Edmond Villani – Chairman
Former Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank Asset Management (over $800b under asset management), former President&CEO of zurich-scudder Asset Management ($450b).
Currently and formerly on many significant Institutional boards, such as chairman Rockefeller Brothers Finance Committee. Chairman of Board of Georgetown University, member of Board of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Lord Carmine Villani – President and CEO of Crown MFO Gulf
A multibillion dollar Multifamily Office strategic, operational and investment platform focused in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and GCC region across multiple sectors in line with the Vision 2030, from innovative technological solutions to synergistic manufacturing localization in the region, and cross border opportunistic and impactful investments with and alongside Royal Family Offices and regional Family Offices from the GCC. CEO of Multi Family Office Investments the $27b multi-family office global partners platform. CEO of Multi Family Office Equity Partners the $8b private equity investment club platform.
Advisor and Executive board of Saudi Crown Holdings, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In charge of international business development and partnerships for the Family Office of His Royal Highness. Strategic Alliance partner with Saudi Crown Growth Ventures with HRH family office focused in identifying and implementing to GCC the most advanced best available technologies and partnerships in the Kingdom and the Gcc region. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services and MFO Private Office CEO of strategic alliance focused on interests, passions and hobbies of HNW and families offices like art, sport and philanthropy.
Advisory Board member of TUS Holding’s TUS Park the $100b technology investment platform and the $30b fund with S W ‘ s focused on investments in technology and infrastructure with over 800 investments globally.
Former Advisor to Yucaipa Global Partnership Fund with former president Wiliam J. Clinton. Former advisor to Scudder Stevens and Clark Pension ($800b pension funds) and to Blackstone Private Equity Group.
Managing director of GEM-Global Emerging Market $3.4b investment group of funds. Former co-founder and member of the board of Intana Hedge Fund, New York. Former CEO of World Energy Fund. CEO of Europower Renewable Energy group, MD of Fortore Energia and Europower Alternative Energy Technologies, renewable energy platforms and investment groups with global emphasis in the green energy sector And MD of Petrini/Spigadoro food group
Managing Director KPMG Corporate Transactions in NYC. President Milestone Capital Merchant Banking Group, and and associate at Citibank, Germany, and Ernst & Young, Los Angeles. Advisor and former shareholder to Trevi Drillmec oil and gas group. Honorary Board Member of the Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation in Vienna. Advisor board of Water For Africa foundation.
CEO of MFO Art, a platform for art investments and asset allocation diversification for family offices
Former Chairman American Italian Exchange Foundation, board for Villanova University, American University of Rome. Member of the board of the National Italian American Foundation, Italy chapter.
Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York and Public Notary for the American Society of Notaries. Received a Master in Professional Accounting and Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin with the highest honors. Member of several honor societies: Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Psi, Shell Oil Foundation award and Who’s Who in Business.
FEI Equestrian Endurance Open Rider World Champion in global FEI rankings.
FEI equestrian Endurance Rider & Horse combination World Champion in the FEI rankings.
ROYAL KNIGHT OF THE ITALIAN CROWN.
Alessandro Benetton – Honorary Chairman advisory
Alessandro Benetton lead his $20b Family office group. In infrastructure thru Edizioni Holding.
The largest Highway company in the world.The airport duty free company of Nice, Rome, etc. The retail group Benetton .
Autogrill the world’s leading operator of food and beverage. Is also present in the real estate, agriculture, hotel and sports sectors, and has portfolio equity investments in, among others, Mediobanca, Assicurazioni Generali, RCS and Pirelli
Marc Lasry – Honorary Chairman
Mr. Lasry is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group, an investment firm managing $16 billion of assets.
Distressed investing has been the focus of his professional career for over 31 years. Prior to co-founding Amroc Investments, LC as an independent entity, Mr. Lasry managed capital for Amroc Investments, L.P., the predecessor firm associated with Robert Bass Group, Inc.Markus Rohrbasser – CEO
CEO of MFO partners, Ceo MFO Investments and President of MFO equity partners. Over thirty years of experience in financial services including senior positions former founder of UBS merchant & investment bank, and president of UBS America. Ceo of Zurich group managing over $450
Neil Richardson – Managing Director MFO UK
A former Founder of Lion Capital leading Private Equity investment house with $6b AUM, former Genera lPartner with KKR where he ran European operations.
Alessandro Faraci – Chief Strategist asset Management
Responsible and specialising in advisory and asset management of European HNWI’s and Family Offices. Chief Strategiest for asset management of 10 family
officies with $5b of asset under management and protection strategies.
Mario Garnero
Business leader, statesman, diplomat, patron of the arts, philanthropist. This is Mario Garnero, Chairman of the Brasilinvest Group. His extraordinary résumé includes being awarded “Man of the Year” by the Brazilian- American Chamber of Commerce, as well as chairing the National Automakers Association and the National Confederation of Industries. He is a Brazilian who deeply loves his country, but one who enjoys privileged access to some of the most exclusive rooms of the grand monde of business and politics. And that is where he finds some of his tools to become an important instrument for free trade and the expansion of Brazil’s profile in the international flow of investments. Throughout the years, Garnero became personal friend of some of the most influential personalities in the world, like former Secretary of State George Shultz, banker David Rockefeller, former Presidents George Bush, Gerald Ford and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Mario Garnero never abandoned the idea that great business opportunities arise from abroad. “Even before one spoke of regional economic integration, such as the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), we were acting on two different fronts of globalization: politically, through Fórum das Américas, and, in terms of business, by celebrating bilateral agreements with some of the most important corporations in the world”, as Garnero recalls in an interview published by the IstoÉ Magazine. His initiatives have always had a strong international flavor. As Brasilinvest Headquarters stand tall in the two monumental towers that bear Garnero’s name and mark São Paulo’s skyline, the Group now ranks among Brazil’s top 100 privately owned corporations, with partners in 16 countries and a stellar Board of Advisors. It includes names such as Carlo De Benedetti, the legendary Italian impresario; Sir David Tang, Hong Kong’s finance and real estate tycoon; and Oleg Deripaska, Russia’s “King of Aluminium”. Upon these bases – and supported by a humanistic culture that allows him to communicate fluently in 6 different languages –, Mario Garnero has always felt at ease to launch huge undertakings. On many occasions, he worked towards having Brazil come out of some tough situations, such as the deficit in bilateral trade with the US in the early 1980’s. At the time, the exchange rate crisis sent Brazil’s exports to some of their lowest levels in history. Garnero then articulated a strategic visit to Brazil by President Ronald Reagan. The initiative helped fuel business relations between the two countries, and in a year, the terms of Brazil-US trade had leaped from U$2 billion to U$4 billion. Reagan also provided Brazil with a surprise loan of U$1 billion that helped the country breath during Latin America’s troubled months of 1982. Garnero once managed to work out a meeting between a delegation of 70 American businessmen and Ernesto Geisel, Brazil’s President during the late 1970’s, which brought a major wave of foreign investment to Brazil. Henry Kissinger was also a guest of Mr. Garnero during the difficult years of Brazil’s foreign debt negotiations. More recently, in 1996, it was President George Bush who came to Brazil under Garnero’s invitation. And from the solid friendship that unites the Bush and Garnero families resulted one of the most intense dialogues on hemispheric integration. Apart from his business, this is a kind of “private diplomacy” that few people carry out like Garnero. Back in 1965, he took the initiative of inviting then Senator Robert Kennedy to visit Brazil. As a result of Kennedy’s visit, he decided to establish the Fórum das Américas, Brazil’s pioneer “think-tank” on democracy and regional economic integration. In his international tours, Garnero joined the World Forum at Beaver Creek, which was hosted by former President Gerald Ford. He is an active player in debating contemporary affairs through articles and interviews on CNN, The New York Times, IstoÉ, O Estado de S.Paulo, LatinCEO, Folha de S. Paulo and so many other media in the US and Brazil. He has been a guest speaker at Columbia, the University of San Diego, Georgetown, and at the Congress in both Brazil and the US, as well as many business fora in the US, Europe and Latin America. These initiatives are added to the creation in 1998 of the United Nations Association-Brazil, following a meeting in New York between Mario Garnero and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who later visited São Paulo under the invitation of Fórum das Américas. UNA-Brazil is part of a group of similar institutions to be found in 90 countries, working to enlarge the scope of UN’s actions and objectives in civil society and the business sector. Either through Brasilinvest in the business world; Fórum das Américas and its role in shaping hemispheric integration, or UNA-Brazil and the debate of contemporary international issues, diplomacy is deeply rooted in Mario Garnero’s character. A kind of diplomacy that is complemented by the support for art and culture, with philanthropy in the health and education sectors. And that is why for so many people, speaking of globalization is speaking of Mario Garnero – globalization with social responsibility.
Beverly Moore Ben-Lulu – Advisory Board member
Managing director internaaSenior Manager I, Product Management, International Emerging Tech- Walmart, Inc, Benton- ville, Arkansas
CEO – HomeRefill, Brazil and Saudi Arabia
Vice President- Family Office Relations True Family Enterprises, Newport Beach, California, USA Vice President – Private Donor Relations – Enactus, Springfield, Missouri USA
Family Office Administrator – Upsher Management Company, New York, New York USA
Practice Manager/Office Manager – Withers Worldwide, New York, New York, and New Haven and Greenwich, Connecticut, USAHighly Innovative, customer-centered, entrepreneurial professional, known for developing and
empowering Temale leaders, creating cohesion among stakeholders, and cost-effective solutions across the technology (including ecommerce); logistics: legal services: family office services; and philanthropy sectors.
Experienced Communicator: Creates a safe space for creative solutions to emerge with both technical and non-technical audiences and facilitates filling gaps between actual situations and desidered aoutcomes.
Product Management: A forward thinking problem-solver, who applies analytical reasoning, and insightful communication to analyze problems from all angles and prioritize technical requirements and enhancements
Team Leadership: An advanced negotiator who applies the humility, empathy, and adaptability necessary to maximize each team member’s potential, gain buy-in, and produce top-quality, innovative products. Strategic Planning: An agile business planner that relies on SWOT, gap analysis, and sound judgment to drive impact and efficiency in fast moving environments
Simone Trevisani – Advisory Board member: oil, gas, construction
Currently CEO of Drillmec Spa Piacenza that in 2020 ti has been acquired by the second largest construction Indian Group Megha Engineering, 6,0 BI| USD revenues expected in 2023.
President of Megha International business development for 5 main divisions involved in the civil Infrastructures. O&G infrastructures, water treatment infrastructures, gas distribution and defense.
Graduated in Mechanical Engineer at the Bologna University in 1998, Master in Business Administration.
Master in General Management, Master in European Leader of the Future.
Simone and his family founded Trevi Group a stock exchange High technological Corporation of c ompanies such as Trevi as a contracting company in the Geotechnical special infrastructure sector. Soilmec as leader in the Special foundation Equipment and rigs manufacturing. Drillmec as a Leader Onshore Offshore Drilling package manufacturer in the water, geothermal and O&G sector. Petreven as an advance drilling contractor in the o&G sector operating in central and South America. Trevi Energy in the Renewable Energy sector dedicated to the manufacturina and installation of onshore and offshore 3 M W wind mills in Italy. During almost 25 years Simone covering the position of Chairman & CEO of the Mechanical Industry business in more than 36 different countries developed relationships in the osc sector with the maior Nationa companies such as EDI Sonatrach, AdnocKOC, Saudi Aramco,
Socar, ONGC, IDC, OMV, Shell, YPF, PDVSA, Ecopetrol, Pemex, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Rosneft, Lukoil, Gazpromneft, BP, Shell. Socially he has served as President Techne Company an Italian government company involved in the specific assistance and education to all the unfortunate social classes such as non-graduates unemployed, the handicapped, former prisoners to be fully integrated in the society.
He has been appointed by the Italian-American GEI Association based in New York City as the Best Entrepreneur of the 2015 year strengthening the relation between the American and Italian countries.Roberto Tronchetti Provera Advisory Board Member
CEO, Vezzani SPA, Ovada (Alessandria) Scrap processing, equipment, shears, balers, complete solu- tions for the metal recycling industry
PRESIDENT, Minmental SRL, Cividate al Piano (Bergamo) Packaging for pharmaceutical, alimentary, industrial products
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT, Camfin SPA, Milano Holding Company of oil and gas
ECECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, Cam Energia ECalore SPA, Milano Condominiums and Industries heat- ing provider.
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT, Cam Prodotti SRL, Milano Trading of raw materials
PRESIDENT, Rettagliata SPA, Milano Oil and gas trading, condominiums and industries heating pro- vider.
PRESIDENT, Mariani SPA, Milano Oil and gas trading, condominiums and industries heating providerDavid Nahmad – Advisory Board member chairman: MFO Arts
Megadealer David Nahmad with brother Ezra owns a stockpile of modern and impressionist art, stored in a duty-free warehouse in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Nahmads’ inventory includes more than 30 blue chip artists, from Monet and Matis- se to Renoir and Rothko. They buy and sell mainly at auction.
Among the holdings: 300 Picasso, worth at least $1 billion. The whole collection is worth an estimated $ 3 . 5 billion .The brothers splitt heir art asset s 5 0 / 5 0
David also trades a currency and stock portfolio worth more than $400 million.Edmond So -Managing Director MFO Asia
FORMER:
Managing Director of Chinese state-owned company Representative of China Railway 15 group for MENA Region. Managing Director of Chinese state owned company Liaohe Oil Field (China National Petroleum Company) for in MENA Managing Director of Chinese state-owned company China Electronics System Engineering Corporation – CESEC for MENA Region.
Chinese state-owned company Overseas Project Manager of China Electronics Engineering Design Institute – CEEDI in Italy and MENA. Chief Executive Officer of Ottimo Qatar Projects WLL In MENA region. Tully cooperation to b e strategic partners with international china state ownedcontractors such as CCECC, CCCC, CHEC, SINOHYDRO
Chinese state-owned company commercial Director of China Energy Engineering Group Co Ltd – CEEC GHCB Egyptian branch for MENA Region
2018 UNTIL NOW:
Acting as Chairman of PRIME investment and Development Holding Limited in Hong Kong, PRC.Working for MENA
Acting as Chinese state-owned company Commercial Director of MENA of China Machines building international Corporation MIC /SINOMACH GROUP for MENA Region Actingasfinance&InvestmentAdvisorofChairmanofC Agroup.Hongkonglistedcompany
2022 to 2023 acting as MENA Advisor of YF Capital
2023. acting as Executive Director of China Soft Capital for Arabic and Chinese Market.
2019 to 2023 acting and working Royal FAMILY office and well-known FAMILY office for assets management &Fund investment in multiple billions between MENA and Hong Kong, CHINA
2019. to 2023 managing Director of MFO Asia for MENA and Asian Region
2022 to 2023. Director of Hywin assets Management ( NASDAQ ) and Family Office in Hong Kong and China
2023. acting Director V S F Family office and Assets Management for MENA and Asian region
Hubert Danso – Managing Director MFO Africa
CEO &Vice Chairman o fAfrica Investor Group, responsible for advising African Heads of State, sovereign wealth funds, Governments and development agencies with regard to infrastructure resources and inward investment on the African continent
Hubert is chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Africa investor (Ai) Group
He is responsible for advising African Heads of State, institutional investors, sovereign Wealth funds, pension funds, governments and development finance institutions on major infrastructure, resources and private equity investments in Africa.
Preparation Fund Oversight Committee, the UNEP Finance Initiative African Task Force, the UN Business Committee on Financing for Development and a Reviewerof The Africa Competitiveness Report published by the WorldBank, World Economic Forum and the African Development Bank. Hubert is also a member of the Junior Achievement WorldWide BoardVadim Tarasov MD technology and Telecom, Advisory Board Member
CIO of Tus Park with over $100b Aum, MD for TUS Asset Management,Funding Partner of CB invest, Partner of Advanced Autonomous Solution Funds, Independant Board Member of Light Polymers.
Ceo of Uavos technologies
Russell Grey Chief Liaison and Security Officer, Advisory Board Member
Russell, si a highly experienced and trusted Managing Director of a niche, security consultancy specialising in providing protective services to a diverse clientele, including Royal Families, Heads of State, UHNW, and VIP individuals and families.
Renowned for his hands-on approach, and discreet, amiable character, Russell has often been asked to assume the role of “trusted advisor” or “Right-Hand Man” to many of his clients. He regards earning this level of trust as the ultimate honour one can receive. With an impressive portfolio of esteemed world leaders, Russell has proudly served individuals such as HH King Salman of KSA, (HH Prince Salman, Governor of Riyadh at the time), The Sultan of Brunei, and various senior members of the Al Nahyan family of Abu Dhabi.
He takes huge pride from having provided service for such highly respected world leaders
as H King Salman of KSA, (HH Prince Salman, Governor of Riyadh at that time), The Sultan of Brunei, and several senior members of the Al Nahyan family of Abu Dhabi