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Exceptional Talent Acquisition & Tailored
Recruitment Strategies

Connecting you with premier candidates for Principal Investment
and Industry roles across the globe.

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Quality Over Quantity, Always

Are you facing challenges finding the right talent, staying within budget, or planning for key roles? With our proven search strategies, we’re solving these problems for clients like you, on a daily basis.

We understand that you need more than just another new employee. You need a carefully selected hire who aligns with your company culture and goals. By demystifying the search process, we reach beyond the surface-level talent pool and help you make a better-informed hiring decision.

Our team connects you with top candidates in Principal Investment and across Industry sectors, with stellar academics and foundational experience.

Based in Dubai, our global sourcing model gives you valuable market insight, and access to a wide pool of exceptional talent in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Our Proven Formula for Success

Why we’re so good at what we do.

Meticulous Search Processes

We go beyond just filling roles—we demystify the search process, diving beyond the surface-level talent pool, and putting quality information at your fingertips.

We vet every candidate, assessing their track record, aspirations, cultural fit, and leadership potential. The result? You make a better-informed hiring decision.

Global Expertise

Our global sourcing expertise allows us to find exceptional, highly educated candidates from around the world who align with your company vision and can drive long-term growth. From the Americas to Asia, with UK, Europe and Middle East between, we ensure your search has a global reach.

Personalised Services

We’ve developed a recruitment process that’s straightforward, stress-free, and deeply personalised. We listen to your every need and craft a tailored approach to make sure you’re matched with the talent you need to strengthen your business.

Hear Directly from Our Clients About Their Talent-Matching Success Stories

Joud, Private Equity Investor

Made the process easy

Kunaal and I knew each other for around a year already as we discussed another opportunity before. I didn't pursue it but we kept in touch and I appreciated he understood my career priorities. He got in touch a while later about a position in a growing PE team and I thought it might still be early to move from my role, but I was impressed by how he explained the opportunity and also remembered details of my family after one year. This showed me how he cared about my career as well as his client, and he remained supportive throughout the process, which was actually quicker than expected.
The move felt easy and I refer all my friends to Ascent Search when they are asking about moving to UAE.

Nick, Growth Equity Investor, Abu Dhabi

The best team I've worked with!

By far the best team of recruiters I've worked with. I was approached by Ascent about an opportunity with a global investor in Abu Dhabi and dealt with Kunaal & Kirti during the process. They gave me significant time and support during the interviews and to help me understand what relocating to Abu Dhabi would be like. It was clear they understood my profile well. We built a strong relationship and their insights were key for me to make the decision to come here. My family is super happy with the move and grateful we took this opportunity!

Sam, M&A Advisor

Thank you for a seamless experience!

Kunaal is reliable, highly responsive, honest and hard working. These characteristics are a key strength that are essential when working with an executive recruiter.

Stan, Global Impact Investor

A personal approach, which I recommend to firms and candidates

Kunaal placed me in a unique role. He was very professional and honest in the way he conducted my placement and understood the key issues which revolved around my career ambitions over the long-term. What is interesting about Kunaal is the way he gains an insight into your thinking and provides the pros and cons helping you make an informed decision; he is never pushy (unlike other firms in the market) and ensures he not only looks after his client's interest but also the candidate which is a rare trait. From my experience of working with him, he demonstrated a hard work attitude while maintaining a friendly/personal approach to me which was welcoming for such an important decision. I would work with Kunaal again and would recommend his services to both firms and candidates.

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