Team

Mr. Piliero is a British investor and private equity pioneer with 23 years of global cross-border leadership across emerging markets. Based in Dubai, Mr. Piliero is the co-founder of a Swiss-based Digital Family Office platform that integrates AI, blockchain, and alternative assets for ultra-high-net-worth family offices and Independent Wealth Managers.

Recruited by Dr. Mark Mobius, Mr. Piliero co-architected Franklin Templeton’s global emerging markets private equity strategy and served as a founding member of all four Templeton Strategic Emerging Markets Funds (I–IV), managing over $650 million in combined AUM. During his 23-year tenure, Mr. Piliero executed more than 30 growth equity transactions across Southeast Asia, North Asia, Europe, and Latin America—including the highest-multiple exit in the fund series’ history.

Mr. Piliero held board directorships at Indo Trans Logistics, Globus Spirits, China High Speed Transmission, APAR Industries, and Philippines Urban Living Solutions. Earlier, at Investor AB’s Investor Growth Capital, Mr. Piliero helped originate and execute the early-stage investment in Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG). Mr. Piliero began his career in M&A at Bear Stearns in New York.

A Brown University graduate (B.A., magna cum laude, Business Economics & International Relations; Phi Beta Kappa), Mr. Piliero also studied P.P.E. at Oxford University (Worcester College). His career spans residency in Switzerland, Singapore, the United States, and the UAE. Fluent in English and French, he also speaks conversational Italian and Mandarin.