Options Group Expands Dubai Office

September 30, 2026 – Options Group has expanded in Dubai office with the additions of Eugenio Chiappini and Ben Prickett as vice presidents. Mr. Chiappini specializes in the private equity and family offices sectors. His addition strengthens the firm’s presence in the Middle East and supports its work with alternative investment firms and private capital clients seeking senior talent.

Before joining Options Group, Mr. Chiappini was with ManpowerGroup Middle East, where he most recently served as head of practice for finance and banking. He joined the organization in 2023 as a recruitment consultant focused on finance and banking, was promoted to recruitment lead in 2024, and later advanced to head of practice. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chiappini worked as a recruitment associate consultant with Ascent Search and held roles in sales, operations, and business development.

“Excited to support the firm’s growth across the Middle East and to continue partnering with investors, principals, and investment leaders throughout the GCC,” Mr. Chiappini said in a LinkedIn post.

Mr. Prickett will specialize in the hedge funds and commodities sectors. Before joining Options Group, he built his career in executive search and recruitment across financial services, with a focus on hedge funds, commodities, and related investment markets. Mr. Prickett was previously a consultant in investment management with Maven Partnership, where he worked across Dubai and London. Before that, he spent more than three years with Korn Ferry as a senior associate in financial services EMEA. Earlier in his career, Mr. Prickett was an associate focused on hedge funds with The Omerta Group in London.

Options Group is a global talent acquisition and development firm specializing in financial services, including capital markets, global markets, alternative investments, hedge funds, and private banking/wealth management. For more than 25 years, with 16 global offices, Options Group has taken an innovative approach to facilitating limitless search and intelligence possibilities, said the firm. Options Group is headquartered in New York, with offices in Amsterdam, Dallas, London, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Miami, Tokyo, São Paulo, Bogotá, Frankfurt, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, and Zürich.

Michael Karp is the CEO of Options Group. His expertise lies across all areas of international capital markets and investment banking, and he continues to advise clients around the world on all aspects of organizational strategy and recruitment. Mr. Karp is frequently quoted in such publications as the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, and regularly appears on CNBC. He is a board director at a number of successful companies and is an active investor in several ventures.

David Korn is president of Options Group and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm, its strategic planning and corporate development. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm across all products, functions and regions and oversees the strategic planning and corporate development functions. In addition to Mr. Korn’s responsibilities for global client relationships and executive search, he is also responsible for OGiQ, OGiR, and OG University. Having joined in 1999, he has been instrumental in the firm’s growth. With over 25 years’ consulting and recruiting experience, Mr. Korn has established a track record of success in talent acquisition, development and retention services.

Past Addition

This past spring, Option Group added Henry Wilson as a vice president in London. He specializes in the commodities trading technology sector.

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Over the past 12 years, Mr. Wilson has specialized in technology recruitment across commodities and capital markets, partnering with trading businesses to solve complex hiring challenges across front‑office, quantitative, and core trading technology functions. He previously spent over 12 years with Lorien, a technology, transformation and telecom recruitment specialist. He led and managed the delivery into MSP accounts within Lorien.

Mr. Wilson actively sourced candidates across IT, tech, finance and senior leadership. He is particularly engaged by environments where technology is a key differentiator and hiring decisions have a direct impact on performance and risk.

Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media

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