Testimonials
What people say.
Feedback from people Darren has advised, shared with their permission. Names are not published.
“Take it!”
Training managers and their families to operate, live and integrate with confidence.
Chief Operating Officer, AMEA
Read the testimonial Riyadh, 2023“Listen to him.”
Wasta, small habits and knowing when business was never going to happen.
Commercial Director and Country Manager, Saudi Arabia
Read the testimonial Iraq, 2016 to 2026A trusted sounding board, on the ground and on the phone.
Regional conflict, security and Ramadan planning for an oil and gas business.
Country Manager, Iraq
Read the testimonial Iraq, 2024“Inshallah” does not always mean yes.
What “Inshallah” really means, and listening beyond a Western business lens.
Project Manager, Iraq
Read the testimonial Thirteen Middle East markets, 2015 to 2017“Knowledge dispels fear.”
How staff from different backgrounds perceive threat and risk, across thirteen Middle East markets.
Area Head of Security, Middle East, a multinational FMCG corporation
Read the testimonialTwo minutes of your time.
Some of my former clients are now friends. They no longer engage me professionally, but they still contact me for a quick opinion: “Do you have two minutes? What do you think about this?” I regard these conversations as a particular privilege. They reflect a relationship built on trust rather than a retainer, and they show that the advice I offer remains valued long after an engagement has ended.
Darren Boudreau.