Dr. Raphael Nagel
Founder and Chairman
A renowned Global Investor, Lobbyist, Author, and Philanthropist. General Manager of a multi-award winning Private Equity firm based in Dubai. Financial Services CEO of the Year – UAE 2020
A man of his time, Raphael Nagel is a renowned investor,
author, professor, a lobbyist and a philanthropist.
Dr. Nagel grew up in a family where the environment revolves
around investments and business. His
late father was an Executive Director in a bank before he set up his own Real
Estate Company.
“I’ve always believed that by using economic knowledge I
could transform the world into a little better place”, he said.
As a General Manager of Tactical Management, which involved
in shared value projects. He is creating
positive economic results by doing ethical and social investments. Seeing huge opportunities in several sectors
around the globe, Dr. Nagel is one of example of humble investors, he built a
social housing project in South America and received an agricultural land as
payment which has an option to be converted into an urban land. Working this way, he was able to create
social wellbeing for the population and plus, created also a lucrative economic
results for his investors.
The first project he had in Dubai was in 2001 but only in
2017 when he finally decided to live and settle in Dubai. Living in Dubai is extremely amazing, safe
and easy. He never had any issues of being a Jew living in this multi-cultural country
with diverse beliefs, thanks to the visionary leaders of the land for fostering
tolerance in this country.
Before devoting himself to business and entrepreneurship,
Dr. Nagel’s academic background in
Economics and Law has been forged in university centres in Germany, the United
Kingdom and Spain.
His tireless entrepreneurial spirit has led him to chair the
Board of The Abrahamic Business Circle, which he founded from the concept
inspired by the Abrahamic Family House, a beacon of mutual understanding,
harmonious coexistence and peace among people of faith and goodwill. At the later part, it became a reality just
after the signing of the Abraham Accords peace agreement.
The Abrahamic Business Circle (The Circle) is an innovative
global interfaith business dialogue forum based in the United Arab of
Emirates. The Circle is a business
organization composed of high-profile level individuals from around the world
sharing the same vision and dreams in fostering economic peace through business
and trade throughout the region.
The signing of the Abraham Accords Agreement mid of
September 2020 in Washington DC between Israel, UAE and Bahrain. Which was followed after by Morocco and
Sudan. It means that the normalization
of the relations between formerly hostile Arab countries and Israel is
increasingly taking hold. Those accords
are the building blocks for a lasting pacification of countries which were
mired in mutually dislike for most of their past. However, it is the deep conviction of the
founders of The Circle and their members that peace can only thrive if economic
prosperity comes along with normalization.
And this is exactly are the mission of The Circle sets in.
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The Circle aspires to establish a business
platform as well as platform for dialogue and exchange of business related
views.
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The Circle wants to stimulate trade and deals
among the nations and business leaders involved.
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The Circle also reaches out to involve other
regions like Asia, Africa, Europe and USA since they will truly benefit from
peace and prosperity not only in the Middle East region but also from
investments in this region.
The organization sponsors business workshops throughout the
year where members can meet, mingle, and generate business with each other, as
well as an annual conference that will generate massive business opportunities
for businessmen looking for potential investments, joint ventures, to buy and
sell companies, to raise capital, distribution channel and new clients.
Amongst other relevant activities, he is an active member of
the Scientific Committee of the Chair in Security at the Andorra’s Universitat
Europea. Additionally, he is the co-founder of a Spanish investment bank
specialised on cross-border transactions and debt restructuring. In 2016, he
went above and beyond the call of duty to help others and he founded a Charity
Trust in order to combat the social exclusion caused by over-indebtedness and
give support to basic overall financial education and awareness.
Despite of his many occupations, he found the time to author
and edit several books on highly relevant issues such as Economics and
Geopolitics. One of his famous and highly acclaimed books is the Turbocapitalism: the masters of bankcruptcy (Kant Ediciones,
Spain-2017). A work in which the author proposes a change to achieve a
system that manages to civilize capitalism from personal ethics. The latest
book, Riding the Wild Tiger – Covid 19,
Challenges and Opportunities. A
contemporary setting of his views and thoughts on how we all can overcome the
unknown challenges. A must-read guide
not only for entrepreneurs but also for those avid readers who love joyful
books and firmly believe that the amazing world we live in must be constantly
rediscovered.
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