The Mack Podcast Inside the Family Office Investment Committee: Governance, Risk & Real-World Decision Making
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Feb 19, 2026 
Featuring Vadym Doroshenko, UAE family office leader; Joel Goschalk, restructuring and risk specialist; Mehul Chavda, family office executive across India and Houston; Rodrigo Garcia, Tata Pata Holdings capital allocator; and Shaun Parkin, family office advisor and publisher. They discuss how investment committees form and govern, decision-making styles and voting mechanics, reporting that actually informs action, and systems for discipline, escalation, and independent oversight.
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Choose Voting Rules That Fit The Family
- Define the decision method that fits family culture: voting or consensus, and document voting items in advance.
- Vadym recommends anonymized voting to reduce halo effects from powerful executives.
Ask Everyone To Find What Could Go Wrong
- Try structured pre-meeting roles: each member must identify what can go wrong for a proposal.
- Mehul Chavda says focusing on downside risks reduces sway by dominant voices and improves team consensus.
Investment Committee Is Not A Risk Committee
- An investment committee is distinct from a risk committee; both matter but have different roles.
- Joel warns focusing only on risk will make investments overly conservative and unproductive.