“Saudis have accumulated a large amount of knowledge working on diverse projects in the Kingdom over the past decades and many of them are now qualified to provide advice on similar projects.” 

-Yahya Alsulaiman, founding partner of Serole Technologies Saudi Arabia and YISETech, discussing the growth of Saudi consultants. The Saudi Ministry of Commerce issued 407 licenses to consultancy companies in the first half of this year, an increase of 27 percent on the same period a year earlier. [Arab News]