I Don't Think Most UAE Boards Know What Just Happened Here's the honest truth. I've been watching UAE corporate governance for years, and 2025 was unlike anything I've seen. Five major federal laws. One regulator replaced. ESG turned from voluntary to mandatory. Director liability widened. The Chairman-CEO rule, the one everyone thought was sacred, got rewritten. All of this in roughly 18 months. And yet, when I talk to people on UAE boards, half of them don't know about half

Most UAE Boards Think They've Made the Shift. They Haven't. I'll be upfront. Every consultancy in Dubai is selling the same line right now. "Governance has moved from compliance to strategy." It's in every pitch deck, every conference panel, every LinkedIn post by a Big Four partner. And honestly, most of it is rubbish. Here's what I actually see when I sit in UAE boardrooms. Most companies are still doing compliance. They've just dressed it up in strategy language. They have