Executive Recruitment & Search
Vitalé is a boutique executive search and technology recruitment consultancy. We combine deep talent expertise with genuine technical intelligence — to place leaders and specialists who transform organisations.
What we do
We work with a deliberately limited number of clients to deliver the rigour, attention, and calibre that transformative hires demand. Every mandate receives our full focus.
Retained and contingency search for C-suite, VP, and Director-level appointments across tech, energy, and professional services. We advise on the right engagement model for your mandate — and deliver either way.
Specialist placement of data engineers, AI/ML professionals, and senior technical talent. We understand the nuance that generalist firms miss.
Talent strategy, compensation benchmarking, and organisational design advisory for scale-ups and established enterprises entering new markets.
Where we work
Our current active mandates span energy, technology, and financial services. Our broader experience covers virtually every major industry — we go where the talent challenge demands it.
Also active in: pharma & life sciences · aviation · hospitality · media · real estate
How we work
Every search follows the same disciplined methodology — whether retained or contingency. The model adapts. The standard doesn't.
We begin with a deep diagnostic — role requirements, team architecture, cultural expectations, and the unspoken criteria that separate a good hire from a transformative one.
Targeted market mapping and direct sourcing. We approach talent who are not looking — because the best candidates rarely are.
Rigorous qualification against brief, behavioural assessment, and structured shortlisting. You see only candidates who are genuinely worth your time.
Offer management, negotiation advisory, and post-placement follow-through. We remain engaged until the hire is settled — and beyond.
Track record
A selection of mandates from our founders' careers prior to Vitalé — reflecting the depth, complexity, and global reach of work we are built to continue delivering.
About Vitalé
Headquartered in the UAE and operating across the GCC and internationally, Vitalé was founded on a simple conviction: that exceptional hiring demands exceptional attention. We are an independent boutique combining deep sector knowledge with genuine relationships built over more than a decade in executive and technology recruitment.
We are not a volume business. We are a quality one.
The founders
Vitalé is built on the conviction that the best talent decisions sit at the intersection of human intelligence and analytical rigour. We bring both — from opposite ends of the table.
With over 12 years placing C-suite, senior executive, and specialist talent across the GCC and beyond, Abitha brings a rare combination of market depth, pattern recognition, and commercial instinct to every search.
Formerly Senior Delivery Consultant at Intelligent Solutions HR and HR Business Partner at Meraas Holding, she has navigated executive recruitment across insurance, financial services, media, and technology sectors. An NLP-certified coach and founder of Vitalé, Abitha leads the firm's talent advisory and executive search practice.
A Staff AI Engineer with deep hands-on experience across the global energy sector, fintech, and AI research, Alex brings the technical fluency that separates credible technology search from guesswork.
Having led AI/ML engineering teams across Copenhagen, Bangkok, and London — spanning global energy and Southeast Asian fintech — he understands high-performing technical organisations from the inside. At Vitalé, Alex leads technology advisory, ensuring every technical brief is assessed with genuine rigour.
Common questions
Answers to the questions we hear most — from clients considering executive search for the first time and those evaluating what a specialist boutique does differently.
Executive search is a specialist form of recruitment focused on identifying and placing senior leaders — C-suite, VP, and Director-level — who are typically not actively looking for a new role. Unlike standard recruitment, it involves proactive market mapping, direct outreach to passive candidates, and a rigorous assessment process tailored to the specific mandate.
Retained search involves an upfront engagement fee, giving the client exclusive focus and commitment from the firm throughout the process. Contingency search is fee-on-placement only — no upfront cost, but typically less exclusivity and depth. For senior, complex, or confidential mandates, retained search delivers greater accountability and thoroughness. Vitalé advises on the right model for each mandate and delivers effectively under either structure.
A typical executive search runs 8–14 weeks from brief to accepted offer, depending on seniority, market availability, and role complexity. Highly specialised searches — such as AI/ML leadership or niche sector roles — may require additional time for thorough market mapping. Vitalé sets clear milestone expectations at the outset of every engagement.
Yes. Vitalé has deep GCC market expertise — particularly in the UAE and Saudi Arabia — and conducts searches globally. Our founders have placed talent across the GCC, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. We advise on cross-border transitions, compensation structuring, and cultural fit for each geography.
Our technology advisory is led by a co-founder who is a practising Staff AI Engineer with hands-on experience across energy, fintech, and AI research. Every technical brief is assessed against the real demands of the engineering environment — not just the job description. We evaluate AI/ML candidates with the same technical rigour we apply in active engineering practice, separating genuine capability from credentials alone.
All mandates are conducted with absolute confidentiality as standard. We do not disclose client identities to candidates without consent, do not share candidate information without authorisation, and position every engagement to protect the reputations of all parties involved. Discretion is not a policy at Vitalé — it is the default operating mode.
Get in touch
Whether you're building a team, seeking a specific leader, or exploring a partnership — we'd like to hear from you.