Executive Assistant – Office of the CEO – Chalhoub Group

This Executive Assistant role sits within the Office of the CEO at Chalhoub Group, a Dubai-based luxury group that has spent over seven decades as a partner and creator of luxury across fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories in the Middle East. Supporting a CEO’s office at a group this size is a genuinely senior executive support position, requiring a level of discretion, judgment, and organizational precision well beyond general administrative work.

Day to day, this means managing the CEO’s complex calendar and competing priorities, coordinating board or senior leadership meetings and preparing accurate materials for them, handling confidential correspondence and information with absolute discretion, acting as a gatekeeper and point of coordination between the CEO and internal or external stakeholders, and managing logistics for travel and high-level engagements. At this level, the role also often involves anticipating what the CEO needs before being asked, rather than simply reacting to requests.

This suits an experienced executive assistant with a genuine track record supporting C-suite or senior leadership, someone who combines flawless organizational skills with the emotional intelligence and discretion required to navigate sensitive information and high-pressure situations calmly. Experience within a luxury, fashion, or similarly brand-conscious industry is a strong advantage, given the reputational sensitivity that comes with supporting a prominent leader in that space.

For an executive assistant who wants to operate at the most senior level of corporate support, working inside the Office of the CEO at a major, multi-decade luxury group like Chalhoub offers genuine exposure to how a large, brand-driven business is actually run at the top.

A CEO's time and attention are among the scarcest and most valuable resources in any organization, and how well that time is managed directly affects how effectively the entire leadership function operates, a poorly managed calendar or a missed piece of critical correspondence at this level can have consequences that ripple well beyond the CEO's own schedule. This Executive Assistant role protects that scarce resource, ensuring the CEO's time is allocated to what actually matters, that board and leadership materials are accurate and ready, and that sensitive information is handled with the discretion a group of Chalhoub's standing and reputation requires. Because Chalhoub operates across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, and other reputation-sensitive categories, the judgment and discretion this role demands carries extra weight, a misstep in handling confidential or sensitive information could have real reputational consequences for a group whose entire business model rests on brand trust and exclusivity. Done well, this role is a quiet multiplier on the CEO's own effectiveness, freeing up leadership bandwidth that translates directly into better strategic decision-making across the group's seven-decade luxury portfolio.

Supporting a CEO's office directly is one of the most senior and professionally rewarding tracks available within executive support careers, it builds unmatched exposure to how strategic decisions actually get made and how a large organization's leadership genuinely operates, insight that very few roles outside the C-suite itself provide. The discretion, judgment, and composure required at this level are skills that take years to develop fully, and having demonstrated them successfully at the CEO level of a major luxury group is one of the strongest credentials available in the executive support profession. Chalhoub Group's seven-decade history and standing as a leading luxury partner in the region also means this experience carries genuine prestige and recognition, both within the luxury industry and across any sector valuing senior executive support talent. Many executive assistants at this level go on to build long, senior careers supporting a series of increasingly prominent leaders, or transition into chief of staff, office of the CEO, or broader executive operations roles, since the skills built here, discretion, prioritization, stakeholder management, translate directly into those adjacent career paths. For someone who has already built solid executive assistant experience and wants to reach the most senior tier of that profession, inside a genuinely prestigious, brand-conscious organization, this role offers exactly that next step.

• Significant experience as an executive assistant, ideally supporting C-suite or senior leadership in a large organization
• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage a complex, shifting calendar and competing priorities
• Absolute discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential information and sensitive situations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Experience preparing materials for board or senior leadership meetings
• Comfort managing complex travel and engagement logistics for a senior executive
• Experience within luxury, fashion, or a similarly brand-conscious industry is a strong advantage