John Hobday has been named CEO of SEC Newgate Middle East, with a focus on business growth and expanding the firm’s specialisms into new sectors.
John brings more than 25 years of experience in financial communications and corporate affairs, advising global corporations, Middle East institutions, investors and key regional players across all Gulf Cooperation Council markets.
He joins from FGS Global, where he spent seven years as Partner in its Dubai office, leading the development of the firm’s regional business with a focus on capital markets.
His appointment follows the departure of Elena Gramatica, former CEO and Founding Partner of SEC Newgate Middle East.
Fiorenzo Tagliabue, CEO of SEC Newgate, said: “Middle East is one of our key strategic priorities as we see increasing demand for strategic advice, especially in our core specialism area of corporate affairs.
“John has a perfect profile combining long term working experience with international brands, full understanding of the Middle East context and an extensive network of relations with key stakeholders and influencers. With John leading our incredible teams in UAE and KSA we can offer the right answers to tackle the many demanding challenges we see in reputation management, investment promotion and business positioning we see arising in these markets.”
Fiorenzo added: “Last and not least I wish to thank Elena Gramatica for her strong leadership and contribution when we decided to start together this business back in 2021.”