About Roundtable
Our Story

Roundtable Search was founded in Dubai in December 2024 to do one thing well: recruit across hospitality and F&B, with the knowledge and network of someone who has spent fifteen years in the industry.

The Timeline
Before Roundtable
Danny now has over fifteen years’ experience with both global multi-nationals and niche independent recruitment consultancies, specialising in hospitality and F&B. His career began in the United Kingdom, overseeing recruitment across the UK and Europe. He has been based in Dubai since early 2014, with success across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
December 2024
Roundtable Search opens in Dubai. The idea is a specialist recruitment and search consultancy built around hospitality and F&B, working across every function, so a client has one true specialist partner rather than multiple generalists.
2025
The first year is spent building mandates across hospitality and F&B, in the segments that will become the four divisions, and across the full range of functions, from operations and culinary through to commercial, finance, marketing and HR.
2026
Roundtable repositions around four divisions: Luxury, Lifestyle, Brands and Catering. Hospitality and F&B does not behave as one market, and the four-division model reflects how the industry actually works.
June 2026
Roundtable Search is around eighteen months old, with mandates across all four divisions within the EMEA region.
Founder
Danny Faulkner, Founder

Danny started his recruitment career in the United Kingdom and has spent more than fifteen years in the industry, all of it recruiting in hospitality and F&B. He has been based in Dubai since early 2014, with success across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Before founding Roundtable Search, Danny built his experience with global multinationals such as Michael Page and niche specialists such as Profile Talent Solutions, specialising in hospitality and F&B recruitment across EMEA. He has spoken at the InFlavour Food Expo in Riyadh, and Roundtable Search sponsors industry events including the Fast Food & Café Convention (FFCC) in Dubai.

His approach is collaborative and consultative. He works long, in-person relationships rather than transactional pipelines, keeps communication high on the agenda, and treats every conversation as confidential.

Why Roundtable
Specialist, not generalist

Roundtable recruits in hospitality and F&B. Fifteen years in the industry is the difference between knowing the market and learning it on your brief.

One partner, every function

We recruit across every function in hospitality and F&B, not a narrow band of roles. One specialist partner for the whole leadership team.

A real-time view of the market

We know who is performing, who is moving, and where the market is heading. That market knowledge is the substance of our value.

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