Dubai, UAE, 17 December 2018: The consultancy firm AESG, has posted growth figures of over 150% for 2018, the company announced in a Press communiqué. This follows the company’s concerted efforts to better cater to the GCC region’s growing demand for specialised consultancy services, by diversifying its services portfolio and expanding its geographic footprint, the communiqué said. With a strong project pipeline that increased by over 90% in the last 12 months, the company expects to build on this momentum through 2019 and has recently undertaken a strategic expansion to better align its divisions and services with the needs of the market, the communiqué further said.

Saeed Al Abbar, Managing Director, AESG

Saeed Al Abbar, Managing Director, AESG, said: “By expanding our portfolio, both in terms of geographies and market sectors, we have successfully gained traction in a number of new markets and verticals. This has resulted in new and strong partnerships with key clients, which provides us with a robust and stable platform for growth, even in the current challenging economic climate.”

According to AESG, through 2018, the company invested heavily in increasing its workforce by 167%, establishing new offices in Saudi Arabia, employing senior directors in the United Kingdom and doubling the office space at its headquarters in Dubai. The communiqué said, along with this, the company has realigned its business units to better align with the needs of their clients with verticals in building engineering and design, land development and infrastructure, industry and oil & gas, strategy and advisory and commissioning and innovation. The communiqué further said that these investments and approaches will enhance the company’s ability to deliver more compelling and holistic offerings to clients.