A seat at the table, with an operator's view.
Shafaat serves families, boards and principals who want an owner, an investor and a builder in the same chair.
Four kinds of seat.
Family office advisory board
Direction on allocation, direct investments, new sectors and the office's own structure. Useful where the family wants an outside voice who understands family dynamics.
Independent board director
For family-owned and privately held companies that want governance with commercial depth, and someone who will ask the hard question kindly.
Investment committee member
A second read on deals in real estate, healthcare, education, fintech and early-stage technology, with regional context from the GCC and the US.
Advisor to the principal
A private, one-to-one role. Strategy, succession, partnerships and the decisions a principal would rather think through before taking them to the family.
Three sides of the table.
The owner
Fourth generation in business. He understands why families decide the way they do, and what is at stake beyond the numbers.
The investor
Chairman of Stalliongates. Years of backing founders, reviewing deals and living with the results.
The builder
Founder of BrandBeat Global Group. When a plan needs to become a working company, he has the team and the experience to do it.
He also brings relationships. Since 2015 he has advised ministries, regulators and family offices across the GCC, and he keeps active ties with family offices and institutional investors in the region and in the United States.
Where he sits today.
Chairman
Stalliongates Capital
Chairman
BrandBeat Global Group
Founder
Mawin Venture Park, Bahrain
Management Board
International Ballroom Dance Industry Association, Las Vegas
Board Member
Avanto Lifestyle · Quick Skills
Board and advisory seats
Across startups in technology, healthcare, manufacturing and services
A working sample.
- Dubai Properties Group
- Tasweek PJSC
- Range Developments
- Kokam
- Fakhruddin Holdings
- Footprint Real Estate
- Louis Arden
- HEDO
- Blominvest Bank
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Swiss Arabian Perfumes
- Medallion Associates
- Gwadar Club
- Ministry of Commerce, Ethiopia
- UAE Africa Networking Group
- Possibilities
- Global DVP
- Battersea Power Station
And a number of private engagements held under NDA.
Quietly.
A conversation
Usually through an introduction. No presentation, no pitch. A chance to see whether the fit is right on both sides.
A clear mandate
Scope, term, time commitment and how the family or board wants to work. Agreed in writing before anything begins.
Discreet work
He does not publicise his mandates. What happens at your table stays there.
Considering an outside voice for your board or office?
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