Tom Hudson is Managing Partner of Kestrel Global Ltd, a boutique advisory firm, based in the DIFC, and has worked with more than 50 international companies on their Middle East expansion in the last 5+ years. A lawyer by background, he qualified with Linklaters and has worked at Credit Suisse, Olive Group and DP World. Tom originally moved to the UAE in 2006, and to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the UAE in 2021 wrote "Exponential Emirates" about the extraordinary growth story of the UAE, interviewing 50 people who have all been part of the country's first 50 years, and looking forward to the next 50.