Global Family Office Community partnership

Barnett Waddingham has signed an exclusive agreement with Global Family Office Community (GFOC) which will mean our in-depth Family Office investment expertise will be available to GFOC’s 2,000 global members. 

GFOC is the leading family office private membership community which provides a wide variety of services and thought leadership to its members.  

The partnership with BW will allow it to help families to develop effective investment strategies.  

BW’s Family Office Team is part of the firm’s newly aligned Specialist Investment Advisory (SIA) team which brings experience in long-term strategy setting, risk management, manager selection, and performance monitoring.  

"We look forward to many successful years of collaboration with GFOC."

Simon Clark, Head of Family Office, Barnett Waddingham, said: “For over 13 years GFOC has been consistently recognised as the pre-eminent group representing families and family offices. We align with its approach to the community and share a similar cultural outlook in terms of our views on independence, partnership and always doing the right thing for our clients. 

“BW’s dedicated team includes family office investment experts with a long track record in advising families and their investment offices with their investment arrangements in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.” 

"Having a well-established and independent firm such as Barnett Waddingham as our approved partner will assist all our families in accessing in-depth investment expertise when they require it."

Vahe Vartanian, Founder and CEO of GFOC, said: “We are excited to welcome Barnett Waddingham to the Global Family Office community. Investment matters are of paramount concern to all our members, and having a well-established and independent firm such as Barnett Waddingham as our approved partner will assist all our families in accessing in-depth investment expertise when they require it.”