Middle East CEOs Views: Actions to Mitigate Against Potential Economic Challenges

Middle East CEOs Views: Actions to Mitigate Against Potential Economic Challenges

  • PwC’s 26th CEO Survey: Middle East findings highlights the views of ME CEOs on the outlook for region and own business
  • The graph below illustrates the responses of the surveyed CEOs regarding the actions taken or considered in the next 12 months to mitigate against potential economic challenges


Source:  PWC’s 26th CEO Survey

Key Findings…

  • According to the survey, ME CEOs are more upbeat about the outlook for their region and own businesses than CEOs elsewhere.
  • The majority of ME CEOs said that they are NOT planning to reduce compensation, slow investments, delay deals, reduce their workforce and/or freeze hiring.
  • The majority of ME CEOs said that they ARE already or considering diversifying their product/service offering, reducing operating costs, finding alternative suppliers, raising prices and/or revaluating projects/initiatives.

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