Belhoul Investment

Established in 1969, the Belhoul Group is comprised of businesses spanning across hospitals, schools, pharmaceutical and medical equipment, travel and tourism agencies, construction and engineering, catering as well as garment manufacturing.



Background

Over the past few decades, the GCC region and the UAE in particular has witnessed unprecedented rates of growth and development.



This growth had triggered a number of local family groups to react rapidly and opportunistically by leveraging their network of relationships to sign up with various agencies and franchises and setup their local operations, as well as investing in the real estate sector and in government-backed startup businesses such as banks and telcos.



The above combination was the success recipe for most of the family conglomerates that exist today, and the Belhoul Group was one of them.



Established in 1969 as a single line trading company, the Group diversified over the past 3 decades by setting up businesses catering to numerous sectors such as Healthcare, Education, Construction, Light Manufacturing, Trading & Distribution and Food & Beverage. Furthermore, the group actively participated in developing various real estate properties across the U.A.E.



Today, the Group’s proprietary interests employ over 1,500 employees.

Transformation

In the past, the Belhoul Group was following an in-house operationally-driven approach to manage the family businesses and various portfolios of proprietary assets.



In order to adapt to the development of the regional markets as previously illustrated, the second generation in the family became actively involved in :



Redefining the nature and structure of the Belhoul Group to adapt to global changes

Setting up a long-term development/growth strategy to position the family office as an attractive regional partner

Implementing proper governance, efficient processes and transparent succession plans

Create an environment that attracts and retains talented management

In that perspective, the group, previously known as Belhoul Group Holdings (BGH), currently known as Belhoul Investment Office (BIO) has reinvented itself as a sophisticated family office with a unique asset management strategy: to develop an optimal global asset allocation model that delivers best risk-adjusted returns.