{"id":6615,"date":"2019-04-06T13:57:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T12:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2021-07-05T11:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T10:50:35","slug":"first-forte-consultancy-best-regional-business-development-services-uae-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/middle-east\/2019\/first-forte-consultancy-best-regional-business-development-services-uae-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"First Forte Consultancy: Best Regional Business Development Services UAE 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6616\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6616\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6616\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FirstForte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FirstForte.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FirstForte-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FirstForte-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Mughal<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First Forte is a multi-disciplinary company offering professional services, consultancy advice and business solutions to clients in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region. Its clients include institutional asset managers, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals \u2013 and many of the relationships it has forged have lasted for decades. Trustworthiness and good corporate governance are paramount for the First Forte team, which focuses on introducing investment opportunities to GCC clients. First Forte has been successful in sourcing an independent deal-flow and in placing junior resource and medium-sized transactions in sectors including financial services, technology and real estate. First Forte\u2019s principal, Mohamed Mughal, is a consummate professional with a prior career at JPMorgan. For the regional sovereigns, he remains the \u201cgo-to\u201d business expert. With an international network of \u201cextended family\u201d across the globe, First Forte is in a prime position to introduce innovative investment opportunities to customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and, of course, in the \u201chome turf\u201d of Dubai and Abu Dhabi \u2013 as well as the rest of the UAE. The firm has a strong track record, and the CFI.co judges recognise that during its long tenure, it has earned a reputation for having the clients\u2019 interest at heart \u2013 as well as for creating value in an honest and transparent way. The judges had no hesitation in presenting First Forte with the 2019 award for Best Regional Business Development Services (UAE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Forte is a multi-disciplinary company offering professional services, consultancy advice and business solutions to clients in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region. 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