The GCC-France Business Forum 2025 gathered business leaders and industry experts for discussions on Gulf markets, collaboration and investment. Eurogroup Consulting participated as Business Intelligence Partner, contributing to sessions on Saudi Arabia and healthcare across the region.
The event offered a useful opportunity to connect strategic perspectives with business experience. For companies evaluating Gulf opportunities, country-specific market understanding and relationships remain essential components of informed decision-making.
Saudi Arabia’s Economic Outlook and Partnerships
Damien Duhamel, Managing Partner – Middle East & Asia, moderated the “Country Conference: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Focus” alongside Dr. Alaa Naji of Naji Khairan Advocates & Legal Consultants, Guillaume Rebiere of the Franco-Saudi Business Council and Eric Reingewertz of Market Insight International. The conversation considered Saudi Arabia’s economic outlook and French-Saudi partnerships under Vision 2030.
The session demonstrated why market-entry decisions require multiple perspectives. Economic direction, institutional relationships, legal considerations and sector conditions each influence the opportunities available to international businesses. A credible strategy connects the national transformation agenda with a company’s own commercial capabilities.
Healthcare Strategies Across the Gulf
Jack Fowler, Principal at Eurogroup Consulting, also joined “Healthcare Across the Gulf: Diverse Strategies” with Jonathan Antoine of Vygon and Alexandre Bustani of bioMérieux. Jerome Challandard of Accenture moderated the discussion. The conversation highlighted the roles of innovation and collaboration in different regional healthcare systems.
Healthcare opportunities across the Gulf cannot be understood through a single template. Companies must consider how stakeholders, clinical requirements, procurement environments and delivery models vary by market. Eurogroup Consulting’s participation supported a wider discussion on how businesses can engage with this diversity through informed strategy and local understanding.
The two sessions also underline the importance of connecting public policy, sector expertise and commercial experience. Economic reforms can encourage interest in a market, but investors still need to assess customers, partners and operating costs. In healthcare, innovative products and services must also fit the needs of providers and care systems. Dialogue with practitioners can help organizations understand the gaps between market-level ambition and day-to-day execution. For Eurogroup Consulting, involvement in both discussions reflected an emphasis on actionable business intelligence. The event created space for participants to compare regional developments while considering the different approaches required across countries and sectors.
The discussions illustrate why local knowledge and cross-sector engagement remain important. Market assessments gain depth when strategic and operational perspectives are considered together rather than in isolation.
