About Us | Market Research Kuwait

Market Research Kuwait offers a wide-ranging market research and market strategy services to help Arab and multinational companies thrive in Kuwait and Middle East.

Market Research Kuwait is a Middle East-focused B2B growth strategy advisory firm that provides practical market strategies across Kuwait, middle East and Asia Pacific. We guarantee strategic recommendations for our clients based on real-time intelligence from the marketplace and tailored for each clients’ distinct barriers to success. We are committed to help developing our clients’ understanding of the market(s) and make sure that decisions are made in a timely and well-informed fashion. We work with clients as a smooth extension of their businesses – adding immediate expert and local advisors as part of their manpower. This approach has resulted in 90% repeat client rate.

Our team at Market Research Kuwait is consisted of skilled local and international consultants of YCP Solidiance with wide-ranging project experience across different sectors and industries in Kuwait, Middle East and also Asia Pacific. This Trans-continental experience is what makes us unique from other advisors in the region. Our team is skilled and resourceful in gathering insights straight from customers, suppliers, and intermediaries in the Kuwait marketplace to build practical and sustainable business strategies.

We perform projects based on our clear-cut and hands-on method in order to secure strategic information from key stakeholders and experts in all marketplace. We will provide cross-checked and verified insights and analysis by our established networks across industries. This approach will help us interpreting and analyzing something more than just simple data. We will provide practical insights based on prompt findings in real-time.

How We Work

We are unique as a consultancy, and we know each of our clients is unique as well.

Aware of our clients’ different identities, circumstances, and needs, we execute every project from scratch: our philosophy is that every client requires a customized solution. As opposed to force-fitting previous market knowledge and findings into a general framework or strategy template – we meticulously craft a specialized Market Approach – whether it is for the Iran, United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, or Indonesia market — to address each of our client’s particular needs and circumstances.

Renowned and evident skills, seasoned with local flavor.

Our professional team is comprised of consultants from each of the markets we operate in; they are seasoned global executives armed with specific language skills, industry knowledge, and cultural understanding in the marketplace to equip our clients with the right advice and business strategies. We responsibly execute our projects in-house and never outsource our work to other parties. The vast-majority of our world-class team of expert consultants are fluent in multiple languages – whether it’s English, Persian, Russian, Bahasa, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay, or Arabic – to ensure we have an ear to the local ground. We maintain the highest standards of quality, timeliness, and confidentiality needed by our clients. We comply with a set of strict regulations for NDA and legal agreements determined by our headquarters in Singapore.

Commercial insights and actionable market intelligence, not market data.

Market Research Kuwait employs a team of multilingual management consultants with proven track records and experience in the relevant disciplines and markets to credibly collect factual insights, provide reliable business analysis, and develop strategies that work in the marketplace. We don’t rely on secondary research, but instead, focus most of our attention on primary research utilizing our established networks to conduct face-to-face interviews with industry experts and key stakeholders at the executive and senior management level. Equipped with the right insights, our teams will conduct market analysis, identify growth opportunities, and work with our clients to develop the necessary strategies.

Our Team

DAMIEN DUHAMEL | MANAGING PARTNER
Damien is a Managing Partner at YCP Solidiance. Damien brings with him more than 20 years of consulting-related experience across the globe and has worked with leading Fortune 500 multinationals and government-related projects on market growth strategies. He is recognized as an innovation and competitive strategy expert. Damien holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Master degree of Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University. Prior to joining Market Research Kuwait, he founded a Vietnam-based marketing intelligence and marketing entry consulting firm and had served as a Managing Director at a leading business consulting firm.
ERIKA WELCH | PARTNER
Erika is our UAE-based Partner who has in-depth market knowledge across many regions, particularly the Middle East. She brings years of strategy consulting experience across the region, working with the well-known corporations, government bodies and foundations. Erika holds a broad strategy consulting experience and mainly focuses on market entry and growth strategies, supply chain optimization, partner identification as well as on-boarding, corporate sustainability strategies, and performance management systems. She obtained a Bachelor degree of Science from McGill University, a Master's degree from the University of Cambridge in Sustainability & Leadership and also an executive M.B.A from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
RIDA EL CHAB | DIRECTOR
Rida is our Director based in Lebanon office. He focuses on the Middle East and Southeast Asian markets, with various expertise, including market entry and growth strategies, particularly in industrial and energy sectors. Prior to working with Market Research Kuwait, Rida was a management consultant in Southeast Asia, based out in Lao PDR. He obtained a Bachelor degree in Economics and Management from the University of Virginia, as well as a Master of Science from the University of Lyon.
NABIL RAMADAN | DIRECTOR
Nabil is our Partner based in United Arab Emirates who holds the responsibility in managing the team to execute strategic growth projects across the Middle East region and present strategic recommendations to our clients. He has expertise in benchmarking, pricing and sales optimization strategy, conducting internal and external assessment, and also leading feasibility study. Prior to joining Market Research Iraq, he was a revenue management professional working in MENA region..
OMAR SHATILA | MANAGER
Omar is our Manager who has extensive experience in working on a wide range of projects across the Middle East, including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and also Asia region. He has expertise in financial modeling and due diligence, as well as corporate valuations. He is also experienced in market entry and growth strategies in the Middle East. Omar obtained a Master degree in Finance from the American University of Beirut and also a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Lebanese American University. He speaks fluent English and Arabic, and conversational French.