Everyone on your payroll reports to management. The Owner's Office is the senior team that reports to you — the owner — and carries your agenda inside the business every week.
We help owners gain control, decentralize the business, increase efficiency and profitability, create new sources of income, and protect the value of their investment. One team. One mandate. One point of accountability. An embedded, owner-side, integrated team under one mandate. A model we have not found offered elsewhere in the UAE.
What is an Outsourced Owner's Office?
An Outsourced Owner's Office is a senior team retained by the owner of a business rather than by its management. It represents the owner's interests inside the company — verifying the numbers, holding management accountable, tracking decisions to completion, and driving the owner's agenda across finance, strategy and execution. Unlike a family office, which manages a family's wealth and investments, an Owner's Office oversees the operating business itself. It gives an owner the oversight of a full executive team without building one in-house.
The tiers
- Core — one company. Monthly management pack, cash-flow forecast, management scorecards, action tracking, monthly owner meeting, on-site presence.
- Executive — up to three entities. Everything in Core across the group, deeper on-site rhythm, management development, quarterly strategic review.
- Bespoke — complex groups, transformations, or defined projects. Group restructuring, transformation, succession, exit preparation.
Fees are agreed at the owner's discussion. Six-month minimum engagement. We do not discount.
What this replaces
Versus hiring a full executive team: a CFO, COO and financial controller cost AED 60,000–150,000+ every month — each a single hire who can leave or underperform. Versus a fractional CFO: finance only, with no owner representation across strategy, accountability and execution. Versus a family office: a family office manages the family's wealth; it does not run owner-side oversight of the operating business.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Outsourced Owner's Office?
An Outsourced Owner's Office is a senior team retained by the owner of a business rather than by its management. It represents the owner's interests inside the company — verifying the numbers, holding management accountable, tracking decisions to completion, and driving the owner's agenda across finance, strategy and execution. Unlike a family office, which manages a family's wealth and investments, an Owner's Office oversees the operating business itself. It gives an owner the oversight of a full executive team without building one in-house.
Is this a family office?
No. A family office manages the family's wealth and investments. The Owner's Office is the opposite side of the same coin: owner-side oversight of the operating business itself — the company, not the portfolio.
How is this different from a fractional CFO?
A fractional CFO covers finance. The Owner's Office covers finance, strategy, accountability and execution — and represents the owner across the whole business, not within one function.
How is this different from a management consultancy?
A traditional management consultancy is engaged by the company, studies a defined problem, and leaves its recommendations behind. The Owner's Office is retained by the owner personally, works inside the business, and stays to execute — verified numbers, management accountability, decisions tracked to completion. We sit beside the owner inside the business. We do not send reports from outside it.
Why not just hire a CFO or a general manager?
A full senior team — CFO, COO, controller — costs AED 60,000–150,000+ a month. Each is one person: they can resign, underperform, or drift toward management's interests rather than yours. The Owner's Office is an integrated team under one mandate, at a fraction of that cost, without the key-man risk.
What does it cost?
The Owner's Office runs at three tiers — Core for one company, Executive for up to three entities, and Bespoke for complex groups or defined projects. Fees are agreed at the owner's discussion, scoped to the business and the mandate. The minimum term is six months, and we do not discount.
How long is an engagement?
The minimum engagement is six months. The Diagnostic — the standard first step — takes two to three weeks. In practice the Owner's Office is built as a standing relationship: our founding clients are still our clients today, twelve years later.
What size of business is this for?
Established businesses above AED 10 million in annual revenue, with managers reporting to the owner. If the owner is still doing every job personally, it is too early for an Owner's Office.
Where does Yemnak work?
Yemnak works across the United Arab Emirates from its base in Abu Dhabi, with a presence in Lebanon. The firm was founded in Abu Dhabi in 2014.
What languages do you work in?
English and Arabic. Yemnak comes from the Arabic for "your right hand" — an Abu Dhabi firm, founded in 2014, with a presence in the UAE and Lebanon.
How do we start?
With a confidential discussion with our founder, followed by the Owner's Office Diagnostic — a fixed-fee review of control, cash, management and opportunity over two to three weeks. The Diagnostic fee is credited in full against a mandate signed within 60 days.
Is our information confidential?
Yes. Owner-side work is confidential by nature. We work under written confidentiality terms, and we never name clients or publish their information without written consent.
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