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For consultants & operators

Pick your projects.
Get paid to ship.

A network of independent operators who land scoped, paid briefs with the GCC's most demanding clients - without the pitch-deck dance, the procurement runaround, or the middlemen.

60K+
Consultants & experts in the network
15K+
Live briefs posted on the platform
200+
Leading clients across the GCC and beyond
48hr
Average time from brief to kickoff
Why this network

The network you'd actually want to join.

Built by operators for operators. The network exists to remove the parts of consulting that aren't consulting.

Real briefs, real budgets

Scoped projects with named decision-makers. You ship, you get paid.

Milestone payouts

Built for MENA proximity

Briefs in your timezone, in markets you already understand.

UAE · KSA · GCC

Your terms, kept

Set your rate, your hours, your sectors. Decline freely.

No exclusivity

Reputation that compounds

Every shipped sprint adds to your public network profile - clients find you.

Inbound, not outbound
Sectors in play

A deep network across every operator sector.

Clients arrive across capital, technology, healthcare, real estate, and the public sector. Pick your lanes - or work across them.

200+
leading clients hiring
Corporates · Sovereign · Private equity · Family offices · Startups
15K+Live briefs posted
48 hrsBrief to kickoff
Industry coverage
Consulting & Professional Services
Technology & IT
Finance & Investment
Media & Education
Industrial & Manufacturing
Government & Public Sector
Consumer & Retail
Real Estate & Infrastructure
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Energy & Natural Resources
Logistics & Mobility
Telecom & Connectivity

Geographic spread - MENA · EU · South Asia · N. America · SE Asia

Your network profile

A profile that earns for you.

Your network profile is your public reputation engine. Sectors, sprints you've shipped, response times, references. Clients filter on it. Briefs land on it. Day-one or six months in - the surface changes, the compounding doesn't.

  • Public references after every shipped sprint
  • Sector marks built from real engagements
  • Availability signal - open / unlisted / paused
  • Direct chat with clients, on platform

Aisha R.

Capital Markets Lead · Ex-Mubadala

Open · this month
Profile92%
  • Fintech
  • GTM strategy
  • MENA market entry
  • Series A
Projects shipped
14
Avg. response
2 hrs
References
5
How to join

From profile to first paid brief.

Free to join. Most operators are live, matched, and in a client chat inside the same week.

  1. STEP 01

    Create your profile

    Sectors, sprints you can lead, day rate, references. Most operators are live in under an hour.

  2. STEP 02

    Get matched to briefs

    Our match surfaces only the briefs that fit your sectors, geography, and availability. No noise.

  3. STEP 03

    Chat with the client

    Talk directly to the decision-maker on the platform. Scope, timing, fit - no middlemen.

  4. STEP 04

    Ship and get paid

    Run the engagement, hand over the deliverables, settle on milestones. Repeat with a stronger profile.

Voices from the network

Hear it from the consultants in their own words.

Network experts on what it's like to deliver through StrategyConnect. Short, unscripted clips - tap a face to listen.

  • Aya Fisher

    Marketing & Events Strategist

  • Bharat Babbar

    Consultant

  • Mohammad Absi Halabi

    Senior Advisor

  • Nihal Ahmed

    Consultant

  • Nishant Jalan

    Management Consultant

  • Sandeep Taterway

    Strategy Consulting

  • Satish Kumar

    Strategy Consulting

  • Tushita Mukherjee

    Consultant

FAQ

Questions, answered.

What operators ask before joining the network.

  • Who are the clients?

    Corporates, sovereign and public-sector entities, family offices, private equity firms, and venture-backed startups - concentrated in the GCC, with a growing international footprint.

  • What kinds of briefs land here?

    Fixed-scope sprints (deal review, GTM strategy, financial models, market entry, UX audits), embedded delivery pods, and expert advisory calls. From two-day sprints to multi-month engagements.

  • Do I need to be exclusive?

    No. Consultants in the network routinely run their own practice, advise other firms, and keep an existing day job in parallel. You set your own availability.

  • How does pay work?

    Day rate or sprint-fixed fee, agreed at scoping. Released against milestones. Settled on acceptance of deliverables. No platform fee on the consultant side until you're shipping.

  • How fast does a brief move?

    Most briefs go from match to kickoff in 24–48 hours. Some specialist sprints take a little longer to source - but you'll know inside a working day.

  • Remote, on-site, or hybrid?

    Whatever the brief calls for. Many engagements are remote-first; some sectors (regulatory, public, on-prem ops) ask for a few days on the ground.

  • What about confidentiality?

    NDAs are signed before scope is shared. Per-engagement workspaces, need-to-know data access, and clear handover protocols when the engagement closes.

  • What if the scope changes?

    Written change orders - clear deltas on outcomes, timeline, and fees before any new work starts. Standard practice, not the exception.

The network is open. Take a seat.

Create your profile and start applying to live briefs in minutes.

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