Richard Guest

Richard Guest is the Partner-in-Charge for the Middle East & North Africa, based in Heidrick & Struggles’ Dubai office. He is a member of the global Technology & Services and Industrial practices. In addition, he is the Global Sector Leader of the Mobile & Communications practice.

Richard focuses on Board and C-suite search mandates, in addition to consulting assignments in domains including Board Effectiveness, Succession Planning, Leadership Assessment and Culture shaping.

Richard has lived and worked in Asia, the UK and the Middle East, where he has been based since early 2007. Within the global Telecommunication sector, Richard works with Mobile, Fixed & Satellite Operators, Equipment Vendors, Tower & Infrastructure companies and Media & Content players. He also works with Private Equity firms, as it relates to their portfolio businesses in these segments.

He also leads the Technology & Services Practice across the Middle East advising global and local Software, Hardware, Technology Services and Professional Services companies on their leadership regional agendas. More broadly, throughout the GCC, he works with leading indigenous corporations, sovereign wealth funds and family businesses on topics relating to CEO succession and Board Effectiveness, across a wide array of industries.

Richard is a member of the Board of Governors of the GCC Board Directors Institute. A not-for-profit governance institute. 

Richard has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics from the University of York.