Nasser Al-Qahtany on the continued growth of Strategic Gears

Nasser Al-Qahtany on the continued growth of Strategic Gears

Since our previous discussion with the managing partner of Strategic Gears, the Saudi-origin management consulting firm has enjoyed another year of record growth. We sat down with managing partner Nasser Al-Qahtany to discuss the key highlights of this growth – and look ahead into 2024. Last year, we spoke with Hattan Saaty, then Managing Partner of Strategic Gears. Today, you are the new Managing Partner, can you tell us more about the transition? I am personally thrilled and proud to have been promoted from within, and I see the role as a big challenge that requires me to perform at my best, keeping the company aligned with its aggressive growth objectives. I believe that being a “Gear” for years, climbing the career ladder of the company enables me to maintain the same values, rhythm and ambitions the company always had in place. Hattan has become CEO, which is also a reflection of the size the company reached today, which in turn led us to establishing several other C-Level positions during the same period. For prospective, we are now officially a “big company” as per the definition of the Saudi Authority of small & medium entities. How has the firm