About | Blue Ridge Advisory

Our Story

Advisory Built for Global Growth Markets

Blue Ridge Advisory was founded with a simple premise: founders, investors, and funds navigating cross-border growth need more than transactional advice. They need trusted partners who understand the nuances of operating across diverse markets and cultures.

Based in the UAE with deep connections across Europe, the GCC, and Southeast Asia, we bring together decades of operational, investment, and advisory experience. Our team has sat in the seats our clients occupy—as founders building companies, investors deploying capital, and executives navigating complex markets.

This firsthand experience shapes how we work. We don't prescribe generic frameworks. We engage deeply with each client's specific situation, bringing judgment informed by real-world pattern recognition and relationships built over many years.

The Boutique Difference

Why Clients Choose a Boutique Firm

In a world of sprawling consultancies, we've chosen to remain deliberately small. Here's why that matters for our clients.

Senior Advisors Only

No junior analysts or hand-offs. Every engagement is led and delivered by experienced principals who've held the seats you sit in.

Enterprise firms: Senior partners sell, juniors deliver

Dedicated Attention

With a deliberately limited client roster, you're never one of hundreds competing for attention. Your priorities become our priorities.

Enterprise firms: Juggling dozens of concurrent engagements

Tailored Approaches

We don't force your situation into pre-packaged frameworks. Every strategy is crafted for your specific context, goals, and constraints.

Enterprise firms: Standardized methodologies and templates

Relationship Continuity

The advisor you start with stays with you. Build deep understanding over years, not superficial familiarity over weeks.

Enterprise firms: Staff rotate between projects and clients

Agile Response

No committees, no bureaucracy. When markets move or situations change, we adapt immediately alongside you.

Enterprise firms: Change orders and approval processes

Aligned Incentives

Our reputation rests on every engagement. We succeed when you succeed—there's no hiding behind a global brand.

Enterprise firms: Individual outcomes lost in firm scale

Our Values

What Guides Us

Discretion

Our clients trust us with sensitive matters. We treat every engagement with absolute confidentiality and never leverage one relationship to benefit another without explicit permission.

Candor

We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. Honest assessment—even when uncomfortable—serves long-term interests better than comfortable affirmation.

Global Perspective

We connect dots across markets that others miss. Our cross-border experience enables us to see opportunities and risks that emerge at the intersection of different systems.

Commitment

We measure success by client outcomes, not billable hours. We stay engaged until objectives are achieved and often maintain relationships long after formal engagements conclude.

Leadership

Our Team

Experienced professionals with deep expertise across our focus markets

Mohammed Al Mansoori

Founder & Managing Director

20+ years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, and corporate development. Former executive roles at major financial institutions in London and Dubai. Board positions across technology, financial services, and real estate.

Global Presence

Where We Operate

Dubai (HQ)

London

Singapore

Headquarters

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Covering UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman

European Network

London, United Kingdom

Covering UK, EU markets

Asia Pacific