June 2016

Cambridge

This month I was invited to run a workshop for the East Anglian IFB Chapter focused on developing responsible owners in your family business.

During this interactive afternoon, we spent time exploring what the term ‘responsible ownership’ means to different families and how to start to build a ‘responsible ownership’ framework…

17 March 2016
London

This month I was delighted to be invited to be part of a session at the FBU ‘Great British Family Business 2016’ conference in London, where I had the opportunity to share my experience…

STEP Northern Event, Leeds

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of speaking alongside Ian Marsh, familydr, at a Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) seminar on the benefits a Constitution can bring to a family. The discussion highlighted the importance…

Yesterday took me across to Bristol to run a unique workshop on preparing responsible owners in the next generation for the IFB South West Forum.

We all assume we understand the term ‘Responsible Ownership’ but bringing together different generations from the…

Smurfit Business School, Dublin
June 2015

The 2015 conference was another fantastic achievement for the team at FBN Ireland and it was an honour to be part of this event once more, running two very powerful, albeit very different sessions.

Firstly, I spoke…

I enjoyed the IFB conference this year focused on ‘encouraging entrepreneurship in the next generation’ where I ran a session with Edouard Thijssen who is a next generation members of the Belgium Aliaxis family. During our session, we explored in…

The Dorchester, London
May 2015

It was an amazing honour to be involved this month in the Loedstar conference alongside the infamous Ivan Landsberg. It is such a unique and interactive forum bringing significant international families together to share, explore and…

I was delighted this month to be invited to run a session on how to make the most of the ‘family factor’ in building the successful family firms of tomorrow.

I led an interactive session where we discussed best practice…

Henley Business School
February 2015

This month I facilitated an interactive session as part of the Henley Business School MBA programme and was joined by a very mixed audience from family businesses around the world. Each bought their own experiences to the…

Tuesday 4 March 2014,
Mayfair Hotel, London

We’ve all heard the statistic that only 13% of family business transition down to the 3rd generation. So what are the secrets of long term success?

At the Great British Family Business Conference, I…