Strategic Positioning
Find and own your competitive position. We turn disruption into advantage — with analysis powered by market signals, competitive patterns, and trend modelling.
Galal & Karawi Management Consulting, DMCC · Est. 2008
A Dubai-headquartered advisory and growth partner. We help organisations across the Middle East and Africa navigate the AI-driven transformation of their strategy, operations, and market presence — and we build the platforms that make their leadership visible.
Est. 2008 · Dubai
Trusted by Fortune 500 companies & government organisations since 2008
The Five Pillars of Growth
Five interconnected pillars, with AI woven through each one. They are designed to work together: from positioning, through go-to-market, to the intelligence architecture that defines the next decade.
Find and own your competitive position. We turn disruption into advantage — with analysis powered by market signals, competitive patterns, and trend modelling.
We design and launch the platforms, communities, and programmes that make your leadership visible — Future Majlis, Cyber Majlis, Dubai Media Academy.
SignatureExecutive coaching, organisational design, and AI-augmented workflows that pair human judgment with machine intelligence.
Where we began. Market segmentation, channel architecture, and partner ecosystems — with global reach through The York Group.
Founding strengthOur forward edge. AI strategy, readiness assessment, intelligent operations, and enterprise transformation roadmaps.
Forward edgePlatforms we power
We partner with Dubai Media, the Investment Corporation of Dubai, and Dubai Media Academy to support their flagship thought leadership platforms — providing the strategy, advisory, consulting, and content that bring them to life. Few firms can do this.
A Dubai Media platform
We provide the strategy, content, and speaker programming for Dubai Media’s dialogue platform on the future of marketing, AI, ESG, and innovation.
futuremajlis.com →
An ICD platform
We provide content strategy, speaker curation, and thought leadership advisory for the Investment Corporation of Dubai’s platform.
cybermajlis.ae →
Strategy & AI advisor since inception
We provide thought leadership strategy, content, and AI advisory to the academy — and co-created the iع initiative during Dubai AI Week 2025.
academy.dmi.ae →G&K Consulting on celebrating its tenth anniversary, an evolving tech landscape, and how it pioneered change in a channel market besieged with rapid transformation.
Channel Middle East — Cover Story · August 2018AI at G&K
Many firms now claim AI capability. We can prove it. The Dubai AI Seal. Over 2,000 professionals trained. Chief AI Officer training at DAFZ. Faculty development at the American University in the Emirates. The iع initiative with Dubai Media Academy.
We don’t just advise on growth. We engineer it — with you, for you. Start a conversation with a Managing Partner.