About Handle

From family wealth and asset management to Execution Advisory.

Handle did not start as an idea. It evolved through eleven years, a changing market and eighteen months of live restructuring.

Origin — established in 2014 with a focus on family wealth and asset management for family businesses.

Foundation — that placed the firm close to ownership, control, continuity, governance, asset protection, succession and capital decisions.

Market Shift — post-COVID business stress put assets under liquidity, operating, legal, governance and capital-readiness pressure.

Market Gap — traditional advisory kept handing over; fragmented consulting kept separating. The client carried the integration risk.

Restructuring — 18 months of market research, direct engagement, live mandate testing and model refinement.

Result — an Execution Advisory firm developing and operating business assets through the Powerhouse of Strategy, Capital & Law.

Built through market pressure, research and mandate testing.

2014

Handle established with a focus on family wealth and asset management for family businesses.

Post-COVID Stress

Business assets face stronger pressure across liquidity, governance, legal exposure, operating performance and capital readiness.

18-Month Restructuring

Market research, investor dialogue, sector engagement, live mandate testing and model refinement.

Execution Advisory

Handle restructures around developing and operating business assets through Strategy, Capital & Law.

The break Handle was built for.

The two market failures

Breaking traditional advisory — advice ended at handover; the business asset still had to move.

Replacing fragmented consulting — strategy, capital, law and operations moved in disconnected lanes.

The client carried the integration risk.

Handle’s answer

Execution Advisory — developing and operating business assets.

Strategy, capital and law integrated around the business asset.

No more advice that ends at handover. No more fragmented consulting.

Built for two types of serious client need.

Some clients need to build, operate and integrate capital into a business asset. Others need premium Execution Advisory through a specific practice. One ecosystem. Two engagement routes. Three integrated practices. Seven priority verticals. One center: the business asset.

Handle Model Mandates

For clients who need to build, operate and integrate capital into business assets across the 7 priority verticals.

Practice-Led Integrated Advisory

For clients who need premium advisory through Strategy & Operations, M&A & Capital or Legal & Regulatory — with business depth, capital awareness and legal protection built in.

The core clarity sections, in compact form.

The Handle Model in Practice

Where We Engage

Market Entry. Growth & Expansion. Turnaround.

Who We Work With

Businesses. Family Enterprises. Private Capital & Investment Funds. Public Institutions & Government Stakeholders.

Where We Operate

Industry & Manufacturing. Infrastructure & Strategic Assets. Healthcare & Pharma. Energy. Environment & Sustainability. Advanced Technology & AI. Food Security & Agritech.

Practice-led does not mean fragmented.

Strategy & Operations

Strategy must not remain a presentation. Direction becomes operating movement.

M&A & Capital

Capital must not move without business readiness. Capital becomes structured movement.

Legal & Regulatory

Law must not remain detached from the business asset. Law becomes business protection in motion.

18 months of research, restructuring and live market testing.

Handle’s Execution Advisory model was not created as a positioning statement. It was built through market research, live mandate exposure, investor dialogue, sector engagement, operating testbeds and firm restructuring. Proof of build validates the model as researched, built, tested and refined — it is not presented as a guarantee of capital, regulatory approval or investment outcome.

Validated in the Market

Business assets developed and operated

USD 2.6B

Forward outlook across defined asset pathways

USD 10B+

Market research, restructuring and model refinement

18 Months

Live mandate testbeds

9 Mandates

Market participants engaged

400+

Where the model was tested and extended.

View Proof of Build

Capital Club Dialogue Series

6 workshops with investors, founders and funds.

MIITE 2026 Private-Sector Enabler

Linking manufacturers, business assets and capital readiness with the UAE national industrial agenda.

ICV Lab Agentic AI Pilot

A readiness pilot launched under Handle’s Agentic AI development.

GITEX 2026 Digital Hub Launch

Planned launch of the Handle Digital Hub as a full Agentic-AI advisory environment.

Institutional thinking and digital extension — without making Handle a platform.

View Handle Knowledge

Handle Knowledge

Execution Notes. Readiness Guides. Sector Briefs. Capital Club Outputs. Frameworks. Field Notes & News — verified only.

Handle Digital Hub

99 Handle Frameworks. Full Agentic AI development. Open advisory access.

Positioning Control

Firm first. Model second. Technology third.

One accountable hand — Strategy, Capital and Law, led as one.

Leadership

The mandate is carried by named partners — a chairman and the three practice leaders who own strategy, capital and enforceability end to end.

Mohamed Abu El-Makarem

Managing Partner & Chairman

Holds ultimate accountability for the mandate — the single hand that governs strategy, capital and execution as one.

An experienced advisor and international negotiator, Mohamed works with boards, investors and family enterprises on complex commercial and strategic matters across multiple jurisdictions — carrying ultimate accountability for every Handle mandate.

Business transformation & corporate restructuring

M&A, strategic investments & cross-border transactions

Capital structuring, IPO preparation & investor readiness

Board advisory on governance, continuity & risk

Scenario planning & market entry across international markets

Etienne van den Peereboom

Senior Partner, Head of Strategy

Turns direction into governed delivery — performance cadence, verified milestones and durable operating models.

A strategy and transformation leader with over three decades of experience in corporate strategy, business transformation and turnaround situations, Etienne converts direction into governed delivery across industrial and service businesses.

Corporate strategy & business transformation

Business turnarounds & restructuring

Market entry & international expansion

Investment planning & portfolio strategy

Multi-sector advisory across industrial & service businesses

Hossam Iraqe

Chief Financial Officer

Owns the capital line — structuring finance, investment and cost discipline so growth is funded, governed and built to scale.

A finance executive with experience across corporate finance, investment management and business scaling, Hossam structures the capital, controls and financial discipline that carry a mandate from plan to scale.

Corporate finance & financial structuring

Investment & portfolio management

Business restructuring & financial turnarounds

Tax structuring & cost optimization

Financial planning to support growth & scalability

Hamda Al Falasi

Associate Partner, Head of Litigation & Regulatory

Owns enforceability — the legal architecture, regulatory command and structural protection behind every mandate.

A legal and regulatory specialist with extensive experience in dispute resolution, corporate litigation and regulatory compliance within the UAE, Hamda owns the enforceability behind every Handle mandate.

Commercial litigation & dispute resolution

Regulatory compliance & risk management

Corporate governance & contract advisory

Financial crime, AML & regulatory frameworks

Legal oversight in complex corporate environments

When was Handle established?

In 2014, with an original focus on family wealth and asset management for family businesses — later restructured over 18 months into an Execution Advisory firm.

What does Handle do today?

Handle develops and operates business assets through the Powerhouse of Strategy, Capital & Law — via Handle Model Mandates and Practice-Led Integrated Advisory across 7 priority verticals.