The new partnership brings together fractional CFO expertise, strategic finance support and senior-led compliance, AML, KYC and governance advisory for growing regional businesses.
CompassPoint Consulting, the UAE’s leading fractional CFO company, has formalised a strategic partnership with CGI, the Dubai-based compliance and governance consultancy, to support growing businesses across the UAE and GCC with integrated financial, compliance and governance advisory.
The partnership brings together two complementary areas of expertise that are increasingly critical for companies operating in fast-moving regional markets.
CompassPoint Consulting provides fractional CFO leadership, financial planning and analysis, cash flow forecasting, reporting automation, operational transformation and senior finance support.
CGI provides senior-led compliance, governance, AML, KYC and regulatory advisory services, helping businesses strengthen their frameworks, manage complexity and make clearer decisions in regulated and non-regulated environments.
Together, the two firms will support clients across both their financial and regulatory needs, helping founders, leadership teams, family offices and growth-stage companies access senior expertise without the cost or complexity of building every capability in-house.
For many businesses across the UAE and GCC, financial discipline and regulatory readiness are often treated as separate workstreams. Forecasting, cash flow visibility, profitability, governance, AML, KYC and regulatory preparedness may be handled by different advisers, at different times, with limited coordination between them. The new CompassPoint and CGI partnership has been designed to close that gap.
Through the partnership, clients will be able to access CompassPoint’s CFO-level finance insight alongside CGI’s execution-focused compliance and governance support, creating a more joined-up approach to business decision-making, risk management and sustainable growth.
Zaid Aboobaker, Founder and CEO of CompassPoint Consulting, said: “Growing businesses in the UAE and GCC are operating in markets with enormous opportunity, but opportunity also brings complexity. Founders and leadership teams need clarity on their numbers, their cash position, their forecasts and their growth plans. At the same time, they need to understand their governance responsibilities, regulatory obligations and compliance risks.
“Our partnership with CGI reflects the way we believe advisory support should work. Businesses do not need disconnected advice. They need senior people who understand their objectives, can work together, and can help them make practical decisions with confidence. By combining CompassPoint’s fractional CFO and strategic finance capability with CGI’s compliance, AML, KYC and governance expertise, we can support clients across a much broader part of their journey.”
CGI is a boutique consultancy built around client-led decision-making, discretion and senior accountability. With a focus on the UAE market and international capabilities, CGI supports businesses, individuals and family offices in complex situations where structure, pace and execution are essential.
Jamie Killilea, Partner and Head of Global Compliance at CGI, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with CompassPoint Consulting. Our two firms bring highly complementary skillsets, but we also share a similar view of what clients need from advisers: clarity, accountability, practical judgement and work that can be executed.”
Mike Foster-Dalporto, Partner and COO at CGI, added: “Compliance, governance, AML and KYC are no longer issues that businesses can treat as administrative or reactive. They are central to how companies protect value, maintain trust and create the conditions for sustainable growth. By working with CompassPoint, we can help clients connect the financial and regulatory sides of their business more effectively.”
The partnership forms part of CompassPoint Consulting’s wider strategy to partner with companies whose services complement its own. The firm is actively building a network of specialist advisory partners to give clients access to a broader range of high-quality support across finance, operations, governance and business growth.
Zaid added: “Our clients are building, scaling and navigating complexity in one of the world’s most dynamic business regions. They need trusted relationships around them, but they also need those relationships to be coordinated. This partnership is about giving clients access to the right expertise, at the right time, through a practical and joined-up advisory model.”
About CompassPoint Consulting:
CompassPoint Consulting works with growing businesses across the UAE, GCC and UK to help founders and leadership teams make better financial decisions. Its services include fractional CFO leadership, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow planning, finance reporting, reporting automation and finance team support.
The company combines CFO-level expertise with technology to help businesses fix financial data, automate reporting and gain decision-ready insight into performance, cash and forward-looking requirements. CompassPoint acts as a modern strategic finance partner for companies that need senior financial guidance without the cost or complexity of hiring a full-time CFO. For more, please visit http://www.compasspoint-consulting.
About CGI:
CGI is a senior-led boutique consultancy supporting businesses, individuals and family offices across the UAE and international markets.
Built around client-led decision-making, discretion and practical execution, CGI helps clients bring structure, judgement and momentum to complex situations where outcomes matter, timelines are tight and accountability is essential.
CGI provides advisory and delivery support across compliance, governance, AML, KYC, operational structuring, cross-border requirements and complex project delivery. Its approach is senior-led, outcome-driven and designed to complement existing advisers, helping clients move from complexity to an organised plan that can be executed.
