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Highlighting the pivotal role of family enterprises in transforming legacy into long-term value, strengthening institutional resilience, and empowering future generations through effective governance and structured succession, while reinforcing their role as pillars of economic prosperity and sustainable growth.
To be Honored by
Futoon Al Mazrouei, Group Head of Personal, Business, Wealth and Privileged Client Banking Group, First Abu Dhabi Bank
Khuloud Al Omian, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Middle East
A perspective on the role of family enterprises in advancing national economic priorities, strengthening private-sector growth, and enhancing regional and global competitiveness.
A flagship discussion on how Abu Dhabi is strengthening its position as a preferred destination for family offices, private wealth, long-term capital, and cross-border investment. The session will explore the emirate’s financial ecosystem, regulatory environment, institutional capital base, and the role of banking and private wealth platforms in supporting family enterprise growth, succession planning, and the UAE’s long-term economic transformation.
Diversification is no longer enough; reinvention is the next frontier. This session will focus on real family business case studies, exploring how leading family enterprises are creating new growth through acquisitions, franchise agreements, licensing, strategic partnerships, and international expansion. The discussion will examine what it takes to transform traditional businesses into globally connected brands while protecting legacy, identity, and long-term family control.
A leadership conversation on what it takes to guide a large family enterprise operating across multiple markets, sectors, and thousands of employees. The session will explore diversification, institutional growth, staying relevant through change, and the discipline required to build and sustain one of the Middle East’s most influential business and banking groups.
A future-focused discussion on how family offices and family enterprises are using AI, automation, and data-driven intelligence across reporting, investment oversight, risk monitoring, governance, and decision-making. The session will also examine cybersecurity, data privacy, responsible AI adoption, and how families can modernize while protecting wealth, reputation, and control.
Diversification is no longer enough; reinvention is the next frontier. This session will focus on real family business case studies, exploring how leading family enterprises are creating new growth through acquisitions, franchise agreements, licensing, strategic partnerships, and international expansion. The discussion will examine what it takes to transform traditional businesses into globally connected brands while protecting legacy, identity, and long-term family control.
A high-level discussion with an entrepreneurial powerhouse on building businesses at scale, entering complex markets, recognising when to exit, and having the conviction to redeploy capital into new opportunities. The session will explore entrepreneurship, calculated risk, diversification, and what it takes to keep creating value after a defining business success.
A discussion on how women are taking on more influential roles across family enterprise governance, investments, leadership, ownership, and strategic decision-making.
A practical discussion on how family enterprises professionalise decision-making through stronger family office structures, governance, controls, reporting, advisors, and leadership roles. The session will also explore the human side of continuity, including succession expectations, family dynamics, next-generation readiness, and how family principals balance legacy with institutional resilience.
A practical and forward-looking discussion on how family offices, family enterprises, and high-net-worth families are preserving and growing wealth in a changing global environment. The session will explore how private banking solutions—including wealth planning, credit, liquidity management, custody, and global access—are being integrated with investment strategies across public and private markets. Speakers will examine where family capital is moving in 2026 amid shifting interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty, and evolving opportunities in real estate, alternatives, tokenisation, and global diversification, while balancing capital preservation with long-term growth.
A high-impact discussion on how family businesses prepare for IPOs, partial exits, strategic investors, or full sales while protecting long-term identity and control. The session will examine post-liquidity governance, shareholder alignment, emotional decision-making, and how families transition from operating business owners to asset owners.
An opening address setting the tone for the day by highlighting how Abu Dhabi is creating new engines of growth across investment, technology, culture, tourism, real estate, and international partnerships. The address will examine how the emirate is translating ambition into globally competitive sectors, stronger institutions, and new opportunities for business and capital.
A high-level perspective on how the UAE’s national vision aligns with the values of family stewardship, exploring how long-term thinking, responsible ownership, and generational continuity are central to building resilient, future-ready economies.
A future-facing conversation on how longevity, biotech, preventative health, genomics, AI-driven drug discovery, and health innovation are becoming part of family capital strategy. The session will explore why families are looking at health not only as a personal priority, but as an investment frontier with long-term generational relevance.
A leadership conversation on building a diversified enterprise across energy, infrastructure, industry, mobility, education, and technology. The session will explore how businesses identify the next area of growth, invest at scale, create local capabilities, and remain relevant as national and regional priorities evolve.
A forward-looking discussion on how family offices and family enterprises are deploying capital into innovation-led sectors, including climate technologies, AI, digital infrastructure, advanced industries, and next-generation growth platforms. The session will focus on scalable opportunities, long-term value creation, and how family capital can support future economic transformation.
A leadership outlook on building and expanding a diversified family enterprise across infrastructure, energy, healthcare, hospitality, and international markets. The session will explore how businesses enter complex economies, deliver projects at national scale, form long-term partnerships, and turn private investment into platforms for growth.
A consolidated discussion on resilience as an investment priority, with a focus on water security, climate adaptation, nature-linked investment, and long-term sustainability. The session will examine how family capital can support scalable solutions in water access, efficiency, infrastructure, and climate resilience while creating durable financial and social value.
A conversation with a next-generation family business leader on the realities of stepping into responsibility. The session will explore legacy, pressure, reinvention, leadership identity, family expectations, decision-making, and the journey of finding one’s own voice while protecting what previous generations built.
A candid look at alternative luxury assets and how families buy, value, insure, finance, govern, and eventually exit art, classic cars, watches, jewelry, private jets and yachts. The session will explore where emotional value meets portfolio discipline, and how families can enjoy these assets without losing sight of risk, liquidity, provenance, and stewardship.
A high-level closing conversation bringing together the summit’s key themes, from national ambition, enterprise growth, governance, succession, investment strategy, innovation, sustainability, and next-generation leadership. The session will explore how family enterprises and family offices can move beyond wealth preservation to become active drivers of long-term regional growth, resilience, and economic transformation toward 2030.
Few decisions shape the future of a family enterprise more than selecting its next leader. This conversation explores how families balance merit, capability, values, stewardship, and long-term vision when choosing future leaders, while navigating family expectations, trust, and difficult conversations.
Artificial intelligence is transforming every industry. This discussion explores how next-generation leaders can leverage AI, automation, digital transformation, and data-driven decision-making to modernize operations, strengthen governance, identify new investment opportunities, and build businesses that remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world.
The transition into a family enterprise rarely follows a perfect path. This candid conversation explores the mistakes next-generation leaders commonly make, from trying to change too much too quickly and underestimating internal relationships to avoiding difficult conversations, assuming authority and failing to build trust. It will examine how successors can learn from setbacks, repair relationships and turn early mistakes into stronger leadership.
Growth today extends far beyond expanding the family’s existing business. This conversation explores how next-generation leaders can build new ventures within the family group, acquire businesses, form strategic partnerships, invest in startups, franchise successful concepts or enter new international markets. It will examine how successors can create new growth engines that complement the core business, gain family support and avoid competing with or distracting from the group’s existing priorities.
Owning a family enterprise means understanding far more than the operating business. This conversation explores holding companies, family offices, investment portfolios, capital allocation, private equity, venture capital, liquidity management, philanthropy, and the financial literacy required to become responsible owners and stewards of multi-generational wealth.
The greatest threats to family enterprises are often not financial—they are relational. This discussion examines sibling dynamics, cousin ownership, shareholder expectations, governance disputes, dividend policies, voting rights, and the mechanisms families can use to prevent personal tensions from becoming business risks.
Today's successors inherit more than businesses—they inherit visibility. This conversation explores personal reputation, media engagement, board participation, responsible leadership, digital presence, and how next-generation leaders can balance influence, privacy, and accountability while carrying a respected family name.
The world's most successful family enterprises think beyond quarterly performance—they build institutions. This closing discussion explores the leadership decisions, governance frameworks, investment strategies, innovation, talent development, sustainability, and long-term vision required to transform successful businesses into enduring institutions that create value for generations to come.
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Forbes Middle East is a licensee of Forbes Media and extends the Forbes brand of journalism across the Arab world. Forbes Middle East’s distinctive editorial style attracts a readership of Arab leaders, entrepreneurs, C-level executives, government officials and investors united by a belief in the spirit of free enterprise and entrepreneurial values.Across the region, Forbes Middle East sets the pace for preemptive business journalism. By uncovering trends and anticipating opportunities in the regional marketplace, each monthly issue brings top executives the information critical to their success – in both Arabic and English language editions. The magazine researches and publishes original rankings, based on methodologies set by Forbes Media.
