A man of his time, Dr. Raphael Nagel has received more than 20 awards and recognitions for his outstanding work. He has been chosen as one of the most inspiring business leaders of the year 2021 by Forbes Magazine.
In 2020, he was awarded by the Indian financial magazine Business APAC as one of the leading Investment Gurus of the said year. Besides, he was also awarded a prize by the Business Worldwide Magazine (BWM) CEO Awards as the UAE’s Financial Services CEO of the current year.
His tireless entrepreneurial spirit has led him to chair the Board of The Abrahamic Business Circle, an innovative global interfaith business dialogue platform based in the UAE.
Before devoting himself to business and entrepreneurship, Dr. Nagel’s academic background in Economics, Law and Diplomacy has been forged in Universities in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
Amongst other relevant activities, he is an active member of the Scientific Committee of the Chair at several Universities.
Additionally, he was the co-founder of a Spanish investment bank specialized 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.
His philanthropic spirit has been dedicated and focused to the education of children and youth around the world. He believes that education is the only way for change in society and that we have to invest in it to allow every youth of this world to have this opportunity. While in Dubai, he has supported education by granting more than 3,000 full scholarships to young people with limited resources worldwide so that they can have an access to higher education.
Despite his many occupations, he found the time to author and edit several books on highly relevant issues such as Economics and Geopolitics.
Over the years, Dr. Nagel has been an energetic member of various important working groups as well as Senior Advisor to major companies and Royal Families , both within and beyond Europe. Highly reputed as Advisor on Economic Policy, throughout his long career he has advised a number of public bodies and Governments all over the world always aiming towards global excellence.
