Wassim Karkabi

Wassim Karkabi serves as the global head of executive assessment at Stanton Chase. He is a seasoned executive search and executive coaching expert with over a decade of experience across the leadership spectrum.  He is a shareholder and Managing Partner at Stanton Chase Middle East, based in the Dubai office, and a shareholder in the Moscow office of Stanton Chase.

Wassim Karkabi has successfully advised a variety of international and regional organizations on their strategic and leadership concerns, and has completed senior executive assignments in Executive Search, Executive Assessment, Executive Coaching and Business Growth Coaching in the Middle East and more specifically in the Gulf countries since 1997. He has served leading multinational and regional holding companies as well as local companies and has worked closely with and completed assignments for clients in a variety of industrial subsectors.

Wassim Karkabi advises clients on leadership, including acquiring, assessing, and growing their leaders to achieve the strategic goals of the business.  He coaches a number of CEO, COO, COO level executives as well as business owners on their personal and business growth and development.

Wassim has an Executive MBA from Hult International Business School, and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of La Verne, California. He is a member of the International Coach Federation and a Certified Executive and Business Coach. He is also certified in a variety of Psychometric, Socio-metric and Cognitive Assessment Tools.