Contributors

Sophie Brown

Exco Member, Women in Family Offices (WIFO) · Head of Capital Relationships, Capital Assured & CasaCasa · Co-founder, Dynamite Songs

Sophie Brown is a senior advisor and capital strategist working at the intersection of family offices, real estate, and private markets. She is Exco Member of Women in Family Offices (WIFO), and Head of Capital Relationships at Capital Assured, a Dubai-based single-family office, and CasaCasa, an AI-native Pan-European Purpose Built Student Accommodation platform. An ACA-qualified accountant trained with PwC, Sophie has built her career across M&A, debt and equity structuring, turnarounds, and real estate investing, with a particular focus on PBSA, cross-border capital raising, and family office strategy. Sophie is a regular speaker and moderator at leading global real estate and family office events, including multiple PERE Asia and PERE Europe Summits.
sophie@gabaprinciple.com · Dubai, UAE

Sergey Borzenko

COO, Greenlock AG · Steinhausen, Switzerland

Greenlock AG provides automated solutions for independent private wealth oversight and audit, which returns concrete financial value to family offices by uncovering hidden costs and systematic risks in their existing portfolio structures.
greenlock.io · Steinhausen, Switzerland

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Patrik Hayoz, PhD

Founder, LIOMSA Advisers · Switzerland & Peru

Patrik Hayoz, PhD, is a Swiss national based in Peru and Switzerland, specialising in family governance and intergenerational transition, the focus of his research and consulting work. He brings senior leadership experience from UBS and Credicorp Capital across Europe and Latin America. Holding advanced degrees from Lancaster, Liverpool, and Manchester universities, he is a certificate holder in Family Business Advising and Business Family Governance from the Family Firm Institute and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
phayoz@liomsadvisers.com

Dr. Sarah Alsawy

Psychological Advisor, UHNW Family Dynamics & Succession · Auctoritas

Dr. Sarah Alsawy is a global award-winning expert psychological advisor specializing in the high-stakes world of UHNW family dynamics and succession. With a focus on the “New Longevity,” Dr. Alsawy bridges the gap between sophisticated wealth structures and the complex human systems that inhabit them. She is a sought-after consultant for global family offices and intermediaries, helping dynasties navigate the psychological “logjams” of multi-generational leadership. Her work is dedicated to ensuring that legacy is measured not just in assets, but in the psychological vitality of every generation.

Peta Milan

Principal, Henmil Group Family Office · Regenerative Capital Strategist

Peta Milan is Principal of Henmil Group Family Office, where she leads research and investment strategy focused on regenerative and living-systems approaches to capital allocation across real estate, infrastructure, commodities and direct investments. Her 30-year research into regenerative asset design has informed a global body of work demonstrating that purposeful capital — aligned with ecological, economic, social and cultural systems — can deliver both expected returns and measurable systemic impact. She is a practitioner and advocate for bioregional development and regenerative finance as the next frontier of family office investment strategy.

Claudia Ukonu

Private Capital Strategist · World Economic Forum

Claudia Ukonu works with family offices, UHNWIs, and institutional investors on how private capital can be deployed to create durable, multi-generational value. Her focus is on the strategic and relational dimensions of that work — how families align around long-term purpose, navigate governance transitions, and build the conditions under which wealth endures. She has convened closed-door sessions with family office principals, next-generation leaders, and institutional allocators on sustainable stewardship, and has contributed to the World Economic Forum Agenda. Claudia has been featured in the Financial Times in partnership with Pictet Wealth Management and is based in Geneva.

Will Gibby

Real Estate Research & Analytics Director · Federated Hermes

Will Gibby joined Federated Hermes in September 2006 and now leads Research & Analytics for the Real Estate platform. He is responsible for managing investment strategy, portfolio analytics, and informing capital allocation across the platform. He has over 25 years’ real estate investment experience and established the firm’s UK living platform, Hestia. Will is a Non-Executive Board Member of The King’s Cross Group, the long-term custodian of the 67-acre King’s Cross estate, a major regeneration project in London.

Jordan Kaplan

Senior Art Producer · Contemporary Art Society Consultancy

Jordan Kaplan is Senior Art Producer at Contemporary Art Society Consultancy and has been delivering public realm projects for more than 20 years. She is a Fellow of the RSA, a member of the International Association of Art Critics and sits on the International Humanitarian Memorial Committee. CAS Consultancy has been providing strategic art and cultural services for more than 30 years. Its knowledge of the field is unparalleled, with work ranging from cultural placemaking strategies to bespoke art opportunities. What differentiates Consultancy from other art advisors is their charitable status — consultancy fees support the organisation’s charitable mission: to develop public collections across the UK for the benefit of audiences everywhere.

Harco van den Oever

Art Market Specialist · Private Wealth & Collection Governance

Harco van den Oever is an Art Market Specialist focusing on private wealth and collection governance. He works with family offices and ultra-high-net-worth clients to bring structure, transparency and long-term thinking to the management of significant art collections.

Jesse Irving Seligman

Founder & CEO, Copperman

Jesse Irving Seligman is a conscious entrepreneur and investor with over 21 years of global experience across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He focuses on addressing global challenges in Energy Transition and Communications Technologies to promote lasting global peace and stability via prosperity and improved understanding. He is the Founder & CEO of Copperman, which is developing Giant-scale copper projects in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and of Globearium, advancing communications and computing technologies through the development of Odyssey 1, a next-generation AI-enabled 3D spherical computing system. Jesse is also a Partner at The RBS Investment Group, his family’s investment and advisory firm. He previously held senior roles at Edmond de Rothschild (Asia), Element Commodities, and RioCan REIT, and earlier contributed to the growth and TSX listing of Continental Gold, which was valued at $75 Million at listing and revalued within a year to $1.3 Billion, becoming the largest Colombian gold mining company.
JS@COPPERMAN.COM

Sophie Brown

Head of Capital Relationships, Capital Assured & CASACASA · Board Member, Women in Family Offices

Sophie Brown is a senior advisor and capital strategist working at the intersection of family offices, real estate, and private markets. She is Head of Capital Relationships at Capital Assured, a Dubai-based single-family office, and CASACASA, an AI-native Pan-European Purpose Built Student Accommodation platform operating across leading European university cities. An ACA-qualified accountant trained with PwC, Sophie has built her career across M&A, debt and equity structuring, turnarounds, and real estate investing, with a particular focus on PBSA, cross-border capital raising, and family office strategy. Sophie is a Board Member of Women in Family Offices (WIFO) and a regular speaker and moderator at leading global real estate and family office events, including multiple PERE Asia and PERE Europe Summits.
sophie@capitalassured.com · Dubai, UAE

Obi Nnochiri

Private Client Consultant · St. James's Place

Obi Nnochiri is a Private Client Consultant at St. James’s Place. His role involves providing SJP Partners and advisers with advice and service solutions for their HNW clients, with a focus on assisting Partners to develop client relationships, offering guidance when building new professional connections, and improving knowledge in key areas through effective consultancy and support. Obi joined St. James’s Place following 13 years spent at the top four firms, including Andersen and EY. With over 30 years’ experience across tax and wealth management planning, Obi has extensive expertise in the areas of Tax, Trusts & Estate Planning, in addition to business succession planning. Obi also works closely with the Investment Management Team at St. James’s Place, enabling him to offer thorough insight into the distinctive investment proposition offered by St. James’s Place. Additionally, Obi is an accredited member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation — the leading body in the UK for taxation professionals dealing with all aspects of taxation. He also has a Diploma in Financial Planning with the Chartered Institute of Insurance, and is a qualified coach; holding the ILM Level 5 Certificate in effective coaching and mentoring.

Ruth Murray

Investment Director, Sustainable Infrastructure · Gresham House

Ruth Murray is an Investment Director in the Sustainable Infrastructure Team at Gresham House, where she focuses on investments that address environmental and societal challenges while delivering attractive long-term returns. She joined Gresham House in 2020 following a career change into asset management after a 20-year career as a senior partner at a Top 100 law firm, where she led the Energy, Waste and Projects teams. Ruth is co-fund manager of the Gresham House Biodiversity Creation strategy, a dedicated vehicle established to fund portfolio company Environment Bank in developing biodiversity-rich habitat banks across England, catalysed by the introduction of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for planning permissions under the Environment Act 2021.