What arpus does

Arpus Advisory is a privately held management consulting firm founded in London in 2014, now operating from dual headquarters in London (United Kingdom) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). The firm delivers advisory, strategy, and transformation services to government entities — particularly across the Gulf Cooperation Council with heavy exposure to Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 agenda — as well as to enterprise and global consultancy clients operating in the region. The company is co-founded and led by Omar Nazer as Co-Founder & Managing Partner, and operates without disclosed external investment, parent company, or funding rounds.

Arpus offers seven integrated capabilities — Strategy, Corporate Finance & Transactions, Operational Excellence, Technology & Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Business Building, and Growth, Sales & Marketing — delivered across six sectors: Real Estate & Property, Energy & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Mining & Industrial, Technology & Digital, and Transportation. Services are packaged through four flexible engagement models (Resource by Resource, Framework Agreements, Plug & Play, and Defined Scopes of Work), allowing engagements to be custom-scoped from individual experts through multi-year embedded mandates. The firm has disclosed delivery of over 100 Vision 2030-aligned engagements across government, energy, real estate, mining, and technology programs.

The business model is professional services revenue generated through negotiated advisory mandates, with direct enterprise sales as the sole go-to-market channel and no intermediaries or self-serve digital path. Arpus's economic proposition centers on a senior-only delivery model — consultants averaging 15+ years of experience, no pyramid or junior leverage structure — marketed at 30-40% below traditional consulting rates, with faster mobilization (cited at 2 weeks versus an industry 6-8 weeks). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by engagement scope, team composition, and contract length, including multi-year Framework Agreements with government and enterprise clients.

Name

arpus

Legal name

Arpus Advisory

Website

https://arpus.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Arpus Advisory is a private management consulting firm founded in 2014, operating from London and Riyadh. It delivers strategy, transformation, corporate finance, AI, and operational advisory services to government entities and enterprises across six GCC-aligned sectors via a senior-only consultant model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Strategy Advisory (BPAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Strategy advisory
• Transformation consulting
• Flexible consulting engagements
• Government advisory GCC

Headquarters

HQ city

Riyadh

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Professional consulting services delivered through flexible engagement models. Revenue is generated through advisory engagements with government entities and private sector organizations across the UK and GCC. Engagements range from strategy development through implementation support, with flexible resource deployment models that scale according to client needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arpus Advisory is a management consulting firm that delivers senior-level advisory services across strategy, corporate finance, operational excellence, technology transformation, artificial intelligence, business building, and growth. The firm operates through four flexible engagement models — Resource by Resource, Framework Agreements, Plug & Play, and Defined Scopes of Work — to deploy subject matter experts into client organizations.

Product overview

Arpus Advisory is a consulting firm offering seven integrated advisory capabilities: Strategy, Corporate Finance & Transactions, Operational Excellence, Technology & Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Business Building, and Growth, Sales & Marketing. Their services are delivered through flexible engagement models (Resource by Resource, Framework Agreements, Plug & Play, and Defined Scopes of Work) across six sectors: Real Estate & Property, Energy & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Mining & Industrial, Technology & Digital, and Transportation. The firm operates from dual headquarters in Riyadh and London, serving clients across the UK and GCC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy

Quantifiable outcome

• Senior consultants deployed within 2 weeks vs 6-8 weeks for traditional consulting procurement
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consulting leader with a long-standing Middle East practice serving Saudi ministries on Vision 2030 and national-transformation programs. Directly comparable to Arpus in sector coverage (energy, government, transport, real estate) and engagement style, though with vastly larger bench and broader geographic reach.
• Boston Consulting Group: Top-tier strategy consulting firm with deep GCC presence and active participation in Saudi Arabia's public-sector transformation programs. Closely comparable to Arpus on strategy, corporate finance, and operational excellence capabilities targeting government ministries and large enterprises across the UK and GCC.
• Bain & Company: Global strategy consulting firm with established offices in the Middle East serving government and private-sector clients on transformation, M&A and operational performance. Overlaps directly with Arpus across core advisory capabilities and GCC public-sector mandates.
• Oliver Wyman: Global management consulting firm with active GCC and energy-sector practices serving governments and large enterprises on strategy, operations and risk. Directly comparable to Arpus on sector coverage (energy, utilities, transport) and senior-practitioner engagement model.
• Kearney: Global strategy and operations consulting firm with significant Saudi and GCC presence, serving public-sector and industrial clients on transformation, operating model design and privatization. Comparable to Arpus across energy, government and industrial sectors, with a similar emphasis on senior-led client engagements.
• Roland Berger: European-origin strategy consulting firm with a strong Middle East practice serving government and corporate clients on transformation, energy and infrastructure. Directly comparable to Arpus on strategy and operational excellence mandates, with overlapping GCC public-sector relationships.

Broad incumbents

• Strategy& (PwC): PwC's strategy consulting arm with a sizeable Middle East practice serving Saudi government entities and corporates on strategy, transactions and operational transformation. Comparable to Arpus in capability mix but embedded within the broader PwC services portfolio, giving it a larger bench and cross-functional delivery capacity.
• EY-Parthenon: EY's strategy consulting arm and broader advisory practice, with established Middle East presence serving Saudi government entities on strategy, transactions and transformation. Comparable on capability mix but operates as part of the wider EY services platform, giving it cross-functional scale beyond Arpus's pure advisory model.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big 4 advisory practice with a substantial Middle East footprint serving Saudi government and private-sector clients on strategy, technology transformation and operations. Overlaps with Arpus on operating model, technology and government transformation engagements, though with broader services and a much larger bench.
• KPMG Advisory: Big 4 advisory practice with significant Middle East operations serving Saudi public-sector and corporate clients on strategy, transactions, risk and technology. Comparable to Arpus across government and corporate finance mandates, but operating as part of KPMG's multi-disciplinary platform with broader service breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arpus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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