Strategic Advisory with
Operational Depth
Jobes & Co. is a Dubai-based restaurant and hospitality consulting practice, providing senior-level advisory to founders, CEOs and ownership groups across the GCC and international markets.
Founder
Andrew Jobes
A British restaurant and hospitality consultant based in Dubai, with senior leadership experience across businesses including Hakkasan, GAIA, Dean & Deluca, and Selfridges.
The perspective behind Jobes & Co. comes from having to make — and live with — strategic and commercial decisions inside operating businesses, not observing from the outside.
What Defines the Practice
Leadership
The firm is led by Andrew Jobes, a British restaurant and hospitality consultant based in Dubai, with senior leadership experience across businesses including Hakkasan, GAIA, Dean & Deluca, and Selfridges.
Expertise
A strategic operator's perspective grounded in years of commercial leadership — from Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury beach clubs to large-scale franchise operations across the UK, the US and the GCC.
Approach
Practical, commercial, and rooted in real decisions. Our perspective has been shaped by having to deliver strategy — not just advise on it.
Impact
We support clients in making confident strategic decisions, entering unfamiliar markets, and building frameworks built for execution, not theory.
When External Advisory Adds Value
There are moments where organisations benefit more from experienced external perspective than from adding permanent leadership capacity.
These moments typically involve change — market entry, performance reset, accelerated growth, or complex stakeholder environments — where independent judgement and speed of insight matter more than permanent capacity.
Our role is not to replace leadership teams, but to support them at points where clarity and experience genuinely improve decision-making and outcomes.
How We Work
Partnering with Founders & Leaders
The focus is always on decisions that can be executed and outcomes that can be measured.
Strategic Priorities
Translate business ambition into clear, actionable strategic priorities
Market Clarity
Provide clarity on market entry, GCC expansion and revenue outcomes
Commercial Rigour
Challenge assumptions and stress-test plans before capital is committed
Implementable Strategy
Support owners with actionable strategies designed for execution
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