Markets where Qatar's relationships create the edge.
The region’s largest population, and its most active privatisation programme.
- Privatisation
- Banking
- Agriculture & textiles
The region’s largest economy, and the one most open to foreign shareholders.
- Mining & metals
- Energy
- Financial services
Hydropower and mineral concessions, at an early stage of opening.
- Hydropower
- Mining
- Infrastructure
A small, fast-moving market where a relationship reaches the top of government quickly.
- Gold & minerals
- Energy
- Logistics
Central Asia is one of the Circle’s three corridors.
These four have spent the past decade dismantling the restrictions that kept foreign capital out, and the results are visible now in privatisation programmes, in new mining and hydropower licences, and in banking sectors opening to outside shareholders. The Circle’s leadership has worked across the region since the early 2000s and holds relationships at ministerial and presidential level in each of these countries.
Latin America
Engaged on the same method and to the same standard, market by market, where the Circle's relationships and its members' operating strengths give a real advantage.
Africa
Developed patiently, behind sovereign-level openings and ahead of private competition, in the countries where the Circle's leadership has worked for many years.
- EuropeTaken up where quality and a member's interest warrant it.
- United StatesSelected situations, on introduction.
- Middle EastThe wider region, alongside members' own standing.
- AsiaWhere the Circle's relationships reach.
Beyond its corridors, the Circle keeps a close and selective eye on developed markets. It expands only where its relationships give members a distinctive advantage.