Experienced IR Professionals
Helping you resposition your company
Experienced IR Professionals
Helping you resposition your company
Our Business Model
Our Approach
Our Expertise
Our Approach
We aim to enrich your IR programs and support your IR Teams by providing them with a strong foundation to hit the ground running.
We offer your IR team holistic solutions that fit your business needs for growth and success.
Our Values
Our Expertise
Our Approach
Our values are at the core of what we do day in and day out. They define how we work towards achieving our goals. We are a team of DRIVEN experts, PASSIONATE about what we do, GENUINE about the relationships we build, and RELIABLE to our clients. Most importantly, everything we do, we do with INTEGRITY.
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
We are experienced Investor Relations professionals with a strong strategy, IR, and communications background and a proven track record of turning around IR functions in periods of restructuring, change management, and raising debt.
Why Us?
When management teams are focused on building and rebuilding their strategies, defining key performance indicators, and growing revenues, we want to be your strategic partner. We will support you to create a sustainable business model by building the proper foundation for investor relations and communication activities. We didn’t get there alone. And neither will you. Together we’ll create and refine your plan for success.
We support our clients in understanding their company's positioning and identifying gaps that require short- and long-term solutions. Once we have identified a strategic roadmap for your company, we also support you in partnering with teams that can help you achieve your goals across key execution areas. So we will be with you every step of the way.
Meet our Founder
Sara Shadid is the Founder and CEO of Pivot Advisory. In the 16 years leading up to founding her own company, Sara's experience in capital markets, investor relations, and corporate communications helped her pave the way to creating an advisory company that encompasses the entire strategic spectrum.
Sara's previous roles heading Investor Relations and Corporate Communications in UAE-listed companies included Arabtec Holding PJSC and, more recently, Amanat Holdings PJSC, both at critical times of their business maturity.
At Amanat Holdings, she was responsible for developing and implementing the IR and communications strategy while managing all communications between Amanat's corporate management and its investors across various platforms. She also initiated and led Amanat's ESG journey and the company's rebrand in 2022.
Before joining Amanat, Sara was the Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Arabtec Holding PJSC during one of the company's pivotal transformations. Sara worked closely with the Management Team to implement the Group's 3-year Strategic Roadmap resulting in the company completing a rights issue and returning to profitability.
In addition to Sara's senior roles in listed companies, she has over a decade of sell-side experience in equity capital markets with leading investment banks in MENA, which included her role as Lead Sales and Corporate Access for Renaissance Capital Dubai, Head of the International Desk at Beltone Financial and Manager MENA Markets at CI Capital Egypt.
Sara has a BA with Honours in Political and International Studies with Media and Cultural Studies from Middlesex University in London. She is a Certified Board Secretary with extensive experience in governance frameworks and sustainability.
Sara Shadid - Founder & CEO