Opening Address, with the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, esteemed guests. It's a pleasure to welcome you to the International Family Office Congress as part of Abu Dhabi Finance Week and to be among a distinguished community of leaders who recognize the family enterprise. And family offices are far more than financial structures. They reflect legacy, stewardship, and long-term ambition while creating pathways and global growth and investment. In Abu Dhabi, a city defined by both heritage and aspiration.

The vision is translated into action. The Emirate advances with clarity and confidence, supported by stable policies, strong institutions and progressive financial ecosystems designed to adapt to global change. Abu Dhabi offers family offices and family enterprises an environment purpose-built for sustained success. It provides governance frameworks that enables smooth generational transitions, diversified investment opportunities, access to global talent, and quality of life that encourages families to establish long-term roots in the emirate. What truly sets Abu Dhabi apart is its commitment to partnership.

Sustainable growth is built on trust, collaboration, and openness. These values set at the core of this congress which brings together family principles, investment leaders and policy makers to explore shared opportunities and shape the future of the global capital. Aligned with Abu Dhabi Chamber's 2025 to 2028 strategy, we continue to strengthen the competitiveness of our private sector by supporting business expansion, facilitating access to the right networks and and knowledge and promoting forwardinking models that enhance resilience across generations. Ladies and gentlemen, in this hall today are individuals and institutions united by a common ambition to build enterprises that endure the legacies and that thrive. The convergence of global family offices, strategic investors, and leading policy makers makes Abu Dhabi's value propositions not only compelling but genuinely actionable.

At Abu Dhabi's Chamber, we stand as your partner in this journey. listening, enabling, and helping you to shape an environment where ambition can translate into long-term prosperity. As Abu Dhabi continues its confidence on the global stage, we invite you to see the Emirate as part of your long-term journey, a place where vision meets opportunity and where family legacy transforms in sustainable value generations to come. Thank you.