A large digital company operating in the delivery sector in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region was looking for an experienced CTO. The business was founded by local founders, but the board team is formed, among other things, from high-level top executives from Russia, respectively, the relocation of the CTO was a prerequisite.

The client was looking for a CTO who would actually become the right hand of the CEO and be able to work locally in MENA, getting involved in all strategic tasks. He had to lead a large development and product team.

The following expertise of the future CTO was important to our client:

• huge experience in the industry (namely, delivery services, taxi services, marketplaces with their own delivery);

deep hard skills;

• ability to simultaneously manage both large development teams and the product;
• knowledge of the specifics of working in the MENA region.

Benchmark Executive experts conducted a direct search: they formed a list of key companies (for the entire search period - about 30), relying on the client's exact guidelines and operating within the delivery industry.

In the first three candidates presented, a finalist stood out, to whom the client made an offer, however, the CTO, due to personal reasons, could not relocate. Benchmark consultants, in a short time, having analyzed the long list, identified a couple more worthy candidates to get acquainted with the company.

In total, the client conducted interviews with five potential CTOs. 4 of them passed offline interviews in Dubai, 2 of them received an offer, 1 candidate joined the company's staff.

The candidate hired by the company for the position of CTO fully met the client's expectations, including all his rich regional experience.