DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--(NewMediaWire - Mar 8, 2017)
- Global Equity International,
Inc. (OTCQB: GEQU)
and its fully-owned subsidiaries GEP Equity Holdings
Limited and Global Equity Partners
Plc. (http://www.globalequityinternational.com/), a
specialist consultancy firm with offices located in Dubai and
London, are proud to announce that its Human Resources division in
Dubai, Kingsman James (http://kingsmanjames.com/), is now in the final
stages of signing three large scale recruitment projects across the
Middle East, potentially totaling US$3.5 million of revenue over
the next nine months.
What began as a hard fought battle between nineteen firms circa
ten months ago, Kingsman James is now down to the final two firms
tendering for these valuable and lucrative contracts. The projects
are split across three separate cities and clients. The project in
Muscat (Oman) is for a leading Chinese Oil & Gas company and
will equate to 60% of the US$3.5 Million. The final 40% is equally
spilt between two projects in Dubai & Abu Dhabi. Dubai will see
a UK based Engineering Consultancy Firm set up a Middle East HQ.
The Abu Dhabi project is for a US based Construction &
Engineering Company with a rich history across the MENA region.
A look back at 2016...
Economic turmoil in the Region, coupled with hiring freezes,
made 2016 a tough year for headhunting firms. With close
relationships and beating the competition on the projects that were
approved in the year, Kingsman James fared well and ended the year
as a revenue positive and profitable division of Global Equity.
A look ahead to 2017 and beyond...
The Construction industry continues to thrive in the MENA
region, with more than US$500 billion worth of future projects that
were announced in 2016 alone and in excess of 146 large-scale
projects coming to completion in 2017 across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Internally, we have decided to make the Construction &
Engineering division of Kingsman James the business anchor which
will be accountable for no less than US$5 million (18.3 million
AED) worth of business over the next 3 years. To help us achieve
this growth, we have brought on board a new member of the team, Mr.
Jon Yew (Co-Founder of Paradigm International), a market leader in
Construction, Oil & Gas and Rail recruitment. Through Jon's 15
years' experience in Europe and the Middle East, he has a proven
history of accelerating business growth rapidly in a very short
period of time.
Over the coming months, the Kingsman James team will work
closely with James Payne, (Managing Partner), to identify new
revenue streams for the business. One such will be the introduction
of "Contract" recruitment to our portfolio of clients in the Middle
East region. Much educating is needed around this proposition for
businesses and the unparalleled advantages it can have for
Construction, Engineering and Oil & Gas clients.
Our recently created "Aerospace and Defense Division," headed up
by Miss Claire Hopkin, currently shows a pipeline value of US$1.1
million (4 million AED), with US$136,000 of already confirmed
income to the business.
As outlined in our previous press release, we continue to see
Legal and Finance recruitment in the MENA region as a buoyant
market and will look to add more personnel to our team again within
the next six months.
Jon Yew, Partner of Kingsman James, said, "I
chose Kingsman James as I believe the direction James and the other
Partners are aiming for is both achievable and realistic. The
business model they have in place supersedes other companies that I
have been in discussions with and this alone is definitively the
start of good things to come with Kingsman James in 2017.
Personally, I will look to expand our operations throughout the GCC
area and grow this division of the business into revenues in excess
of US$5 million over the next three years, with the run up to Expo
2020."
James Payne, Managing Partner of Kingsman James,
said, "2016 was a tough year for the UAE, with many
companies making large cuts to their headcount. Today, we are
seeing that 2017 has started off really well with US$1.3 million
worth of business in the pipeline and we are 'tendering' for a
further US$3.5 million over the next 12 weeks; it seems this year
will be the pinnacle year for Kingsman James, with forecasted
revenues already well above our expectations. Solid foundations
have been laid over the past 18 months, now it is time to build our
castle as high as we can."
About Global Equity International Inc. and
Subsidiaries
Global Equity International Inc., through its wholly-owned
subsidiaries GEP Equity Holdings Limited and Global Equity Partners
Plc., advises worldwide business leaders with their most critical
decisions and opportunities pertaining to growth, capital needs,
structure and the development of a global presence and HR
requirements. With offices in Dubai and London, Global Equity has
developed significant relationships in the US, UK, Central Europe,
the Middle East and South East Asia to assist clients in realizing
their full value and potential by bringing them to external capital
and resources that place an emphasis on collaborative thinking.
Furthermore, because Global Equity has offices in key financial
centers of the world, they are able to introduce their clients to a
unique opportunity of listing their shares on any one of the many
stock exchanges worldwide.
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