About us

Find out more about our award winning Recruitment Business based in the heart of Dubai.

About Hoyamal 

Hoyamal are a team of experienced Recruiters with strong networks within their respective disciplines, nurtured over 20+ years recruiting in the MENA region.

Our Consultants are extremely active in their markets giving them a live view of movements and trends.

This enables them to educate and inform clients how to best navigate the talent landscape to find and hire the highest quality candidates for their teams.

Our story

Hoyamal was formed in 2017 by John Fawls and Ed French, both having worked for leading global businesses with excellent track records in recruiting key talent in the MENA region.

Their dream was to create a truly amazing place to work for experienced recruitment experts that would subsequently deliver a first-class service for Hoyamal clients.

What does Hoyamal mean? 

Inspired by the rich history of our adopted home of the United Arab Emirates, the name “Hoyamal” is taken from the inspirational songs sang by Emirati pearl fisherman – the once premier industry of the Persian Gulf.

Pearl diving was a brutal profession and these Hoyamal songs would give divers inner strength to survive and prosper in savage conditions. The legend of Hoyamal resonates with us as we specialise in finding the best talent for our clients across the region.

How are we unique?

As well as traditional Recruitment & Search methodolgies, we also leverage the power of social media to; reach, engage and attract the best talent from around the world.

Our popular Video Job Descriptions and Market Insights reach up to 90,000+ impressions per post, capturing new talent outside of MENA.

Their dream was to create a truly amazing place to work for experienced recruitment experts that would subsequently deliver a first-class service for Hoyamal clients.

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