Washington, DC | March 17, 2026 – The Asia Group (TAG) is excited to announce a global expansion strategy and the opening of its first office in the GCC region. TAG is proud to welcome Ahmed Helal as Managing Director of the GCC, based in the region. He will be joined by Hassan Mansoor and Sewar Quran and a team of trusted and expert advisors across the GCC region. Ahmed and his team join TAG from the former Global Counsel, where they built a formidable reputation helping global companies drive commercial outcomes through sophisticated government relations and geopolitical advisory work.
“The GCC markets are some of the most important in the world. The strategic convergence between the GCC and Asia is one of the defining dynamics of this decade. TAG is uniquely positioned to help clients achieve commercial outcomes in the GCC and to help GCC businesses expand into the Indo-Pacific. Under Ahmed’s leadership in the region and the foundation we’ve built in Washington and across the Indo-Pacific, we are poised to significantly expand our growth and business” said TAG Partner Nisha Biswal, who will be overseeing the expansion initiative.
The GCC acquisition grows an already dynamic team that includes TAG Principal Aysha Chowdhry and Senior Advisor Kelly Magsamen. It brings world-class expertise across energy, artificial intelligence and associated infrastructure, digital finance, e-sports, crypto finance, sovereign wealth fund corporate strategy, and market entry strategies for defense and defense technology firms operating in these critical markets. The GCC team’s arrival deepens TAG’s capability in the region and immediately amplifies what the firm can deliver for clients.
“The GCC has been central to TAG’s thinking for years. We are entering this market with relationships and insight that most firms spend decades trying to develop. This acquisition begins TAG’s global expansion strategy and underscores the centrality of the GCC in today’s global economy and geopolitical landscape. We built TAG around the belief that geopolitical insight and commercial strategy must work together. Ahmed and his team embody that philosophy. This is exactly the kind of addition that accelerates our evolution into a truly global platform,” according to TAG CEO Nirav Patel and President Rexon Ryu.
This expansion comes at a moment of broader corporate transformation. Combined with the capabilities of TAG AI, The Asia Group is rapidly evolving into a global advisory platform purpose-built for the complexity and opportunity of this era.
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The Asia Group is the premier partner to the world’s leading companies seeking to excel across the Indo-Pacific. With a multi-disciplinary team of dynamic professionals across the region, The Asia Group enables companies to unlock value and mitigate risk at the intersection of public policy and corporate strategy.