CEO Message

There are great successes to report from the International Property Show 2008 at Dubai's World Trade Centre. Among the exciting developments was a $100m investment from leading Los Angeles real estate brokers Ramsey-Shilling.

Ramsey-Shilling's CEO Chris Bonbright and I agreed the two companies will explore several common objectives. Ramsey-Shilling will set up a branch in Dubai and Khoie Properties will establish an office in Los Angeles. Ramsey-Shilling will also collaborate on a $500m investment in Khoie Group projects.


From left to right, Mr Mark Evanoff - President Ramsey-Shilling, Frank T Khoie,
Mr Christopher Bonbright - CEO Ramsey-Shilling and Dr George Kostopoulos

I also recently had the privilege of addressing the Middle East family-owned businesses forum. I spoke on “future-proofing” – the techniques successful individuals use to ensure their families enjoy the benefits of their hard work and enterprise for generations to come.

Given the alarming statistic that fewer than 6% of family firms survive three generations, this is an issue of concern to many. If that includes you, Khoie has “future-proofing” expertise on hand from offshore specialist David Bostock and now also from our new Head of Legal Department Hassan Riaz.