Monitor Deloitte

On Sunday March 15^th, a group of eleven graduate students from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies’ Middle East Studies program visited the Monitor Deloitte offices in Dubai. They were hosted by Whitney Chamberlain, a Director in the Monitor Deloitte Abu Dhabi offices. Ms. Chamberlain presented on Monitor Deloitte’s work in the region including an overview of their areas of specialization, the types of clients they service, and a walkthrough of the recruiting process. Following the presentation, the student delegation had the opportunity to ask a panel of five Deloitte consultants specific questions about their work, the life of a consultant, and living in the UAE.

Strategy is Monitor Deloitte’s primary are of focus, and regional governments and the public sector constitute the majority of the clients serviced out of the UAE offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah. They offer services in economic and social strategy, corporate and business unit strategy, customer and marketing strategy, digital strategy, pricing and demand analytics, and innovation. Client work ranges from consulting for large-scale infrastructure projects, oil and natural companies, the health care sector, and the transportation authority. Engagements range in time from shorter, targeted projects of 3-6 weeks to longer, more comprehensive commitments of 6 months or more. Many short-term projects roll over into longer engagements building on a portfolio of work.

The firm has been operating in the region as Monitor Deloitte since Monitor Group’s acquisition by Deloitte in 2013, but has ties to the region that extend back before the acquisition. They have established relationships with public and private sector actors for whom their value offering is a deep bench of practitioners across the region with expertise in private sector work, technology and media communications, financial services, energy and resources, consumer business, life sciences and health care, manufacturing, and real estate.

Monitor Deloitte recruits from SAIS for their Middle East practice as well as for their strategy and operations practice worldwide. The recruitment cycle begins for full-time hires in the early fall and concludes by early December. For summer associate positions recruitment begins in mid-fall and concludes in mid-January. For more information on Deloitte recruiting and opportunities in the Middle East offices contact Career Services.

~Sierra Bayles, second year Middle East Studies concentrator, SAIS