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Excellence
Consistently striving for excellence and maintaining the highest standards.
Emirates Family Office Association
Celebrating family legacies, forging enduring connections.
A community of family offices in the UAE.
EFOA is the premier resource for family offices, family businesses and stakeholders. We empower the next generation with responsibility and knowledge, promote best practices, and provide an exclusive global ecosystem.
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Our emblem · شعار
The Ghaf — Prosopis cineraria
The national tree of the UAE. EFOA takes the ghaf as its emblem: patient roots, a generous shade, and a community that meets where the canopy spreads.
Our mission
A strong, collaborative network
can make a meaningful impact
on the global economic landscape.
We celebrate family legacies, foster inter-generational success, and forge meaningful connections — across the UAE and beyond.
EFOA exists for the families behind the institutions. We bring together principals, next-gen members, and family-office leaders to share knowledge, navigate transitions, and shape a thriving future for their businesses and their wealth.
Through curated convenings, trusted advocacy, and a confidential community of peers, we help families chart the long arc of stewardship from family business to professional family office, and onward.
Our values
Five principles that guide everything we do.
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Empowerment
Providing the essential tools and support necessary to achieve success.
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Independence
Encouraging autonomy, self-reliance, and informed decision-making.
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Accountability
Upholding responsibility, ethical practices, and transparency in all actions.
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Integrity
Operating with openness, honesty, and trust in every interaction.
What we do
Four pillars of community.
EFOA is built around the work that matters most to families stewarding capital across generations.
Knowledge transfer
Programmes, masterclasses, and convenings designed for principals and the next generation, covering governance, succession, investment discipline, and the lived experience of running a family office.
Connectivity
An exclusive, confidential community of family offices across the seven Emirates and the wider region, connecting peers, ideas, and opportunities through curated dialogue.
Policy & advocacy
Representing the voice of family capital, engaging with policy-makers, regulators, and ecosystem partners to support best practice, sound regulation, and a constructive operating environment.
Institutionalisation
Helping family businesses evolve into sophisticated, professionally-run family offices with the right governance, structures, and capabilities to endure across generations.
The role of family offices
A powerful new force in the global investment ecosystem.
Family offices are morphing into a powerful new force in the investment and deals ecosystem: professionalised, active, and direct investors across a wide breadth of sectors and asset classes.
They play an essential role in helping business families navigate the complex world of long-term stewardship, legacy, succession, ownership, and wealth management.
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Of private capital markets globally are family offices
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Increase in family offices worldwide since 2017
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Of AUM under family offices globally
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Of the UAE's private sector are family businesses
Upcoming convenings
Where the community comes together.
All events03
Jul · 2026
Webinar #23 — The EFOA–HKAWL Dialogue: Asian and Gulf Family Offices in ConversationHow Asian and Gulf family offices differ — and where they align on investment and governance — Joint webinar: EFOA + HKAWL co-hosted. 2 principals from each side. Hosted with HKAWL (Hong Kong). Recording. Shared to both communities. Joint summary note..
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Jul · 2026
Partner Session #7 — Alternative Investments Deep Dive: Infrastructure and Private EquityAccess to infrastructure and PE — direct deals, fund of funds, co-investment, expected returns — Expert: infrastructure PE specialist + FO CIO with alternatives allocation Hosted with Alternative investment partner. Investment primer + due diligence checklist in library.
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Jul · 2026
Webinar #24 — Family Office Compliance: What You Must Have in PlaceUAE compliance requirements: AML, KYC, ADGM/DIFC obligations, international reporting (CRS, FATCA) — Compliance expert + ADGM/DIFC regulatory specialist Hosted with Compliance + legal partner. Recording + compliance checklist in library.
News & Insights
Perspectives on family capital and legacy.
All insights
Join our exclusive community.
Unlock access to programmes, peer dialogue, and curated events designed for family offices and family businesses across the UAE. Membership is by approval only.
Partners & sponsors
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Founding partners