The Family Business Council Gulf (FBCG), the GCC chapter of FBN International, is now the Family Business Community (FBC). The organisation's website and its LinkedIn page now carry the new name and a new logo. The Arabic name, مجلس الشركات العائلية, stays, and the website remains at fbc-gulf.org.
The change comes in the week of the FBC Annual Summit in Abu Dhabi, which FBC announced on LinkedIn. Arabian.CEO was told the new identity was presented at the summit. FBC has not published an announcement of the rebrand, and the summit website is private, so we have not confirmed that independently.
The new mark is three linked rings in green and blue. The organisation describes its purpose in one line: FBC "unites and strengthens family businesses across the GCC through community, learning and collective impact". Its new tagline is "Ownership that matters".
What stays the same
Membership still connects Gulf business families with peers, learning on governance, succession and ownership, a dedicated space for the next generation, and the worldwide FBN network. The organisation keeps its code of honour: character, commitment, contribution and confidentiality.
Who leads FBC
Hind Suhail Bahwan, Founder and Chairperson of Hind Bahwan Group of Companies, chairs the board. The council named Hind Bahwan Chairman at its 11th Annual Summit in Doha in December 2024, with Hassan Jameel as Vice Chairman. They succeeded Omar K. Alghanim, who chaired the council for six years and remains on the board.
In the Chairman's message on the new site, Hind Bahwan writes that family businesses are "the backbone of our economies and societies".
Board of Directors
- Hind Suhail Bahwan: Chairman; Founder and Chairperson, Hind Bahwan Group of Companies
- H.E. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair: Emeritus Chairman; Chairman, Mashreq Bank and Al Ghurair
- Hassan Jameel: Vice Chairman; Vice Chairman, Abdul Latif Jameel
- Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi: Vice Chairman and CEO, Zain Group
- Badr A. Al Ghurair: CEO, Kabi and Al Ghurair Ventures; Chairman, Sukoon Insurance
- Dr. Ibrahim Sulaiman Abdulaziz Al Rajhi: Board Member, Al Rajhi Holding Group Company
- Mohamed Hussain Al Nowais: Executive Director, AlNowais Investment; Managing Director, Waha Capital and AMEA Power
- Musaab Sulaiman Al-Muhaidib: Board Member, Al-Muhaidib Group; Chairman, Masdar Building Materials Group and Seedra Ventures
- Nawaf Khalid Al Zayani: Vice Chairman, Alzayani Investments
- Omar Abdulla Al Futtaim: Vice Chairman and CEO, Al-Futtaim Group
- Omar Hussain Alfardan: CEO and Managing Director, Alfardan Corporation and Alfardan International
- Omar K. Alghanim: Chairman 2018 to 2024; Founder and Chairman, YAKOA
- Rasha Abdullah Aldarwish: SEDCO Capital
- Tarek Sultan Al Essa: Chairman, Agility Global; Vice Chairman, Makhazen
NxG Committee
The NxG (next generation) Committee brings rising family leaders into the organisation's work.
- Abdullah Sayer AlSayer: Committee Head; Board Member, Al Sayer Holding
- Abdulmalik Khalid Alrajhi: CEO, Saudi Inshaa Holding
- Dana Essam Al Muhaidib: Marketing Manager, Mayar Foods
- Lulwa Mansour Al Soudairy: Chair and Director of Strategy, Mansour Al Mosaid Group
- Maitha Ahmed Al Yousuf: Al Yousuf Group; Co-Founder, Nutralis
- Moza Omar Al Futtaim: Chief AI Officer, Al-Futtaim Group
- Osamah Basamh: Board Member, Basamh Group
- Rahma M. Al Barwani: MB Holding Company
Emeritus NxG members: Sara Fahad Alfardan (2020 to 2025), Waleed Abdulrahman Almousa (2019 to 2023), Naif Abdullah Al Rajhi (2013 to 2019) and Norah Essam AlMuhaidib (2019 to 2022).
Every name above links to an Arabian.CEO profile, sourced to FBC's own leadership page. See the full list: Family Business Community leadership, 2026.