Abu Dhabi Family Business Council
Championing across generations. Governance, continuity, legacy.
Empowering every generation. At every stage.
No two family enterprises stand at the same point. The Council builds bespoke support around where you are today.
Founders and family principals
You’ve built a legacy. Now ensure it endures.
Everything to make an orderly transition possible: governance frameworks, succession planning, and the right ownership structures. All aligned with UAE family business law.
The next generation
Build on the ambition. Reinvent how it grows.
Ready to evolve to what’s next? Leadership, governance development, and a peer network of rising leaders in the family to lead the transition.
International family enterprises and family offices
Abu Dhabi is your home. Where legacies thrive.
Guidance on setting up here, with direct lines to the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), and Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED). Plus connections to the emirate’s long established family businesses.
Launched December 2024, at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Business Week
The Council’s mandate is to empower family businesses to outlast the generation that built them, through stronger governance, orderly succession, and policy and regulation. Collaborating with ADGM, ADIO, and ADDED, turning three conversations into one clear voice.
- Type
- Business council
- Established
- December 2024
- Role
- Representing and advancing Abu Dhabi’s family business sector
Our mandate
Three priorities. One mission: stronger governance, a ready next generation, and family enterprises connected to the world.
- Family Charter Programme
- A confidential programme run by Abu Dhabi Chamber, helping families codify their values, vision, governance and decisions. All to ensure that the family stays aligned, succession is mapped, and agreements arrived at.
- Next Generation Leadership Programme
- Designed for rising family leaders. Covering leadership, ownership, governance, and the responsibilities of stewardship.
- Global Owners and Family Office Congress
- Abu Dhabi hosts this international congress exclusively from 2026 to 2028, in partnership with Campden Wealth. Bringing family principals and family offices together from the world over.
Our strategic partners
The entities shaping Abu Dhabi’s business environment. The institutions connecting our families to the world.
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