About Us
About Indigo Group, Dubai
Regulated. Independent.
Insight.
Insight.
↳ Established in 2013 and headquartered in Dubai, Indigo Group is an independent financial consultancy and analysis practice.
Our Reach
Headquartered in Dubai. Connected Globally.
UAE
Dubai
UK
London
Ireland
Dublin
Switzerland
Geneva
UAE
Abu Dhabi
Our Team
Leadership
Alex Hutton is the CEO of Indigo Group, where he oversees the company's strategic direction and global operations. A seasoned executive with a passion for driving growth and fostering talent, Alex is committed to leading Indigo Group through its next stage of development.
Colin is an experienced wealth manager with extensive knowledge of the GCC. By seamlessly blending deep expertise in corporate law, trust law, and wealth management, he provides a sophisticated, multi-layered approach to protecting and growing client assets.
Colin has lived and worked in the region for 15 years. Before co-founding Indigo Group, he served as a technical consultant for a large international trust company, where he built a reputation for resolving complex financial and legal structuring issues. Above all, he prides himself on maintaining an advisory practice rooted firmly in morality, transparency, and fairness.
Outside of his professional life, Colin is a proud father and a passionate horse racing enthusiast.
Colin has lived and worked in the region for 15 years. Before co-founding Indigo Group, he served as a technical consultant for a large international trust company, where he built a reputation for resolving complex financial and legal structuring issues. Above all, he prides himself on maintaining an advisory practice rooted firmly in morality, transparency, and fairness.
Outside of his professional life, Colin is a proud father and a passionate horse racing enthusiast.
Wafaa Khalel serves as Compliance Director at Indigo Financial Analysis and Consultancy LLC, where she provides strategic oversight of the company’s regulatory governance framework, risk management architecture, and compliance infrastructure within the UAE’s regulated financial advisory environment.
With over 15 years of experience across capital markets, brokerage operations, and financial consultancy, Wafaa combines frontline market knowledge with senior compliance leadership. Since joining Indigo Group in 2020 and assuming the role of Compliance Director in 2022, she has strengthened the company's AML/CFT framework, internal control systems, regulatory reporting standards, and enterprise-wide risk assessment methodologies.
She remains committed to positioning compliance as a strategic safeguard for the company and its clients, supporting sound governance, regulatory integrity, and long-term sustainability.
With over 15 years of experience across capital markets, brokerage operations, and financial consultancy, Wafaa combines frontline market knowledge with senior compliance leadership. Since joining Indigo Group in 2020 and assuming the role of Compliance Director in 2022, she has strengthened the company's AML/CFT framework, internal control systems, regulatory reporting standards, and enterprise-wide risk assessment methodologies.
She remains committed to positioning compliance as a strategic safeguard for the company and its clients, supporting sound governance, regulatory integrity, and long-term sustainability.
Mazhar brings a wealth of expertise to Indigo Group as a Chartered Accountant with an MBA in Finance. With a background spanning a Big Four firm and senior family office leadership, he provides clients with commercially focused, actionable guidance on corporate structuring, tax planning, and UAE regulatory compliance.
Jennifer Pasia
HR and Office Manager
James Nicholas
Financial Adviser
Elaine is a dedicated professional with over 10 years of experience specialising in business operations and client services within the financial and corporate sectors. She leads administrative teams to optimise workflows and ensure seamless daily operations within Indigo Group.
Her expertise lies in driving operational excellence by managing end-to-end client interactions and coordinating with global product providers to ensure high-quality service delivery. By focusing on timely processing and accurate documentation, she ensures that every client case is handled with care and to high professional standards.
Elaine is committed to providing proactive, results-oriented support that allows clients to navigate their financial journeys with confidence.
Her expertise lies in driving operational excellence by managing end-to-end client interactions and coordinating with global product providers to ensure high-quality service delivery. By focusing on timely processing and accurate documentation, she ensures that every client case is handled with care and to high professional standards.
Elaine is committed to providing proactive, results-oriented support that allows clients to navigate their financial journeys with confidence.
Ziyad is a seasoned investment professional with extensive experience across global financial markets, specialising in wealth management, portfolio construction, and client-focused investment strategies. He leads investment strategy and investment management services within Indigo Group, designing tailored solutions that align with each client’s risk profile, asset preferences, and long-term financial objectives.
His expertise lies in combining disciplined investment analysis with behavioural finance principles to create structured, goal-aligned portfolios for private clients. With experience across India and the UAE, he brings a strong foundation in equity research, investment banking, and multi-asset portfolio management.
Ziyad is committed to delivering clear, risk-aware investment guidance that helps clients navigate their financial journey with confidence.
His expertise lies in combining disciplined investment analysis with behavioural finance principles to create structured, goal-aligned portfolios for private clients. With experience across India and the UAE, he brings a strong foundation in equity research, investment banking, and multi-asset portfolio management.
Ziyad is committed to delivering clear, risk-aware investment guidance that helps clients navigate their financial journey with confidence.
Neil Stewart
Director
Gareth’s career so far has been built on a foundation of operational roles that evolved into strategic oversight.
Gareth has worked in financial services and private wealth for approximately 15 years. His professional journey began in the UK with broad exposure at Lloyds Bank, covering both customer support and risk-oriented functions, before pivoting to the international private wealth sector. A significant period of approximately seven years in Switzerland was dedicated to operational leadership, where he played a key role in running the office in Geneva. This encompassed client relations, training, and day-to-day management.
His current role in the UAE as an Associate Director at Indigo Group leverages this background, positioning Gareth as a critical link between the board's strategic vision and the execution by operational teams, including financial advisers, junior paraplanners and business development managers.
Gareth enjoys meeting new clients, each with their own background, story and ambitions.
Gareth has worked in financial services and private wealth for approximately 15 years. His professional journey began in the UK with broad exposure at Lloyds Bank, covering both customer support and risk-oriented functions, before pivoting to the international private wealth sector. A significant period of approximately seven years in Switzerland was dedicated to operational leadership, where he played a key role in running the office in Geneva. This encompassed client relations, training, and day-to-day management.
His current role in the UAE as an Associate Director at Indigo Group leverages this background, positioning Gareth as a critical link between the board's strategic vision and the execution by operational teams, including financial advisers, junior paraplanners and business development managers.
Gareth enjoys meeting new clients, each with their own background, story and ambitions.
What We Do
Many firms act as middlemen. They take your request and outsource the execution to a bank, an insurance house, or a third-party agency. Indigo Group is different. We prioritise building in-house core competencies over outsourcing.
Our independence is our greatest asset. Because we are privately owned, we are not beholden to any specific financial institution. Our loyalty is exclusively to the client.
Our leaders set clear standards and support our teams in giving careful, well-reasoned advice.
Key Metrics
Compliance is not optional. We interpret regulation conservatively to safeguard your reputation and ours.
2013
Year Established
100%
Independent Ownership
Key facts
Indigo Group at a glance
- Legal name
- Indigo Financial Analysis and Consultancy LLC
- Regulator
- UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), licence no. 706042 (search the CMA's Licensed Companies list)
- Established
- 2013
- Headquarters
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Ownership
- Privately owned and not tied to any bank or insurance company
- Leadership
- Alexander Hutton, CEO; Colin Lynam, Managing Director
FAQs
Regulation and leadership
Who regulates Indigo Group?
Indigo Group's regulated entity, Indigo Financial Analysis and Consultancy LLC, is licensed by the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA) under licence number 706042. You can find it by name on the CMA's Licensed Companies list.
Who leads Indigo Group?
Alexander Hutton is the CEO and Colin Lynam is the Managing Director. The leadership team also includes Wafaa Khalel, Compliance Director; Mazhar Sarwash, Accounting Director; Mohammed Ziyad, Director (Investment); and Gareth Bowkett, Associate Director.
