The Middle East region is playing an increasingly significant role in the global financial services sector.

With McLagan's extensive knowledge of financial services, our business in the Middle East region is quickly expanding.

McLagan's Middle East business coverage includes the Gulf States as well as other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. McLagan's capabilities focus on compensation and benefits market data, methods of pay studies, business performance metrics and compensation consulting.

Compensation Market DataThe Middle East compensation study covers compensation and benefits data, as well as non-compensation information such as inflation, GDP, and reports on general economic and financial services news by country.

Results from this study include full compensation results, analyzed by division, level and geographic location.

The primary geographic focus of this report is: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi and Dubai).

The 2011 survey included over 130 of the leading financial services firms doing business in the Middle East.

Compensation ConsultingMcLagan has assisted a number of clients throughout the Middle East region in reviewing their compensations strategies. This work has involved the design and implementation of salary bands as well as annual and long term incentive plans.