Mayank Sharma — Managing Partner, Element MEA

Mayank Sharma is Managing Partner of Element MEA. His work focuses on helping UAE and GCC leadership teams build practical people infrastructure: clear decision rights, reliable people operations, capable managers and a people function that can scale with the business.

Areas of practice

• HR operating models and outsourced HR governance

• Organisation design, roles and decision rights

• Workforce planning and performance management

• Fractional people leadership

• Executive search and leadership transitions

For board, C-suite and critical leadership appointments, Mayank leads Element MEA’s executive search in Dubai work: mandate definition, market mapping, structured assessment and confidential appointment support.

Working approach

Element MEA’s operating principle is “built inside, not beside”. The aim is to leave the client with a stronger operating system, visible controls and managers who can run it—not a permanent dependency on external advice.

Mayank’s published work distinguishes practitioner observations from representative market research. Commercial benchmarks state their period, scope, source base and limitations so that readers can judge how the evidence should be used.

Selected work and analysis

• UAE HR Outsourcing Cost & Scope Benchmark 2026

• People infrastructure before scale

• How to Choose an HR Consultant in Dubai (2026)

• Fractional CHRO, full-time CHRO, or HR manager?

• Executive search in Dubai: how C-suite hiring actually works

Selected media

Gulf News, 21 May 2026 — Senior attrition tax: UAE family businesses are quietly paying

Connect

LinkedIn · Element MEA

Last reviewed: 28 July 2026. Review cadence: quarterly.