MFA Executive Advisory
Beyond Borders
A private, owner-led advisory for family offices, high-net-worth private clients, and companies that require the right structure, experienced executive guidance, and seasoned judgement across borders, delivered personally, confidentially, and with precision.
Based in Dubai and Switzerland, we discreetly structure and set up companies and family businesses in the UAE, Europe and beyond. We advise owners, family offices, boards and Emirati families on how to position, protect and grow their businesses whether the goal is to build a solid structure in the UAE, establish a presence in Switzerland or expand beyond existing markets within one coherent architecture.
MFA Executive Advisory is a private family office providing company set-ups, cross-border business structuring and global executive and leadership advisory. Led by a multilingual Swiss-Italian senior executive with decades of multi-country, multicultural experience, the office supports Emirati family businesses and international companies in strengthening governance, guiding expansion between the GCC and Europe, leading operational and organizational transformation, and mentoring key executives and next-generation leaders. For selected high-net-worth individuals, celebrities and public figures, the same standard extends to a discreet ultra-luxury concierge layer covering relocation, lifestyle and personal logistics.
Everything is handled quietly. Privacy is not a promise, it’s the condition.
Our Services
Every engagement begins with a 15 minute personalized consultation.
It is a precise, private, one-to-one, fully confidential conversation where we do what we are known best for: we read your situation fast and go straight to the point.
Our systems and processes are built for clients whose privacy is non-negotiable like ours. We work with high-profile individuals, celebrities, HNW and UHNW clients, and every engagement is treated as tailor-made, with clear boundaries and strict protection measures.
Your life, your business, and your decisions are not standard – and neither are we. We choose our engagements carefully, and when we take one, you are treated as family; your case is ours until the work is done.
Board-level leadership, without a permanent hire.
Available as fractional, interim or project-based support – from a few days a month to 3, 6 or 12-month mandates.
Not every organisation needs another full-time C-suite hire. Many, however, need C-level expertise and judgement, calm crisis handling and someone who has already carried the weight of complex international operations.
Through our Global Fractional and Interim C-Suite Services, our most senior globally experienced CEO steps in as a C-level partner for a defined period or scope. A multilingual Swiss-Italian executive with decades of board and P&L responsibility across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, he works directly with owners, boards and leadership teams, operating natively in seven languages to bridge cultures, regions and agendas.
This service brings you:
Strategic direction and governance at board level
Operational excellence and organisational transformation
Scaling, restructuring and sustainable performance improvement
Critical decision support in sensitive or high-stakes situations
Hands-on mentoring for key executives and next-generation leaders
We don’t advise and disappear. We collabrate with your leadership team, translate strategy and ambition into a clear operating plan, and drive execution with discipline, pace, and accountability without the cost or complexity of a permanent hire.
MFA Executive Advisory handles Dubai company and business set-ups as a private, one-to-one mandate. The work is led personally by a solo practitioner with many years of cross-border experience between Dubai and Switzerland, operating mainly through referrals.
From the outset, a strict Confidentiality Agreement is signed. Your personal and business information remains with us only: it is not circulated through a chain of intermediaries or “partner firms”, and is kept strictly confidential for the legally required period of time once the assignment is complete. Every step is managed directly, with full discretion and integrity.
According to your business requirements, we review together all viable options, select the most suitable and cost-effective structure, and prepare your complete set-up enabling you to operate in Dubai with clarity, compliance and peace of mind. We protect you from the “wrong start” – cheap or generic structures that later need to be fixed and end up costing two or three times more than doing it correctly once. With us, you are not dealing with agents; you are in direct contact with professionals with decades of corporate and cross-border experience who treat your case as if it were their own. Our reputation is our greatest asset; we do not place it in anyone else’s hands.
You implemented the right strategy - but do you have the right structure?
Many organisations don’t fail on ideas – they fail on execution. Structures are unclear, no governance in place, roles overlap, decisions are slow, and good people are stuck fighting friction instead of creating values and results.
This is where our most senior executive and company owner steps in.
A multilingual Swiss-Italian senior executive with decades of board and P&L responsibility across Europe, the Middle East and beyond. He has led transformations in complex, multi-country organisations: restructuring units, redesigning operating models, and bringing discipline and clarity where things were drifting.
In this service, he works directly with owners, boards and leadership teams to:
Analyze how your organisation operates today – not how it looks on paper
Redesign structures, roles and reporting lines for speed, accountability and control
Establish clear governance, decision matrix, and key performance indicators
Simplify processes and interfaces between functions, entities and countries
Lead or support change programs, from design to implementation
Mentor key leaders so the new way of working is sustained, not just announced
This is not a slide deck exercise. Our most senior and experienced multicultural CEO collaborates with your leadership, challenges what no one else dares to challenge, and turns complexity into a practical, lived operating model.
Quietly, and with one goal: an organisation that actually delivers more than what its owners expect.
This is not a standardized coaching programme. There are no pre-packaged modules, no standard “journey”, no one-size-fits-all content. Every person is different; how could the work be the same? Your background, your skills and what you want to achieve are unique. A generic curriculum would waste your time.
Mentoring, as we offer it, is a high-trust, structured and professional relationship where an experienced executive acts as your sparring partner (mentor): providing clear guidance, honest feedback, knowledge transfer, new and enlarged perspectives that only years of previous responsibility and experience can deliver.
The focus is simple: accelerate your personal and professional growth in a way that considers who you are and where you want to be.
Why spend months - or years - figuring it out alone, when you can work with a mentor who has already navigated similar challenges and can help you reach clarity, solutions and career momentum faster with professional, rigor and proven frameworks?
Each program is designed with and around you – your needs, your role, your targets, your next move. That’s why it works. Mentoring is invaluable: it strengthen leadership capability and turns insight into accelerated, measurable progress.
Mentoring can be delivered not only for individuals, but also as a structured program for companies and leadership teams.
Are you looking for investment opportunities?
Through our long standing network, we connect you with carefully selected, best-in-class, locally licensed partners aligned with your objectives and preferred investment categories. MFA does not provide regulated financial or real estate advice; instead, we facilitate introductions to the appropriate authorised professionals and help keep the process efficient, discreet, and well-structured.
We remain your point of contact throughout - ensuring clarity, pace and discretion from the first introduction to execution.
We provide relocation, market entry, and cross border business structuring, coordinated end-to-end with discretion.
Relocating abroad or expanding into a new market is never “just logistics”. It is a high stakes chain reaction - business, legal, financial and personal - where one wrong assumption can cost months, money and privacy. MFA brings senior level oversight, experience and disciplined execution to make the transition feel calm, controlled and seamless.
We support market entry and expansion (structuring, set-up coordination, governance, operating model, go-live readiness). We also manage relocation end-to-end for individuals and families (where to live, lifestyle requirements, schooling considerations, mobility, health and other insurance needs) through a long-standing network of carefully vetted, locally licensed professionals whose work we have consistently been validated by our clients
One of the most overlooked and most critical pillar, is a properly prepared “Will” abroad. When the legal system in your new country differs from home, your expectations about inheritance can be wrong by default. Without an aligned local “Will” and cross-border estate structure, assets can fall under unfamiliar rules, beneficiaries can face delays, and families can end up in avoidable disputes. We ensure this is addressed early by coordinating with the right legal and fiduciary professionals, so your intentions are enforceable, consistent and protected across jurisdictions.
MFA is your single point of coordination, keeping the process efficient, discreet and impeccably structured.
MFA Executive Advisory handles Switzerland company and business set-ups as a private, one-to-one mandate. The work is led personally by a solo practitioner with many years of cross-border experience between Switzerland and Dubai, operating mainly through referrals.
From the outset, a strict Confidentiality Agreement is signed. Your personal and business information remains with us only: it is not circulated through a chain of intermediaries or “partner firms”, and is kept strictly confidential for the legally required period of time once the assignment is complete. Every step is managed directly, with full discretion and integrity.
According to your business requirements, we review together all viable options, select the most suitable and cost-effective structure, and prepare your complete set-up enabling you to operate in Switzerland with clarity, compliance and peace of mind. We protect you from the “wrong start” – cheap or generic structures that later need to be fixed and end up costing two or three times more than doing it correctly once. With us, you are not dealing with agents; you are in direct contact with professionals with decades of corporate and cross-border experience who treat your case as if it were their own. Our reputation is our greatest asset; we do not place it in anyone else’s hands.
Cross-border lives need more than a standard will. We help you structure and document your wishes so that your assets in the UAE – and abroad – are protected and clearly allocated.
MFA Executive Advisory work alongside vetted legal partners in the UAE and overseas to make sure your documentation is valid, coherent and aligned with your family and business reality.
This service includes:
Wills for expatriates in the UAE
Structuring and coordinating UAE-recognised wills for expatriates so that local assets (bank accounts, property, investments, company shares) are clearly covered and not left to default rules.Wills for non-Emirati Muslims
Advisory and coordination for non-Emirati Muslims who want their wishes properly reflected within the UAE framework, while keeping alignment with their wider family and asset structure abroad.Global will coordination
Aligning UAE wills with existing or new wills in other jurisdictions (Europe, UK, Switzerland, etc.), so that documents do not contradict each other and your global asset base is covered under one coherent strategy.Asset mapping and decision support
Mapping what you own, where it sits, and who should receive what; identifying gaps and helping you make clear, informed decisions before any legal drafting starts.
All work is handled under strict confidentiality, with a dedicated Confidentiality Agreement as in all our services, and only within a limited trusted legal professionals. Your name and your assets stay out of the spotlight; your wishes are documented, structured and ready to be executed when it matters.
Who We Are
MFA Executive Advisory is an owner-led family office, based in Dubai and Switzerland and working naturally across the UAE, Europe and beyond. Every mandate is handled personally. We work with few clients at a time, which means answers are fast, decisions are made quickly, and when you call, you speak directly to the person who is actually running your case.
At the core of the office is a Swiss Italian senior executive with decades of board and P&L responsibility in complex, multi-country organisations, alongside a counterpart who understands exactly what structures, moves and risks do to real people: to families, careers and reputations. Together, they hold both sides of the work—hard architecture (companies, governance, operations) and human architecture (trust, behaviour, daily reality).
They are multilingual and multicultural, used to operating in systems where a name, a signature or a single document can have consequences across several countries. Protecting reputations and identities is not a slogan in MFA Executive Advisory; it is lived experience, and the reason MFA exists.
MFA’s vision is precise: to be the private, unseen advisory family office for those who cannot afford generic advice, exposure or trial-and-error. Human-centric, globally fluent and deliberately selective, the office designs and maintains structures that work in business and in life handled quietly, with no theatrics and no compromise on confidentiality.
Contact Us
Your inquiry is treated as strictly confidential. Use the form below to reach us, and we will reply promptly to arrange the most appropriate next step.
+ 971 (0) 50 340 17 02 - Dubai
+ 41 (0) 79 527 40 42 - Switzerland