O'Sullivan

Senior Director

Meghan provides strategic counsel on geopolitics and the energy transition. She is director of the Belfer Center and the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. She was previously a deputy national security advisor to President George W. Bush.

Elhadj As Sy

Advisory Board Member

As focuses on global public health. He is co-chair of the WHO/World Bank Global Pandemic Preparedness Monitoring Board. He was previously the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Our Impact | Middle East

Advising a global industrial client on its operations and investments in Saudi Arabia

Over a number of years we have advised a US-headquartered global industrial client on its operations and investments in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the local environment and domestic politics that might impact the durability of its operations and the international drivers (particularly US-Middle East relationships and US domestic politics) that could impact the stability of its investment.