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Aldo Garbagnati

Founder & Chairman

Emicapital Group

Dubai, AE

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Aldo Garbagnati’s Biography

Aldo Garbagnati is Founder and Chairman of the Emicapital group. Based in Dubai and London, Emicapital is a boutique consultancy serving corporations, HNWIs and their families interested in the Gulf region. Services include customised advice on assets structuring, relocation, succession, finance, banking and investments.

An Italian national of noble origin, Aldo has founded, developed and managed several companies in the industrial, financial and advisory sectors since 1990. As a private advisor, Aldo has served prominent European families for over 25 years for their wealth protection, family office structuring and business development.

In 2015, Aldo joined Global Partnership Family Offices, a family business association in London, as manager of the Middle East office.

A consultant to multiple Ministries in the UAE, Aldo is also an advisor to the ruling families of the UAE, whilst he cooperated with local institutions for FDI projects. He also opened and managed the Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum in Switzerland.

Recently Aldo and his team launched... Aldo Garbagnati is Founder and Chairman of the Emicapital group. Based in Dubai and London, Emicapital is a boutique consultancy serving corporations, HNWIs and their families interested in the Gulf region. Services include customised advice on assets structuring, relocation, succession, finance, banking and investments.

An Italian national of noble origin, Aldo has founded, developed and managed several companies in the industrial, financial and advisory sectors since 1990. As a private advisor, Aldo has served prominent European families for over 25 years for their wealth protection, family office structuring and business development.

In 2015, Aldo joined Global Partnership Family Offices, a family business association in London, as manager of the Middle East office.

A consultant to multiple Ministries in the UAE, Aldo is also an advisor to the ruling families of the UAE, whilst he cooperated with local institutions for FDI projects. He also opened and managed the Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum in Switzerland.

Recently Aldo and his team launched Emicapital ONE, a real estate investment fund focusing on Dubai and the Gulf area. The fund delivers a structured, regulated and professional approach to property investment in the region.

Aldo’s philanthropic activity developed through the Polyseum Foundation, a UK registered Charity supporting Fine Arts education. In his capacity as founder and chairman, Aldo is a patron of the BAFTA President's Circle, chaired by HRH Prince William, and supports other charities such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Polyseum was the only British charity allowed to present a performance of one of its artists at COP28 in Dubai in 2023. Polyseum is going to become a larger non-profit project developing more educational programs, in cooperation with the private sector and Governments. READ MORE VIEW LESS

Aldo Garbagnati’s Background

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Emicapital Group
Founder & Chairman
2006 - Present
Dubai, AE
Emicapital is a boutique consultancy serving corporations, HNWIs and families interested in structuring assets or doing business in the Gulf region. The group features several companies offering multiple services covering all aspects usually required by HNWI families. Emicapital combines the Swiss tradition of confidentiality with the Arab personal hand-shake style.
 
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Emicapital ONE
Chairman of the Board
2016 - Present
Dubai, AE
Emicapital ONE is an offshore investment fund featuring six segregated portfolios, each one devoted to a specialistic business segment. In 2024 the Fund launched a portfolio strategy focused on residential real estate, primarily in Dubai. Emicapital ONE delivers a professional investment strategy to investors, easing access to the UAE real estate market.
 
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Other Business Interests

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Global Partnership Family Offices
Director, Gulf Region Office
2015 - Present
Dubai, AE
Global Partnership Family Offices provides a definitive source of information, unbiased advice and thought-leading research and education to family office executives, wealth owners, family members and their close advisors worldwide.
 

Philanthropy

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The Polyseum Foundation
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees
2014 - Present
London, UK
The Polyseum Foundation is a UK-registered charity that supports art, education and cultural interchange between Europe and the Gulf region. The Foundation holds strong relationships with UK charities in the fine arts, cinema, music and performing arts space, supporting educational programmes such as masterclasses and events.
 
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Art4Life
Project Chief
2020 - 2020
London, UK
Art4Life was a fundraising initiative of the Polyseum Foundation. Art4Life asked collectors and artists to donate artworks for an online auction, open to benefactors from all over the world. Proceeds of the auction were donated to the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
 

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UAE Foreign Minister, British investors discuss cooperation
Attendee
Sep 2018
London, UK
Aldo Garbagnati attended a meeting with H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, alongside a delegation of British investors. In the meeting, they discussed the historical and ever-growing relations between the UAE and Britain.
 

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