TSG’s International Business Practice Launches Middle East / Africa (MEA) Region Team

Alexandria, Va. – As part of its long-standing International Business practice area, The SPECTRUM Group (TSG) has added a senior-level executive advisory group with significant knowledge of and experience supporting and doing business with select Middle East / Africa (MEA) governments and private organizations. TSG’s MEA Region Team is currently assisting and advising clients with business interests in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Tanzania, and Uganda.

The MEA Region Team focuses our work on select countries in the greater MEA region, with a specialization in navigating the delivery and implementation of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” with the Saudi government, Saudi corporations, and very recently restructured Saudi government industrial groups.

Working collaboratively with interested firms, the MEA Region Team provides advice on how best to prepare and communicate the appropriate proposals and communications necessary for firms to secure MEA-region business relationships, including with Saudi government organizations and major Saudi corporations. TSG’s compliance with the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) precludes our MEA Region Team members from any direct communication with any foreign government individuals.

TSG’s MEA Region Team is led by Paul Dugan, OBE, a graduate of the London Business School of Management and of the United Kingdom Royal Navy/Royal Airforce Aviation Electronic Warfare School. He is the former General Manager and CEO of BAE Systems and of the Saudi Development & Training Company. Mr. Dugan’s more than forty continuous years of full-time residence and service in KSA and the Middle East include managing multinational workforce business and support activities for the UK government’s largest overseas military defense and export program, formerly the Al Yamamah UK-KSA agreements. He is also a Founding Member of the Alfaisal University Riyadh Board of Governors.

Mr. Dugan was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for defense-related business, business development, and program management, and for developing the UK/US – KSA commercial relationship for and on behalf of the UK and US governments, including social and educational services to the KSA.

TSG’s MEA Region Team also includes several deeply experienced experts who directly reside in the MEA region and who work across our clients’ defense, commercial, training, export, and related KSA and MEA program and corporate missions.

Visit our International COE page to meet our MEA Region Team and learn more about our International Business practice area. Please contact Jack O’Neill, MEA Region Team Account Executive, at joneill@spectrumgrp.com or 571.217.4061, to learn more.