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Investment
Principal investment and long-hold positions for our own account.
A few mandates, full focus
We take on a small number of engagements at a time, so each receives senior attention from the first meeting to the final decision.
Riyadh · Est. Private Advisory & Investment
A house where capital, conviction, and consequence meet.
IAD Business Services Group is a private advisory and investment house based in Riyadh. We work with chief executives, owners, and boards on the decisions that shape the next chapter — and, where the case is sound, we invest beside them.
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Not the loudest voice in the room, but the house decision-makers turn to when the stakes are decisive and the circle must stay small.
— IAD Business Services Group
Vision & Mission
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Founded
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Disciplines
Advisory · Restructuring · Investment
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Mandate
Boards · Owners · Executives
I — Vision
To stand as Saudi Arabia's most trusted private advisory and investment house — counsel whose value endures across economic cycles, and capital that compounds with discipline and a long view.
II — Mission
We enable executives, owners, and boards to make their most consequential decisions — and where the opportunity merits conviction, we invest our own capital beside them.
Three integrated disciplines under one roof: senior management advisory, operational and financial restructuring, and principal investment for our own account.
Group CEO · A Message
“Enterprises today face decisions that will define the next decade. Markets are richer, regulation is sharper, and capital is more abundant — yet so are the consequences of getting it wrong.”
IAD Group exists to stand alongside the people making those decisions: with seasoned counsel, honest assessment, and where the case is sound, our own capital at risk beside theirs.
We work quietly, with restraint, and with the long view. The institutions we serve are stewards of more than balance sheets — they are stewards of trust. We approach our mandate the same way.
If your matter is consequential, the conversation should be private. We welcome it.
Ibrahim Ali Al-Dulaijan
Founder & Group CEO
How We Work
Few mandates, held deeply.
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Candour before comfort
Our real value is the honest opinion. We say what we believe to be true, not what is easiest to hear.
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Our capital reflects our conviction
When an opportunity merits confidence, we invest our own capital — so advice and investment are held to the same standard of conviction and responsibility.
Our Mandate
Scope of services.
Licensed by the Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to operate across three integrated disciplines — each led by senior practitioners and supported by our own balance sheet when the engagement calls for it.
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Senior Management Advisory
Strategic counsel to chief executives, founders, and boards on the matters that define the institution — direction, structure, leadership, and capital allocation.
- CEO and board-level strategic counsel
- Governance frameworks and decision rights (RACI, charters)
- 90-day plans for incoming executives
- Stakeholder and shareholder communications
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Restructuring & Turnaround
Operational, financial, and administrative rehabilitation for institutions seeking to reset trajectory — quietly executed, with the owner's interests held first.
- Operational and financial rehabilitation
- Process re-engineering and policy frameworks
- Working-capital and liquidity optimisation
- Cost re-basing and organisational redesign
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Principal Investment
Direct investment from our own balance sheet into opportunities of strategic merit — alongside operating partners and institutional co-investors.
- Investment for own account
- Venture capital participation and investment clubs
- Investment company structures and subsidiaries
- Long-hold positions with patient capital
The Approach
How a mandate unfolds.
Stage
IFirst conversation
A private discussion to understand the nature of the matter — no presentations, no selling. And if we conclude we are not the right party, we say so clearly.
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IIThe mandate
Scope is defined in a written agreement and entrusted to a small team of senior advisors. We deliberately keep a limited number of mandates at any one time.
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IIICounsel
We conduct a thorough analysis, review the alternatives, then present a professional recommendation we are prepared to defend before the board or the decision-makers.
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IVCapital
And where the opportunity merits conviction, we invest our own capital in line with the principles and recommendations we advised.
Our Group
Five houses under one roof.
IAD Group operates through five specialised disciplines — each with its own identity and senior leadership, all under the patronage of the Group.
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Advisory
Senior management advisory and restructuring for boards and owners.
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Hospitality
Hospitality ventures, partnerships, and operating concepts.
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Healthcare
Healthcare and wellness investments across the region.
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Fashion Atelier
Couture, ready-to-wear, and brand development.
Selected Situations
Judgment, in practice.
Details altered to preserve confidentiality.
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A family holding at a crossroads
- The Situation
- Three family branches, one operating company, and no clear agreement on the transfer of leadership.
- Our Role
- Strategic counsel to the board over eighteen months.
- The Outcome
- A stable governance framework established, and ownership of the company retained within the family.
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A flagship asset, repositioned
- The Situation
- A hospitality asset performing well below its potential and market standing.
- Our Role
- Restructuring of operations, brand identity, and the management and operating model.
- The Outcome
- Relaunched, its competitive position restored, and profitability regained.
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Capital beside conviction
- The Situation
- A highly capable operator with a promising investment opportunity, but insufficient available capital.
- Our Role
- Direct investment from the Group's capital alongside the counsel we provided.
- The Outcome
- An investment still held in the Group's portfolio today, on the structure and terms we advised.
In Their Words
What decision-makers say.
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They challenged our assumptions when everyone else was validating them. Looking back, it changed the outcome.
Chairman · Diversified Family Office
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They never tried to impress us. They focused on understanding the problem, and the advice proved itself.
Chief Executive · Industrial Group
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When they invested alongside us, we knew their conviction matched their recommendation.
Founder · Private Investment Company
Why This House
A different kind of firm.
Conventional firms
IAD Business Services Group
Scale
Large teams, many mandates in parallel.
Few mandates at a time — senior attention on every one.
Discretion
Client logos and case studies published.
No names published. The room stays small.
Capital
Advice only; no position in the outcome.
Where the case is sound, our own capital invests beside yours.
Depth
Junior delivery behind a senior pitch.
The people you meet are the people who do the work.
Our Clients
Built on trust — and held within it.
We do not publish our client list. Confidentiality is not merely a professional obligation — it is the first term of every mandate we accept. Names, decisions, and conversations stay within the room in which they took place.
IDiversified Family Office
IIIndustrial Group
IIIPrivate Investment Company
IVHospitality Group
VHealthcare Platform
Withheld to preserve confidentiality
Our Commitment
The terms we hold ourselves to.
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We do not accept a mandate we are not equipped to serve.
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We do not publish the names of those who place their trust in us.
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We say what we believe to be true, before what is easiest to hear.
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Where our conviction is real, our own capital stands beside it.
Contact
When the matter is consequential, begin with a conversation.
Hello@iad-sa.comRiyadh · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia