Our Founder & Chairman Ahmad Saidali attended the inaugural Dubai Family Wealth Summit at Madinat Jumeirah on 5 November 2026, with our Co-Founder and CEO Malika Al Mellouki and our COO Dr Anas Benbachir. The Summit was held as part of Dubai Future Finance Week.
Organised by the DIFC Family Wealth Centre, the invitation-only Summit brought together family business owners, chairpersons, family office principals and the next generation of family leaders for a day of senior and confidential conversation on legacy, governance, investment and succession.
A day with the families we serve
For our team, the Summit was above all an occasion to spend time with the families we advise, in person and outside the setting of a formal meeting, and with the professionals we work alongside to serve them.
Property is often among the largest assets a family holds. Conversations on continuity and succession turn naturally to how real estate is owned, managed and passed on, and those conversations are where our advice begins.
A family’s property deserves the same care in structure as the rest of its wealth, so that it serves the next generation as well as this one.
On the programme
The morning opened with Family Business Continuity & Legacy, moderated by Will Lund, Partner and Head of Tax Structuring, Middle East, White & Case LLP, with Shehab Gargash, Founder, Gargash Prime, and Osama Ibrahim Seddiqi, Vice Chairman, Seddiqi Holding.
It was followed by The Evolving Family Enterprise: Growth, Transformation & Competitiveness, moderated by Yann Mrazek, Managing Partner, M/HQ, with Zaid S. Al Khayyat, Managing Director, Al Khayyat Investments (AKI); Katralnada Binghatti, CEO, Binghatti Holding Limited; and Mohammed Al Fardan, Group CEO, Al Fardan Corporation.
The day continued with sessions on future-focused investing and next-generation leadership, and closed with eleven executive roundtables on investment strategy, family governance, capital allocation, wealth structuring and digital assets.
Our thanks to the DIFC Family Wealth Centre for convening a summit of this calibre, and to the families and partners who made the day so worthwhile.
Redwood Heritage Real Estate is a Dubai property advisory and brokerage firm (RERA ORN 40504) and part of Redwood Heritage Group, headquartered in Dubai with a presence in Geneva and Zurich.
The firm advises families, family offices and international investors on Dubai property as part of their wider wealth: acquisition, structuring, residency and long term stewardship. Its Founder & Chairman, Ahmad Saidali, brings a background in Swiss private banking, fund structuring, cross-border wealth advisory and multi-asset portfolio construction.
