Rupert Bastick

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Profile Summary

upert is the Founder and Managing Director, heading up the company and sales for MENA Consultants’ clients. Ex-military, Ex-police, former Qatar country manager in financial services and most recently a UBS Director in Wealth Management for the MENA region, Rupert also acts as the Vice Chair for the British Chamber of Commerce in Qatar (BCCQ, formerly the QBBF) and commands a superior knowledge and a considerable regional client network base at a high level. 

Specialisms and Skills

  • Longstanding regional resident 

  • Prolific business networker 

  • Access to a considerable portfolio of contacts in most sectors of the market

  • Transactional expert with client introductions to fit with a good deal of accuracy as well as see where MENA Consultants is best placed to help the most 

  • Entrepreneurial flair of spotting opportunities as synergistic or a fit to solutions through different parties, making him and MENA Consultants a “kingpin” in mediating corporate business in numerous markets. 

  • Superior subject knowledge on MENA Consultants’ multi-faceted offerings 

 

Global Track Record

Rupert has worked in Investment banking, wealth and due diligence or intelligence gathering in the UK, Qatar and the wider Middle East for many years and ranges from UK Government to Qatari ministries and other senior entities and agencies to provide solutions or at least pathways to solutions with a common-sense attitude and in an efficient manner. 

Role at MENA Consultants 

Rupert manages all decision making, along with delegating the corporate strategy in bringing business to the table, execution and solution delivery in a timely manner. 

Wider Management Team

Ailsa Whyatt

Head of Office

Rory Fyfe

Chief Economist