Top 10 Executive Coaches — GCC

An editorial ranking of executive coaches practising in the Gulf, curated on published evidence.

Ranked #5 in the Q3 2026 edition of Top 10 Executive Coaches — GCC. Assessed against the published methodology.

Leila Rezaiguia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Kompass Consultancy; Head of the Academy of Executive Coaching, UAE

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kompass Consultancy in Dubai and Head of the Academy of Executive Coaching in the UAE, confirmed on AoEC's own people directory. Executive and systemic team coach, accredited coach supervisor and ICF mentor coach with 23–25 years across public and private sectors, coaching in English, Arabic and French.

Why this placement

Heading AoEC in the UAE is verifiable on AoEC's own site and is not a badge that can be bought — the distinction that separates real standing from purchased standing runs through this entire ranking, and she is on the right side of it. Kompass has been AoEC's delivery partner across the GCC and Levant since 2018.

Her client evidence is among the most concrete in the region: named testimonials from the CEO of Abu Dhabi Finance and the Chief of Corporate Affairs at the Dubai Future Foundation, plus a five-year partnership with INSEAD's Career Development for Working Professionals. Named senior clients willing to be quoted are rarer and more informative than award counts.

Editorial notes and exclusions

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