Marcel Melis - Expert Profile and Services Overview
CEO
Netherlands
ABOUT
Marcel Melis is the founder and CEO of MGI, a global distribution platform and family office with deep expertise in hedge funds and real estate. With more than 25 years in energy, finance, and alternative investments, Marcel has built a reputation for being reliable, entrepreneurial, and relentlessly focused on results. His career began at BP, Statkraft, Reliant, and DELTA Energy, before founding Energy Capital Management in 2006 to manage the $150 million MMT Energy Fund. In 2010, he established MGI to connect world-class hedge funds with institutional investors worldwide. Today, MGI operates as both a family office with significant allocations and a third-party marketer specializing in the alternative investment arena. What sets Marcel apart is access. Through decades of cultivating relationships, he has assembled one of the broadest investor networks across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. This includes pension funds, insurers, banks, family offices, foundations, consultant
ACHIEVEMENTS
MGI Founder
Built MGI into a selective global distributor of hedge funds, investing its own family office capital alongside clients.
Global Network
Works with 3,000+ investors across Europe, USA, Asia, and the Middle East, including pension funds, insurance companies, banks, family offices, and HNWIs.
$1 Billion Raised
Successfully raised ~$1 billion for ~20 hedge funds since 2010, consistently matching top-tier managers with institutional investors.
Licensed & Recognized
MGI is licensed and supervised by the Netherlands Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) and operates globally.