Charles Shaw has been closely associated with Oman in various commercial and military roles and has an in depth economic and social knowledge of the country. He has witnessed 36 of the 48 years of the careful and gradual development and modernization since Sultan Qaboos Al Said came to power in 1970.

Charles is an international businessman with 30 years’ commercial experience in many sectors including business services, defence and security, training, property, IT and construction in UK, Europe, USA, UAE and Oman.

Charles works with business owners, CEO’s and senior executives in small, medium and large businesses, advising Boards on strategy and governance and serves as a one-to- one leadership and business performance coach and a Group Facilitator and mentor.

His business experience in Oman extends to establishing and leading 3 businesses (SAOC and LLCs) that partner with international businesses. He was appointed as a Business advisor to Oman’s prestigious CEO programme.

He owns his own home and lives permanently in Oman with his wife. He owns a boat and enjoys fishing, scuba diving as well as jebel and dune bashing and plays erratic golf.

He is fully conversant with the Omani etiquette and speaks conversational Arabic.