We don't do boring.
We don't do PowerPoints.
We do deals.

Consulting, Advising & Generally Up To No Good

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Who We Are

The Short Version

We make introductions. We structure deals. We get things done that other firms only write about.

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Andy Ryan brings over 25 years of making things happen across borders. Board-level experience in the Gulf, organisations grown from startup to billion-dollar operations across 50+ countries, and a contact book that most advisors would sell a kidney for.

Before founding ARC Group, he built businesses generating $1Bn+ in revenue across Energy and Infrastructure. Not theoretical. Not consultative. Real businesses, real revenue, real relationships built over real time.

"We only work with people we find interesting. Life's too short for boring business."

ARC Group was established in Doha, Qatar in 2018 under the patronage of Sheikh Jabor Bin Mansour Al Thani. We expanded to the United States in 2024. With 40+ businesses under management and a patron network spanning the Gulf region's most influential families, we operate where Western ambition meets Middle Eastern opportunity.

We are not a consultancy that writes reports. We are connectors, facilitators, and occasionally provocateurs. We introduce the right people, structure the right deals, and make sure nothing gets lost in translation -- cultural, legal, or otherwise.

Our wider family group supports 60+ businesses, giving us a depth of network and operational capability that most advisory firms can only simulate.

25+
Years Experience
40+
Companies Established
8
Years of Impact
What We Do

Services

Six capabilities, one objective: get you from where you are to where you want to be. No PowerPoint required.

Market Entry Advisory

We know where the doors are. And who has the keys.

Entity registration, legal navigation, and government ministry connections -- including QFC and Free Zone setup. We handle the bureaucracy that breaks most foreign companies in their first year.

Strategic Partnerships & JV

Your deal. Our contacts. Everyone wins.

Local market knowledge, partnership introductions, and competitive analysis. We know who to call, what to say, and how to structure deals that stick.

Due Diligence & Feasibility

Trust, but verify. We handle the verify.

Regulatory analysis, cultural assessment, and market feasibility. We tell you what is really happening on the ground, not what a desk researcher Googled.

Capital & Investment Advisory

We know where the money is. And it knows us.

Fund introductions, sovereign wealth connections, and investment structuring. We speak the language of Gulf capital because we have sat across the table from it for 25 years.

Technology & Innovation Scouting

Finding the tech that actually works. Revolutionary concept.

Identifying and connecting breakthrough technologies with Gulf market opportunities. From AI platforms to smart infrastructure, we match innovation with demand.

EOR & PRO Outsourcing

Your people in the Gulf. Without the paperwork nightmare.

Employer of Record and PRO services that let you operate in the Gulf without the overhead of a full entity. Visas, labour permits, government paperwork -- compliant, efficient, and built for speed.

Track Record

Our Co-Conspirators

Some of the people we've caused trouble with. All of them came back for more.

JMJ Group Holdings
ExxonMobil Qatar
Knight Frank
MSelect
Palfinger
Occidental Petroleum
FIFA / Budweiser
Changda
Real Estate Energy Sports & Entertainment Technology Construction Finance Manufacturing Professional Services
Featured Project

JMJ Group Holdings

From QR175M to QR4Bn. The kind of result that makes other advisors nervous.

JMJ Group Holdings case study - Qatar real estate development The Grove, Qatar

Building a Real Estate Empire

Challenge

JMJ Group Holdings had a small and growing real estate portfolio in Qatar. The organisation needed strategic direction, partnership development, and a path to IPO readiness -- but existing advisors were delivering PowerPoint, not results.

What We Actually Did

ARC embedded as a strategic partner, not an external consultant. We restructured the holding company, built the Executive Leadership Team, advised on the growth strategy and developed in-house capability through strategically aligned International partners.

Result

Portfolio grown from QR175M to QR4Bn+ with a view to IPO preparation underway with a World Class portfolio of partner Companies.

Why ARC

The Difference

We are not McKinsey. We are not Deloitte. We are something far more useful: people who actually know people.

We Only Work With People We Find Interesting

Life is too short for boring clients. If your ambition does not match your appetite, we are probably not the right fit. But if you are building something genuinely interesting and need someone who has already navigated the territory you are entering -- let's talk.

We Don't Pitch. We Connect.

No 80-page proposals. No beauty parades. We have never won a procurement process in our lives and we sleep perfectly well. Our business is built on introductions, not tenders. If someone we trust says you are worth meeting, that is enough for us.

Results, Not Reports.

We do not bill by the hour and we do not measure success in deliverables. We measure it in deals closed, entities established, partnerships formed, and revenue generated. The numbers in our case studies are real. The relationships behind them are why they happened.

Generally Up To No Good Since 2018
From The Desk

Things We've Been Thinking About

Occasionally we write things down. When we do, they tend to be worth reading.

Market Entry

Why Most Companies Fail in Qatar (And How Not To)

The same mistakes, repeated by every Fortune 500 that thinks they can parachute into Doha with a PowerPoint and a handshake. Here is what actually works.
Partnerships

The Art of the Gulf Introduction

In the Gulf, who introduces you matters more than what you are selling. A practical guide to navigating the relationship economy that drives the Middle East.
Technology

AI, Technology, and the Next Wave of Gulf Infrastructure

Qatar's Vision 2030 is not just about stadiums and skylines. The next frontier is digital infrastructure, and the opportunities are enormous.
Get In Touch

If you're interesting, we're interested.

If you're not interesting, we're still polite about it.

Email

ryan@arcgroupus.com

Phone

+1 346 501 8881 | +974 6669 0201

Andy Ryan

Founder & CEO

Qatar Office

Marina Twin Tower, Floor 27
Lusail, Qatar 303

US Office

24285 Katy Freeway, Suite 300
Katy, TX 77494