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Dubai Business Award, 9 Dec 2026

Pedro Ferreira
Finalist | Dubai Business Award

Pedro Ferreira

CEO at Innovation Star Consultants LLC

20+ years experience

Turning expertise and AI into stronger businesses and greater opportunity.

  • Business of the Year Award
  • Consultant of the Year Award
  • Fast-Growing Firm of the Year Award
  • Small Business of the Year Award
  • Top Business Workplace of the Year Award

About Pedro

I believe entrepreneurs deserve the expertise and tools to turn ambition into lasting success. That belief drives me as Founder and Managing-Partner of Innovation Star Consultants LLC. Since founding the business in Dubai in 2019, I have built a multidisciplinary team supporting more than 150 business clients through regulatory compliance, business advisory, financial management support, and practical technology. Working closely with entrepreneurs inspired our development of six proprietary AI solutions covering compliance, accounting, training, and business organization. My ambition is to make these capabilities accessible to smaller businesses, helping owners gain greater control and more time to create value. As a Fellow of the International Compliance Association, I have had the privilege of representing the UAE private sector during both FATF visits. Over the past five years, our training has reached tens of thousands of people across the UAE. What drives me is the human impact: an entrepreneur gaining confidence, an employee developing new skills, or a business becoming stronger. I want Innovation Star's growth to create opportunities that extend beyond our own organization. Thank you for supporting a vision of business success built on integrity, innovation, and opportunity.

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Proudest achievements

  • Founded Innovation Star in Dubai in 2019 and built a multidisciplinary consultancy serving more than 150 business clients.
  • Led the development of six proprietary AI solutions that make compliance, accounting, training, and business organization more accessible to entrepreneurs and smaller companies.
  • Through our training initiatives, reached tens of thousands of people across the UAE over the past five years, helping strengthen professional knowledge and practical capability.
  • Had the privilege of representing the UAE private sector during both FATF visits, contributing practical industry experience to an important national undertaking.
  • Expanded our team from six employees in December 2023 to 19 in October 2026, creating skilled employment and opportunities for professional advancement.
  • Achieved Fellowship of the International Compliance Association, reflecting my commitment to professional standards and continuing development.
  • Led Innovation Star to recognition as UAE AML Services Company of the Year 2025 and GCC AML Services Company of the Year 2026.

People's Choice

29 days left to vote

Business of the Year Award

25 votes

Consultant of the Year Award

22 votes

Fast-Growing Firm of the Year Award

23 votes

Small Business of the Year Award

22 votes

Top Business Workplace of the Year Award

23 votes

It takes a few seconds and counts straight away.

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About Innovation Star Consultants LLC

Innovation Star Consultants LLC helps entrepreneurs build businesses with the structure, confidence, and capabilities to succeed. Founded in Dubai in 2019, we support more than 150 business clients through specialist consultancy, regulatory compliance, financial management support, and practical technology. We serve organizations across all seven Emirates, alongside GCC and international projects. Our distinctive strength is the connection between professional expertise and technology developed in-house. Working directly with clients gives us insight into their everyday challenges. We translate that experience into six proprietary AI solutions covering AML compliance, training, accounting, proposals and agreements, deal and commission tracking, and AML policy creation. For entrepreneurs, this means clearer information, better-organized operations, and more accessible support as their businesses grow. For their teams, it means practical tools that help them work with greater confidence and accountability. Our purpose is to make strong business foundations accessible to more organizations, helping their success create opportunities for the people around them.

About Pedro's team

Behind Innovation Star is a multidisciplinary team bringing together compliance specialists, accounting professionals, business advisors, technology developers, and client support colleagues. Their strength lies in how they work together. Consultants bring insight from real business challenges, developers turn that insight into practical tools, and colleagues across the company help clients put solutions into practice. This collaboration connects technical expertise with the people who need it. We invest in structured onboarding, ongoing training, clear responsibilities, and opportunities for professional advancement. Our aim is to build a workplace where people can develop their abilities, contribute ideas, and take pride in the quality of their work. As Managing-Partner, I am proud of the responsibility our team carries every day. Clients depend on their judgment, care, and commitment. These nominations recognize that shared effort and the people who make Innovation Star’s progress possible.

The journey

I founded Innovation Star in Dubai in 2019 with a clear ambition: to help entrepreneurs turn complex business responsibilities into manageable, practical action. Building the company has meant developing specialist expertise, earning clients’ trust, and investing in the people and systems needed to support growth. From six employees in December 2023, we expanded to 19 by October 2026. Today, we serve more than 150 business clients. A defining step in our journey was bringing technology development in-house. Working closely with businesses showed us where repetitive tasks, scattered information, and demanding processes were holding people back. Those experiences helped shape six proprietary AI solutions designed around practical business needs. Alongside our commercial growth, training has become an important part of our contribution, reaching tens of thousands of people across the UAE over the past five years. This journey continues to shape my understanding of leadership: build capable people, listen closely to those you serve, and turn ambition into improvements that others can experience.

Why your vote matters

Your vote recognizes the people behind Innovation Star and the work we do to help other businesses succeed. It acknowledges a team committed to professional standards, practical innovation, and making specialist support more accessible to entrepreneurs. It also helps bring visibility to our ambition: stronger businesses, more capable people, and technology that makes everyday work easier to manage. If you have experienced the value of our work, followed our journey, or believe in what we are building, I would be grateful for your vote. Thank you for supporting our team and the clients whose trust has brought us this far.

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People's Choice

29 days left to vote

Business of the Year Award

25 votes

Consultant of the Year Award

22 votes

Fast-Growing Firm of the Year Award

23 votes

Small Business of the Year Award

22 votes

Top Business Workplace of the Year Award

23 votes

It takes a few seconds and counts straight away.

People's Choice

29 days left to vote

Business of the Year Award

25 votes

Consultant of the Year Award

22 votes

Fast-Growing Firm of the Year Award

23 votes

Small Business of the Year Award

22 votes

Top Business Workplace of the Year Award

23 votes

It takes a few seconds and counts straight away.

Pedro's road to the ceremony

  1. Nominated

    Nominated on 1 October 2026

  2. People's Choice voteYou are here

    29 days left to vote

  3. Finalists announced

    Pedro was a finalist

  4. The awards ceremony

    Wednesday, 9 December 2026 at TBC, Dubai

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