A BIG DEAL
BMB combines principal investment and asset management to build enduring value for sovereign institutions, globally significant families and the businesses they own.
Principal Investments
'The BMB Corporation' (BMB) is an investment firm focused on infrastructure-focused private equity and family office management. BMB Acquired elements from ‘The BMB Group’ in 2026 to form a new asset management company. BMB leverages off legacy businesses that have managed more than £12 billion in assets to develop new investment platforms representing more than £25 billion in value.
EMP Global
Private Equity
EMP Global brings more than 30 years of infrastructure and private equity investment experience to BMB. Established in 1994 by Moeen Qureshi, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chief Operating Officer of the World Bank, and Donald C. Roth, former Treasurer of the World Bank, EMP became one of the early institutional private equity firms dedicated to infrastructure in emerging markets.
EMP historically managed more than $8 billion in cumulative commitments across more than ten investment funds, including the global infrastructure private equity franchise established with AIG.
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AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund I
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AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund II
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AIG African Infrastructure Fund
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AIG Latin American Infrastructure Fund
Selected Funds
EMP also managed infrastructure investment programmes across Central and Eastern Europe. Its institutional investor base included leading global and sovereign investors, including the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).
Investment Experience
EMP invested in essential infrastructure supporting economic growth across energy, telecommunications, digital infrastructure, transportation, ports and industrial assets.
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Satellite and digital communications infrastructure. Subsequently acquired by SES.
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Polish cable television and broadband infrastructure.
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Hydroelectric power generation in Guatemala.
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Building materials and industrial infrastructure across Asia.
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Marine transportation and logistics infrastructure across South America.
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Marine transportation and logistics infrastructure across South America.
Selected Investments Include:
BMB Partners
Family Office Management
BMB Partners was established in 2006 by the Withanage family alongside Asian and Gulf-based royal families as a private merchant banking and investment platform. Since inception, the business has managed and advised on approximately $7 billion, investing across private equity, natural resources, real estate, hospitality, media and technology.
BMB Partners is focused on direct and proprietary investment opportunities, deploying patient capital alongside families and long-term investment partners.Its approach is built on alignment, discretion and a willingness to invest across market cycles.
Investment Approach
BMB combines principal capital, strategic advice, institutional relationships and long-term stewardship to create enduring value for governments, sovereign investors, globally significant families and the businesses they own. We invest alongside our partners, concentrate capital behind select opportunities and remain committed beyond the conventional life of a private-equity fund.
BMB draws on the sovereign-advisory capabilities of BIA, which works with governments and sovereign institutions to strengthen governance, modernise decision-making and build the institutional capacity required for lasting national development.
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We invest with a long-term perspective and a focus on durable value creation.
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Our relationships provide access to private and off-market investment opportunities.
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We seek to invest alongside our partners, creating alignment between capital and decision-making.
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Our investment heritage spans the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Americas.