Michael G. Holmes is a Managing Director of IBIS Partners and covers the Middle East region. Mr. Holmes brings more than three decades of experience working in Saudi Arabia. For the past 35 years, he has been a trusted advisor to several members of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family. During that time, he has lent his business acumen and expertise to the Kingdom in various capacities from the procurement of vital goods and services from around the globe to planning, directing and overseeing new projects within the Kingdom. Through his invaluable service to the Kingdom, he has been granted access afforded to only a handful of people in the world which makes him a well respected and highly recognized figure throughout the region. Mr. Holmes attended the University of Michigan on a football scholarship in 1972 and received his Bachelor’s degree in 1976.