CompassPoint expands comms team
CompassPoint Consulting — a fractional CFO boutique — added communications support to broaden its financial planning, FP&A and operational transformation offerings announced. The move signals mid-market finance boutiques are investing in client-facing storytelling to sell outcomes as well as deliver them.
CompassPoint has appointed Dubai-based Shakespeare Communications as its international PR and thought‑leadership partner, in an announcement published March 12, 2026. communicateonline.me The agency’s contract specifically covers media outreach, executive profiling and thought‑leadership placements in business and financial outlets, according to regional press coverage. campaignme.com CompassPoint was co‑founded by Zaid Aboobaker and Zain ul Abideen and lists James Caan CBE and Ayman Alashkar among its strategic advisors on the company About page. compasspoint-consulting.com The firm announced a strategic investment from Hamilton Bradshaw MENA in July 2025 as part of a stated push to scale services across the GCC and the UK. compasspoint-consulting.com CompassPoint’s website also promotes dedicated talent and delivery offerings — including “Finance Talent Matching,” CompassEdge and CompassConnect packages for fractional CFO and FP&A support — which the new comms mandate will promote to mid‑market clients. compasspoint-consulting.com