Enterprising Families Podcast

David Gould shares on Understanding conflict and Engaging it in a way that moves us forward About: For over 30 years David Gould has helped people plan for and have difficult conversations about the issues that matter most to them. He is one of Western Canada’s most experienced mediators and an industry leader in the design of conflict prevention and conflict management systems and processes, as w...

Svetlana Galeva shares on Family Office and ESG. What is the link? About: Headquartered in London, SPG & Partners was founded with a global vision of setting a new benchmark for business and wealth governance. Our broad strategic offering meets the demands of Family Offices, businesses and Governments. Our experience helps our clients to tackle the needs of the present and plan for the future....

Mark Hopkins shares on Storytelling in the age of technology for families. About: A graduate Georgetown University, Mark’s film career began as an assistant to New York- based producer Scott Rudin, working on such films as; “The Truman Show,” “A Civil Action,” “Bringing Out The Dead,” “Angela’s Ashes,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Wonder Boys,” and “Shaft.” He left to start an independent production company,...

Matthew Fleming shares on A story within a story, looking at the family before G1. The importance of understanding of the Family in Family Business. About: Matthew is a Partner in the Stonehage Fleming Group, responsible for helping clients develop and implement plans for passing on their legacy to subsequent generations. A former army officer, he joined the family firm in 2012 after thirteen year...

Dr Sharon Spano shares on the family system vs. the business system About: As a Family Business Consultant, Sharon Spano helps thriving family business leaders develop family alignment so they can deepen their relationships, achieve sustainable business growth, maximize their impact, and secure a multi-generational legacy. Dr. Spano’s expertise in human and organizational systems and her research-...

Emily Osborne shares on You cannot Cookie Cutting Solutions for Your Family Business About: Emily Osborne An experienced private wealth advisor, Emily provides international tax and private wealth advice to families and trustees of family trusts on a variety of issues, including moving to the UK; the use of wealth preservation structures such as offshore trusts, foundations and companies; the owne...

Blair Trippe shares on Identity Based Conflict About: Blair Trippe’ s expertise as a negotiator, mediator, and family business consultant is grounded in the study of strategic management and conflict resolution methodologies. She brings a highly specialized approach to the understanding of family systems and the relationship challenges encountered when families work and own together. In addition t...

Doug Baumoel shares on The Family Factor: Why it's so important, How to measure it, How to Build it. About: Doug Baumoel is the Founder of Continuity, LLC and offers an extensive background in family business operations and executive management in his work with clients. He served as a second-generation executive in his own family’s business and has held key executive positions in other family and...

Nancy Guzha sharing on her experiences as 3rd Generation Zimbabwean (African) Family Business Member as shared at the African Family Firms 2021 1st Annual African Women In Family Business. About: Nancy Tawengwa Guzha is a seasoned General Manager, specializing in growing companies, particularly turning around struggling organizations. Trained as an agricultural economist, Nancy’s career has largel...

Matthew Braithwaite shares on 'Communication' and the how's and whys of building solid relationships through meaningful conversations. About: Matt advises UK and international individuals, families, trustees and beneficiaries of trusts and family offices on UK tax, estate planning and succession issues.  He acts for high net worth individuals and families including business owners and entrepr...

Jan Willem Poot shares on Mental Wellbeing and The Yes We Can Youth Clinics About: Yes We Can Youth Clinics founder and CEO Jan Willem Poot runs a Netherlands-based specialist treatment centre for 13 to 25-year-olds suffering from an array of mental health issues, addictions and related behavioural disorders. ‘Every day, I am proud to make a difference for the teenagers and young adults and their...

Gregoire Imfeld shares on Investments and Family Office. Investment Governance About: Grégoire gathered more than 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry, half of which in the Family Office space. He was global head of Pictet Family office in his last years, having joined them in 2008. Prior to that he gained experience as a banker at Credit Suisse and Julius Baer as well as busin...

Cindy Radu shares on the importance of Collaboration  About: As a family wealth transition advisor, Cindy helps individuals, family enterprises, business owners and family offices navigate the complexities and opportunities that come with wealth. In her practice, Cindy draws on over 25 years of legal, fiduciary, trust and governance experience in professional services firms, financial institu...

Darryl Stickel shares on Building Trust in All Environments. About: Darryl is one of the world’s leading experts on trust.  He teaches leaders how to find and use their most powerful tool.  A tool that is always in a leader’s control, how to effectively build trust in their relationships.   Darryl is an unshakable force of positivity and brings the best out of people.  His...

Bilal Zein shares on starting a Family Office  About: Bilal Zein has 28 years of experience. His C-Level experience ranges across various sectors such as industrial, trading, contracting and commercial in the EMEA region. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and an MBA from ESCP. and holds FFI advanced certificates in the in Family Business (ACFBA) and Family Wealth Advising (ACFWA)....

Rochelle Clarke shares on Business Continuity About: Rochelle Clarke is the Founder and CEO of Succession  Strength, a company that helps businesses protect their operations and pass them smoothly to the next generation of leadership.  Having grown up in and around family-owned businesses, Succession Strength was born out of Rochelle’s love for family businesses and her desire to see the...

David Werdiger shares on Apples and Trees and the Family Business About:  Based in Melbourne Australia, David works with high net worth families and their businesses with a focus on succession planning, family/business shared vision and governance, managing family conflict, and general strategic advice. David’s diverse background gives him a powerful mix of skills: second generation family me...

Richard Milroy shares on How investment decisions Families make can be positively and negatively impacted by family relationships.  About: Richard is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Private Wealth Network, and also founded several other specialist events and publishing companies in the areas of wealth management and sustainability. Starting his career at the International Herald Tribun...

Patricia Woo shares on How our spirituality can affect our wealth and our businesses. About: Patricia Woo is co-head of the firm’s Family Office cross-practice team. She is a fund, trust and tax lawyer noted for her practice in helping global ultra-high-net-worth families set up, restructure and operate investment-centric, service-centric, and comprehensive value-centric family offices.

Heinz-Peter Elstrodt is active as advisor and member of Boards of Directors of family businesses and as guest lecturer at London Business School and Insead. He is a Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company. Since joining McKinsey in 1983, he worked in Germany, USA and in Brazil, where he co-founded the São Paulo office in 1988. Between 2004 and 2011 he was responsible for the Latin American reg...

Dennis Passis shares on Building a Wealth Knowledge that can help us into the future. About: Dennis Passis is the Founder of Family Wealth Library, a global library of the world’s leading content for family businesses, curated by internationally-recognized family business advisors.

Annika Hall shares on Genograms the importance of connecting your past present and future. About: Annika Hall, PhD, is a researcher and author, she is interested in interpersonal aspects, manifested through identity work, communication, values, power and sense-making, and how they influence corporate governance, strategy, and leadership/ownership transition.

Arden O'Connor shares on Addiction and Mental illness in Family Business. The shame of success. About: Arden O’Connor founded the O’Connor Professional Group to address the needs of families and individuals struggling with an array of behavioral health issues, including addiction, mental health disorders, eating disorders, learning, and other developmental challenges. With several relatives in rec...

Joshua Nacht shares on  Conflict, Consensus and Collaboration in Family Business. About: Joshua Nacht is a senior consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group, and works with business families to leverage their strengths by focusing on effective governance, communication, and transitions. He is adept at working with multigenerational families to integrate diverse perspectives and crea...

Professor Shelley Farrington shares on Sibling Partnerships About: Shelley is currently a Professor in the Department of Business Management at the Nelson Mandela University and has been employed at the University since 1995. She has lectured both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the areas of Introduction to Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Research Methodology. Shelley has supe...