Chief Executive Officer

Foreground Consultancy; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreground Consultancy seeks a Chief Executive Officer for a fast-growing hospitality and F&B group in the UAE. You will set the strategy, drive performance, and lead expansion across existing concepts and new ventures.

With full P&L responsibility, you will standardise operations, strengthen leadership, and ensure profitability. You will work closely with shareholders on franchising, regional growth, and serve as the public face to partners, landlords, and regulators.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have senior executive experience within hospitality, F&B, or multi-brand consumer environments.
• Strong exposure to scaling restaurant or lifestyle concepts is essential.
• Experience operating in the UAE market is highly preferred.
• The ideal candidate combines commercial discipline with brand sensitivity and people leadership.
• Board and investor-facing experience is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the group's overall strategy, performance, and expansion across existing and new concepts.
• Take full P&L responsibility and oversee operations, finance, brand, and growth.
• Standardise operations, strengthen leadership depth, and ensure profitability across the portfolio.
• Work closely with shareholders on expansion strategy, franchising, and regional growth.
• Act as the public face of the group with partners, landlords, and regulators.

Skills

Hospitality

Oversight

Operations

P&L

Strategy

Finance

Leadership

Job description

Job Description:

Our Client

Our client is a fast-growing hospitality and F&B group with a diversified portfolio of restaurant concepts and lifestyle venues across the UAE. The group is backed by strong investors and is entering a disciplined scale-up phase.

The Role

The Chief Executive Officer will lead the groups overall strategy, performance, and expansion agenda across existing and new concepts. This role will have full P&L responsibility and oversight of operations, finance, brand, and growth. A key focus will be standardising operations, strengthening leadership depth, and ensuring profitability across the portfolio. The CEO will work closely with shareholders on expansion strategy, franchising, and regional growth. The role will also act as the public face of the group with partners, landlords, and regulators.

Candidate Profile

Candidates must have senior executive experience within hospitality, F&B, or multi-brand consumer environments. Strong exposure to scaling restaurant or lifestyle concepts is essential. Experience operating in the UAE market is highly preferred. The ideal candidate combines commercial discipline with brand sensitivity and people leadership. Board and investor-facing experience is a strong advantage.

Required Skills

• Hospitality
• Oversight
• Operations
• P&L
• Strategy
• Finance
• Leadership