Aadil Anwar
Associate Partner
Representing the firm since 2025
Functions
Practice Leadership & Strategy, Executive Search & Senior Talent Acquisition, Sector-Specific, Recruitment Delivery, Client Advisory & Workforce Planning, Business Development & Market Expansion, Project-Based Recruitment Management.Cross-Cultural Talent Engagement
Industries
Recruitment across energy, mining and minerals, covering technical, project and corporate roles.
About me
Aadil Anwar is the Director of Energy, Mining & Resources at Cooper Fitch, with over 17 years of recruitment experience across Oil & Gas, Energy and Mining & Metals, 13 of them in the Middle East. Originally from the UK, he spent three years in Doha before moving to Dubai, where he now leads the practice across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Aadil partners with owners, developers and operators on major capital projects, delivering talent solutions at every stage of the project lifecycle, from building owner’s teams and staffing feasibility studies through to construction, commissioning and long-term operations. Combining executive search, specialist recruitment and RPO, he is known for a consultative approach that aligns hiring strategy with project delivery and wider business objectives.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology
Contact specialistKey Projects
Greenfield Copper-Gold Mine – Pakistan
End-to-end partner from design and feasibility through construction and commissioning: built the owner’s team, staffed the feasibility study, set up the supply chain function, shaped a 5,000-person manpower plan and delivered an RPO.
Integrated Mining & Metals Group – Saudi Arabia
Executive search and specialist recruitment across multiple business units, from R&D centres and mine operations to smelters and rolling mills, including Director-level hires for rare earths and uranium projects.
Nuclear, Power & Gas – UAE & Qatar
Specialist and leadership hiring across the UAE civil nuclear sector, power generation and utilities, and gas processing and LNG facilities.
Areas of Expertise
- Practice Leadership & Strategic Recruitment
- Oil & Gas Talent Acquisition
- Energy Sector Recruitment Solutions
- Mining & Metals Industry Expertise
- C-suite Recruitment
- Executive Search
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