ADGM | Executive Search
Retained Leadership Search for the Abu Dhabi Global Markets
Pure partners with institutions across the ADGM to appoint senior leaders who shape Abu Dhabi’s financial, legal and regulatory landscape. Our work is defined by access - to decision‑makers, leadership circles and the senior‑talent networks that shape the ADGM
We operate exclusively at the top of the market, supporting organisations that require precision, discretion and a partner with a structural understanding of the ADGM.
Our Specialisations
C-Suite & Leadership
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
We secure senior leaders across CEO, COO, CFO, CHRO, GC and transformation‑focused roles. These appointments require deep market intelligence, discretion and the ability to influence at the highest levels.
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
For organisations establishing or expanding within the ADGM, we build leadership structures that meet regulatory expectations and support long‑term stability; from C‑suite roles to the functions that anchor them.
Compliance, Risk & Regulatory
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
Compliance, Risk & Regulatory
We specialise in FSRA‑aligned leadership across AML, governance, risk, regulatory affairs and financial crime. These roles demand precision, credibility and a deep understanding of the ADGM’s regulatory environment.
Legal | Law Firm & In-House
ADGM Establishment & Operational Builds
Compliance, Risk & Regulatory
We support ADGM‑regulated firms, global institutions and regional organisations with senior legal talent across corporate, regulatory, funds, disputes and financial services. Our network spans partners, counsel and senior associates with ADGM‑relevant expertise.
How We Work
Founder‑led Search
Discreet Engagement
Founder‑led Search
Every mandate is vetted and shortlisted directly by Tracey.
Precision Mapping
Discreet Engagement
Founder‑led Search
Targeted research across ADGM, UAE and global financial centres.
Discreet Engagement
Discreet Engagement
Shortlists Built on Access
Confidential outreach to senior leaders and off‑market talent.
Shortlists Built on Access
Shortlists Built on Access
Shortlists Built on Access
Not volume, but judgement and relationships.
End‑to‑end Partnership
Shortlists Built on Access
End‑to‑end Partnership
From role definition to onboarding.
Meet Our Founder
Tracey Batty-Jones | Talent Strategist
Tracey is a leader with a career shaped across Australia, Asia and the UAE.
For more than two decades, she has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, supporting the UAE market long before relocating to the region. This depth of experience gives her a rare understanding of how leadership and culture move across financial centres.
Her value is access; not only to senior talent, but to the decision‑makers, leadership circles and institutional networks that shape the ADGM. Through long‑standing relationships, she has developed an instinctive ability to read market undercurrents months before they surface publicly.
Her judgement is trusted. 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 and manages their Connection Club. She works closely with embassy leadership and senior stakeholders across both the UAE and Australia.
The Australian Business Group strives to meaningfully foster, develop and integrate the links within our business and social communities such that we connect Australians to business and business to Australians.