Sixteen years in the making.

About

Independent, boutique and built on reputation - in a market where reputation is everything.

Who we are.

CEO Agency was founded over sixteen years ago, building its reputation across the Gulf as a trusted name in luxury retail staffing and hospitality. For over a decade, the agency placed and developed teams for some of the most prestigious brands in the region - quietly, consistently, without compromise.

In recent years, that same standard has been applied to a new discipline. CEO Experiences has grown into a full-service experiential offering, bringing the same hands-on approach that built the agency's reputation to brand experiences, events and activations. The thinking is different. The standard is the same.

Today CEO Agency operates across three divisions; Experiences, People and Luxury. Each with its own specialist team, all held to the same standard. Independent, boutique and entirely hands-on. That hasn't changed in sixteen years. It won't.

Leadership

Charlotte Oliver

Charlotte Oliver

Founder & Managing Director

Charlotte founded CEO Agency over sixteen years ago, having spent her career building some of the most trusted staffing and hospitality operations in the Gulf. She has grown the agency from its roots in luxury retail into a full-service operation spanning three divisions, without ever losing the hands-on approach that defined it from the start. She leads the agency's strategic direction and remains the senior relationship on the accounts that matter most.

Lucy Oliver

Lucy Oliver

Director - People & Luxury

Lucy leads CEO Agency's People and Luxury divisions, overseeing the placement, training and management of teams across luxury retail, events and hospitality. With over fifteen years in event staffing, she has placed teams for some of the world's most prestigious brands and events, including Chanel, LIV Golf and NEOM. She brings an exacting standard to every brief, and an understanding of luxury that goes well beyond the job description.

Samuel Guess

Samuel Guess

Director - Experiences & New Business

Sam leads CEO Experiences and the agency's new business development, overseeing creative output, client relationships and the delivery of brand experiences across the GCC and internationally. With over a decade across integrated marketing, brand strategy and event production, he has built a track record of significant pitch wins and high-profile campaign delivery across luxury, real estate and financial services. He joined CEO Agency to build something genuinely different in the experiential space. That's exactly what it became.

Alongside the leadership team sits a specialist group of creatives, producers, account managers and staffing professionals - the experts who bring it all to life.

Offices

Dubai, UAE

Office 405, 4th Floor, Warsan Tower, Barsha Heights, Dubai, UAE

Riyadh, KSA

The Business Gate, Building 7, Airport Road, Riyadh, KSA

Contact

Working with us. Or for us.

Whether you have a brief, a staffing need, or you'd like to join the roster - we'd like to hear from you.