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Strategic notes, positions, deep analysis. Always sourced. Never hollow.

Fortnightly cadence

GCC CIO study

Turning technology into measurable business value.

A confidential regional study with CIOs and senior technology leaders across the GCC: priorities, maturity, and the lessons that separate investment from impact. Findings published end of 2026. Participants receive early access and an anonymised benchmark.

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01Notes & analysisComing shortly: an editorial promise, not a placeholder.

Notes &analysis.

Our first strategic notes will be published shortly. They will address the issues that genuinely shape sovereign digital transformation in the GCC:

Data sovereignty architectures
AI applied to public services
Governance of national-scale programmes
02Public markersReal positions taken on LinkedIn, linked to source.
Digital StrategyMay 2026

When I founded Lumina Partners, I made a deliberate choice. Not to set up a satellite office in Dubai, but to build the firm from here.

Transformation and PerformanceMay 2026

Strategic partnership with Tahaluf Al Emarat Technical Solutions, sealed at Make it in the Emirates 2026: one accountable partner, end to end, from strategy to technology delivery.

ESG and SustainabilityJan 2026

Lumina joins the evaluation committee of the EarthLab Teen AI Sustainability Challenge (AIDEN Academy), an international initiative aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

ESG and SustainabilityJan 2026

Heading to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week: moving from ambition to execution: building integrated systems that are reliable, resilient and financeable, from energy to data.

Innovation and AI

The winners won’t be the loudest pilots; they’ll be the teams that govern for impact.

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ESG and sustainability

Ambition, made financeable. From energy to data, we structure systems that are reliable, resilient, and built to last.