ADGM People Advisory Services & Executive Search
Retained. Discreet. Uncompromising.
ABOUT PURE.
Advisory, search and a standard for the ADGM
PURE. is an independent people advisory and executive search practice for the ADGM. We advise regulated institutions on the people questions that decide their next stage. We search for the leaders who carry it out. We hold a community of the ecosystem's strongest talent to a standard we define and protect.
The expertise is global. The precision is local. Long-standing networks in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia extend our reach beyond Abu Dhabi.
Institutions trust PURE. with senior appointments, ADGM build-outs and the people questions that sit behind them. Each mandate calls for precision, confidentiality and regulatory understanding. We know the ADGM's structure, its stakeholders and its ambitions.
THE PURE. STANDARD
Standards Matter
PURE. presents talent from the top 20% of the ADGM ecosystem only. Every profile is held to a defined standard before it reaches a client. Institutions receive fewer profiles, and better ones. Talent in the community is known to us and considered first when the right opportunity arises.
How admission works
Register your interest. It is reviewed against the standard. Where there is a fit, we make contact in confidence. Nothing is shared with any institution without your consent.
WHAT PURE. DOES
People Advisory
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
Senior people advice for leadership teams and boards. We structure the organisation, build the people function and reset what is not working.
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
The leadership team and people function of a newly regulated entity, from the first senior appointments to the critical functions that uphold them.
Retained Executive Search
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
Retained Executive Search
C-suite and senior leadership mandates for ADGM regulated institutions, and selectively across Asia. Retained, confidential and built on talent who are not visible in the market.
Legal and Compliance
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
Retained Executive Search
Senior appointments across law firm and in-house legal, AML, governance, risk and regulatory affairs.
WHY INSTITUTIONS CHOOSE PURE.
Deep Specialisation
More than two decades across Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney have built a specialist's understanding of the ADGM and the financial and legal ecosystem around it.
Extensive Network
Relationships with regulators, sovereign entities, global institutions and senior professionals across the region are long-standing. They are the reason we are trusted with sensitive mandates.
Access & Discretion
Access & Discretion
Discretion is standard. Every mandate is handled with the confidentiality and precision that senior appointments in regulated environments require.
MEET OUR FOUNDER
Tracey Batty-Jones | Founder
Across more than two decades she has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Abu Dhabi, and supported the UAE market long before relocating to the region. That experience gives her a clear view of how leadership and culture move across financial centres.
Senior figures across government, financial services, legal and regulatory communities seek her perspective because it is grounded in experience, discretion and clarity.
Her career includes partnerships with sovereign entities, regulators and global institutions such as Goldman Sachs, KKR, BlackRock, Blackstone, Citi, Google, Apple and Microsoft.
Australian Business Group Abu Dhabi (AusBG)
Tracey is an Executive Board Member of the Australian Business Group in Abu Dhabi, where she leads the Connection Club portfolio.
She works closely with embassy leadership and senior stakeholders across both the UAE and Australia.
Australian Business Group