Capital Advisory Office

Where GCC family capital
finds structure,
and opportunity.

A private advisory platform connecting family offices across the Gulf to curated deal flow, co-investment syndicates, and institutional governance — on an invitation-only basis.

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82%

of Middle East family offices plan rebalancing in 2026

<35%

have a defined succession plan for the office itself

$2.5T+

in estimated GCC private wealth under family office management

Our Mandate

Not a fund.
Not a broker.

A trusted advisory institution, positioned at the intersection of government, capital, and enterprise.

CAO — Capital Advisory Office — exists because the most consequential decisions made by GCC family offices are rarely investment decisions alone. They are governance decisions, succession decisions, and relationship decisions.

We serve family principals who require discretion above all else, and who understand that the quality of advice is inseparable from the quality of the relationship. CAO operates on an invitation-only basis, accepting a limited number of member offices each year.

Our role is not to manage your capital. It is to ensure that the people, structures, and opportunities around your capital are worthy of it.

What We Do

Four capabilities.
One trusted relationship.

Every service CAO delivers flows from a single mandated relationship — not a transactional engagement. We work with a small number of member offices at any time, by design.

Deal Flow Curation

Sourced, screened, and structured investment opportunities across private equity, real estate, healthcare, technology, and infrastructure — aligned to each member's mandate and liquidity profile. Less than 5% of reviewed opportunities reach our members.

Co-Investment Syndicates

CAO-led SPVs enabling member family offices to participate in transactions at scale, with shared due diligence, aligned economics, and the privacy that individual co-investors rarely achieve alone.

Governance Advisory

Board structuring, family constitutions, investment policy statements, succession frameworks, and family council facilitation. The architecture that ensures capital survives generational transition intact.

Strategic Introductions

Access to a network that spans government ministries, sovereign wealth institutions, founders seeking patient capital, and family offices across the GCC, South Asia, Europe, and Southeast Asia — made with full discretion and purpose.

Membership

Invitation only.
Three levels of engagement.

CAO membership is extended by invitation following a private introductory conversation. Founding members — those who join in 2026 — receive preferred economics and permanent advisory table access.

Associate

USD 50,000 per annum

Quarterly deal flow briefings — curated summaries aligned to mandate
Co-investment access — deal-by-deal participation rights
Member events — invitations to CAO roundtables and summits
Two strategic introductions per year
Annual governance review — health check and recommendations

Full Member

USD 100,000 per annum

Monthly deal flow — full investment memoranda with analysis
Priority syndicate allocation — preferred access and economics
Dedicated relationship manager — direct principal access
Unlimited introductions — across the CAO network
Governance advisory — 10 hours annually included
CAO Annual Summit — reserved seat

Principal

USD 150,000 per annum

First-look rights — all deal flow before wider distribution
Advisory Board seat — observer rights on CAO governance
Governance retainer included — 20 hours annually
Bespoke mandate representation — CAO acts on your behalf
Co-authorship rights — CAO research and publications
All Full Member benefits

The Founder

Mana
Al Suwaidi

Founder & Executive Chairman

Executive Chairman

Strategi Advisors, Dubai

Investment Advisory Committee

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

Former Commercial Attaché

UAE Embassy, New Delhi

Former Regional Director

Dubai Tourism

Managing Partner, Middle East

Gnowbe

Founder & CEO, 13 years

Franchise Middle East

My career has been spent at the intersection of government, capital and enterprise. CAO is the natural expression of that — a trusted bridge between family principals and the opportunities, people and structures that create enduring wealth.

Mana Al Suwaidi is a UAE national with over 25 years operating across sovereign investment, government diplomacy, and private enterprise. His work with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority — including nomination to the High-Level Investment Committee and the Investment Advisory Committee for the Indian Subcontinent — placed him at the centre of sovereign wealth strategy and cross-border capital flows.

As former Commercial Attaché at the UAE Embassy in New Delhi, he played a pivotal role in strengthening the UAE–India economic corridor. His career across government and private sector spans Emirates Post Group, Dubai Tourism, and 13 years building Franchise Middle East into the region's leading franchise investment platform — generating over USD 100 million in potential deals.

Today, his focus is exclusively on advising family offices, institutional investors, and sovereign entities on capital deployment, governance structure, and the strategic partnerships that create generational wealth.

UAE Saudi Arabia India GCC Europe Singapore Central Asia

Where GCC family capital finds structure, and opportunity.

Not a fund.Not a broker.

Four capabilities.One trusted relationship.

Invitation only.Three levels of engagement.

Where GCC family capital
finds structure,
and opportunity.

Not a fund.
Not a broker.

Four capabilities.
One trusted relationship.

Invitation only.
Three levels of engagement.