Middle East Updates & Developments
Essential insights and expert guidance to help you navigate the evolving landscape in the Middle East
Latest Partner Updates
Please see below for all the latest updates and tools from our Expert Partners
Magrath Sheldrick
Magrath Sheldrick provides high-level guidance relevant to your immigration and residency matters.
Bournes Relocation
Bournes Relocation provides the latest information on disruption to shipping and global relocation.
Sterling Lexicon
Sterling Lexicon shares their industry alert detailing the key impacts on relocation and logistics.
Mercer
Mercer offers a framework to help organisations navigate complex crises effectively.
AIRINC
AIRINC provides insights into emergency response planning for internationally mobile employees.
Santa Fe Relocation
Santa Fe provides an operational update on conditions affecting logistics activity across parts of the Middle East.
Gerson Relocation
Gerson Relocation provides an advisory on evolving conditions that may impact the movement of household goods and personal effects.
Support when you need it
Expat Academy is here to support the Global Mobility community. Whether you need to sense-check your strategy against what other companies are doing or require an urgent introduction to a specialist, we are here to help:
Benchmarking
For non-urgent queries, you can utilise our benchmarking service to see how the wider membership is responding (please allow one week for results)
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Urgent Guidance
If your situation is critical, please reach out to the Expat Academy team. We can assist you by connecting you with other members to help, providing our own experienced guidance or quickly put you in touch with our sponsoring partners who have the technical expertise to assist you.
Contact The team
Reach out to one of our Corporate Client Services team below if you need any advice and guidance
Chris Blair
Director
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Greg Smith
Head of European Client Services
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Roxy Opas
Head of UK Client Services
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Chris is an experienced Global Mobility professional. His most recent in-house role was at Aviva where he managed intra UK, EMEA, APAC and Americas moves. Prior to that Chris held roles as a HR generalist, following 8 Years of being a Youth Worker with The Salvation Army. Chris manages the Expat Academy Vanguard networks and has a strategic focus on our growth in the US and the Netherlands.
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Greg has in-house Global Mobility experience spanning aerospace and defence, education, and tobacco sectors. His most recent role was leading the European region for Lockheed Martin's Global Mobility activities, designing and implementing their EU Posted Worker compliance. Greg manages the Expat Academy Global Heads and Banking networks and has a strategic focus on our growth in Germany. Outside of work Greg is married with two crazy kids and a cat who turned out to be the biggest breed of domestic cat in the world. Greg likes wine, watches, cars, and supports Southampton FC.
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Roxy has experience managing in-house GM functions across different sectors. Her last role was managing the UK & Ireland GM for Danone and prior to that she was leading the Global GM Team at Merlin Entertainments. Roxy has a degree in Psychology and spent a year mentoring within the UK prison system before looking for a career in the GM world. Roxy plays a key role in managing Expat Academy's UK members and our Banking Network. She loves anything to do with dogs, crafts or food!
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