A podcast — private markets in the GCC, minus the pitch deck
Expats working across SWFs, pensions, family offices and banks — swapping real stories about relocating, surviving the hierarchy, and yes, occasionally, how they actually pick a GP.
The pitch
Most private markets media talks about capital. This one talks about the people actually moving it — the expats who packed up for Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Doha to build careers inside sovereign wealth funds, pensions, family offices and banks.
Every episode spends most of its time on what it's actually like: the relocation, the office politics, the school run, the Ramadan calendar, the weekend flights home — and a shorter, sharper stretch on how these people actually pick GPs, size allocations and source deals.
Roughly seven parts life to three parts craft — like the show's name. Because how someone thinks about a fund manager is inseparable from how they're living their life while doing it.
Your host
A short two-line bio goes here — your background, your years in the region, and why you're the right person to host these conversations.
Every episode, one ratio
Same ratio, every single episode. The fries are why you'll keep listening — the steak is why you'll actually learn something.
Life
Visas, schooling, housing, spousal careers — what actually happens when you relocate to the Gulf for a finance career.
Life
Hierarchy, wasta, the Ramadan calendar, and how decisions really get made inside SWFs, pensions and family offices.
Life
Building a life across time zones and passports — family, friendship, and staying whole in a high-pressure seat.
Craft
How GCC institutions actually think about Private Equity, Credit, Real Estate and Real Assets in the portfolio.
Craft
What separates a manager who gets re-upped from one who doesn't — told through real due-diligence stories.
Craft
Where opportunities actually come from in this region, and how co-investment decisions get made.
Season one
The menu so far. Swap in real titles, guests and listen links as episodes go live.
Take part
Work in GCC private markets and have a story worth telling — about the move as much as the mandate? We want to hear it, over a coffee or a proper sit-down chat.
Email the teamGPs, administrators and firms serving the GCC private markets ecosystem — if you'd like a seat at the table, let's talk.
Email the team