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How I Work

Most people meet me
one of six ways.

A half-day, an ongoing advisory arrangement, a training programme, or a full transformation. All six start with the same practitioner. None starts with a discovery deck.

Tier 0 — Fastest to Book
Executive Workshop
From AED 5,000
Half-day session

A focused half-day session for your CIO/CDO, compliance and technology leads, and L&D — covering the specific regulatory obligations that apply to your live AI initiatives. Not a generic AI-awareness talk.

  • On-site (UAE/KSA) or virtual — delivered personally, no juniors, no franchise trainers
  • Tailored to your organisation's specific AI initiatives and applicable regulations
  • Open Q&A — practical, not theoretical
  • Natural next step into the Readiness Sprint if a governance gap is surfaced on the day
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Entry — Fast Start
Readiness Sprint
From AED 45,000
4–6 weeks, fixed price

The fastest path from a regulatory notice to a board-ready response. Designed for organisations that need to prove a credible governance plan within a short compliance window.

  • Full regulatory gap analysis (NESA IAS, PDPL, NDMO, or combined)
  • AI initiative mapping to applicable controls
  • Board-ready Assessment Report and Remediation Roadmap
  • Specialised training session for governance and technology teams
  • 30-minute board or DG briefing at completion
If the assessment is not in your hands in 4 weeks, week 4 is free. No conditions.
Core — Most Chosen
AGAP Retainer
From AED 45,000/mo
6-month minimum

The complete engagement for moving AI from pilot to production with automated, compliant governance infrastructure your team owns and operates — not a service dependency.

  • Everything in the Readiness Sprint
  • AI-enabled compliance accelerators deployed and team trained
  • Governance-as-Code implementation (where scope applies)
  • Weekly check-in calls with direct WhatsApp access
  • Regulatory updates and advisory as NESA IAS, PDPL, NDMO evolve
Premium — Full Transformation
Compliance Transformation
From AED 70,000/mo
9–12 month programme

For organisations with complex multi-system AI deployments, multi-country regulatory obligations, or a mandate to build a fully self-sustaining AI governance function.

  • Everything in the AGAP Retainer
  • Crystal Ball Predictive Risk System deployment and go-live
  • Multi-country regulatory coverage (UAE, KSA, Qatar simultaneously)
  • Centre of Innovation design and operationalisation support
  • 3 months post-programme support included
Ongoing — Judgement, Not Headcount
Fractional CAIO / AI Advisory
From AED 15,000/mo
3-month minimum

A high-quality resource allocated part-time consistently beats a low-quality resource allocated full-time — especially in data and AI, where the gap between a good architecture decision and a bad one is measured in months and budget, not hours. This puts a specialist in the room without the full-time cost.

  • Challenges, corrects, and guides you or your team against your stated goals
  • Shows better alternatives before you commit budget to the wrong one
  • Validates the vendors, hires, and contractors you're about to bring onto AI and data initiatives
  • Oversees the design and architecture of the solutions being built
Not included: day-to-day operational data or AI work — that's now easily delegated to AI agents or junior engineers fluent in using them. This role keeps your team's decisions honest; it doesn't do their job.
20% Allocation ~1 day/week or 1-2 hrs daily — entry, most common
AED 15,000/mo
30% Allocation ~1.5 days/week — multiple concurrent initiatives
AED 21,000/mo
40% Allocation ~2 days/week — the ceiling before this becomes a retainer
AED 26,000/mo
Enablement — Team-Wide
AI Capability Programmes
From AED 6,000
Half-day to 8 weeks

Governance and advisory solve the leadership problem. Most AI initiatives still stall lower down — because the people expected to use AI day to day were never actually trained to. This is the programme line with the most direct traction through 2026.

General Workforce & Functional Teams
AI Awareness Session Half-day, org-wide
AED 6,000–9,000
Business & Functional AI Fluency Programme 4-hour deep dive up to an 8-week transformation package
AED 8,000–85,000
Technical Teams
AI Tech Team Upgrade Programme n8n, Claude Code, effective vibe coding — 2-4 week cohort
AED 35,000–55,000
Executive Leadership
Executive AI Orientation 2-3 hour boardroom workshop
AED 10,000–15,000
Executive AI Simulation Gamified, experiential — half or full day, exec-only cohort
AED 25,000–40,000
Common Questions

Frequently Asked

Can we start with something smaller before committing to the Readiness Sprint?
Yes — the AI Governance & Compliance Executive Workshop. A single half-day session, from AED 5,000, delivered personally, tailored to your organisation's actual AI initiatives and applicable regulations. No procurement cycle, no multi-week commitment. Many clients meet me here first, then move to the Readiness Sprint once a specific governance gap is identified.
How is this different from PwC, Deloitte, or a large consulting firm?
Large firms have AI practices and governance practices — separately. They do not have a practitioner who contributed to writing UAE PDPL, UAE NESA IAS, and KSA NCA ECC, who has deployed Governance-as-Code in GCC production environments, and who will personally deliver every session. When you engage QI Lab, I am the person on the call, the person building the tools, and the person answering your regulatory questions. No layers. No juniors.
Which regulations do you cover?
UAE: NESA IAS (P1 Controls), UAE PDPL, Dubai ISR, ADSIC v2. KSA: NDMO, NCA ECC1:2018, KSA PDPL. Qatar: Qatar AI Guidelines, Qatar PDPL. International standards applied in GCC context: ISO 27001, IEC 62443, COBIT 2019, NIST AI RMF, NIST OSCAL, OECD AI.
What happens after the engagement ends?
Your team owns the tools and the capability. The compliance accelerators are embedded in your environment and operated by your people. The Governance-as-Code platform runs continuously. The engagement ends. The capability does not.
Do I need a live regulatory deadline to work with you?
No. AGAP is built for that scenario, but Fractional CAIO advisory and the AI Capability Programmes are not regulatory-driven — they're for organisations that simply want better AI decisions and a more capable team, with or without a compliance trigger.
What's the difference between Fractional CAIO and the AGAP Retainer?
AGAP is a delivery engagement — I build and embed the governance infrastructure myself, with your team. Fractional CAIO is advisory — I don't do the operational work; I make sure the decisions your team and vendors make are the right ones. Need something built? Start with AGAP. Need someone senior in the room to keep everyone else honest? That's this.
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