Enterprising Families Podcast

Dr Stephen Rosenbaum shares on Mitigating risk in growth-oriented African family firms About: Dr Stephen Rosenbaum is Professor of Economics at Hult International Business School (London, Dubai) and an International Faculty member at GIPS in Johannesburg, where he teaches global business strategy courses to MBA students. His award-winning research has appeared in many top journals and been feature...

Chris Yonker speaks on People Before Profits About Chris Yonker: CHRIS YONKER is a Vision alchemist, Speaker, and Author who specializes in Vision Creation to align your business and your life. Chris Yonker is a world-leading expert in Vision creation. He and his team work with companies (big and small) as well as high achievers like executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and celebrities to get clar...

James Weiner shares on Conversations for Rising Gens, Focusing on your Path About James Weiner: A diverse background leads to intuitive solutions. With a multi-faceted background in speaking, coaching and counseling in environments ranging from Cook County Jail to exclusive global VIP forums, Dr. Jamie Weiner’s expertise and strategic approach to guiding people helped to develop Inheriting Wisdom’...

Alejandro Gil Rivero speaks on How insurance can be a key to managing Risk and Family Governance Risk About Alejandro Gil Rivero: Alejandro Gil Rivero ,. Managing partner,. Sophos Advisors , Miami. Captive insurance opportunities. Sophós Advisors is an independent consulting firm specialized in risk management and international insurance as a tool within a wealth and estate planning context. We ad...

Priyanka Zielinski shares on Family Business Theory vs Family Business Lived. Finding Solutions from practical experiences. About Priyanka Zielinski: Priyanka Gupta Zielinski is a business leader and entrepreneur. Through her writings, she addresses the biggest pressure points facing the next generation of India: career, love, and marriage. By exploring the role of Indian traditions and reposition...

Karen McNiell speaks on Anchoring the Family Identity when we let go of the Business. About Karen McNiell: Director, SVP, Sr. Family Historian at Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank. Karen is passionate about history and its importance in helping us understand ourselves and the world in which we live. She believes, we’re not just products of history: we’re historical actors in a larger...

Naim Farah speaks on understanding the importance of knowing your net worth About Naim Farah. With over 20 years of finance experience, Naim has successfully managed and led teams in corporate finance – from treasury, sales finance, revenue management, and financial planning and analysis. Prior to joining the Simon Group Holdings and co-founding Bristol Reports, Naim spent 9.5 years at PepsiCo whe...

Kristina Touzenis Speaks on ESG and what it means for enterprising Families. About: Kristina Touzenis is now Managing Partner at BST Impact Sàrl, a firm she started in early 2021 to use her 20 years experience in promoting and implementing the SDGs based on international law and standards. Before establishing BST Impact, Kristina was head of International Law at the International Organization for...

Ombretta Mancini shares on the interconnectedness of generations in Family Business About: Ombretta Mancini has been working in the Training and Development industry for close to 15 years. An accomplished Certified Leadership Coach, Consultant and Facilitator, she specializes in helping family-run businesses untangle complex family dynamics and thrive develop NextGen Leaders so the business can co...

Ella Chase and Veronica Yepez share on the role of women in Family Businesses About: Veronica Yepez, CEO – Perpetum Family Office Veronica is an expert in the family dynamics of enterprising families with more than twenty years working around the world, helping some of the most affluent and influential international families align with their full potential. Her experience spans a breadth of family...

Sylvie Huard shares on Taboos. What are the hard conversations? About: Business coach, mediator, specialising in family business succession. From the moment you confide in Sylvie Huard, her quick wit is at work. By her fair and adroit questions, you can appreciate all the interest she already has in you. It is impossible not to notice his deep desire to be of service to you, to clear your vision a...

Michelle Clements shares on Succession, Next Gens and the future of family business and Family Office. About: Michelle Clements is the President of Synergy Trust Partners, LLC. In addition to working with the Board of Managers on strategic planning and estate planning, Michelle serves on the Investment Committee.  She is a frequent speaker on family office, wealth management and governance to...

Andrew Doust shares on being Born into a story and creating my own About: Andrew Doust began working with enterprise families in his home country of Australia almost 25 years ago. It was there that he discovered his passion to help families experience greater meaning and purpose, and flourish over successive generations. With KORE Venture , Andrew is leading the development of programs that enrich...

Tom McCullough shares on The book Wealth of Wisdom. Exploring some of the 50 questions that wealthy people ask. About: Tom McCullough is Chairman and CEO of Northwood Family Office, the leading Canadian multi-family office, which provides customized, integrated financial advice and counsel to families of significant net worth. He has spent over 30 years in the wealth management/ family office fiel...

Richa Singh shares on Best Practices on Family Governance About: Richa is an affiliate consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group, specializing in conflict resolution, communication, organizational behavior and human resources. Her experience includes educating and creating awareness amongst business families, facilitating family meetings, designing structures and creating and implementi...

Natalie McVeigh shares on Resilience looking at both individuals and organisations and the difference particularly looking at anti-fragility.   About: Natalie McVeigh is a Director in the Center for Individual and Organizational Performance and the Center for Family Business Excellence Group within the Private Business Services Practice, with more than 10 years of experience as a consultant a...

Mary Duke shares on Learning Families About: Mary’s experience spans a breadth of family wealth disciplines. She is an expert in cross-border and inter-generational transfer of wealth strategies, fiduciary practices, next generation mentoring, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, family office architecture and succession planning and governance for families and their businesses. ​As a family office exe...

Dr. Marc Silverman shares on Getting over hurt feelings - My Brother left the family business now noone talks to him - Do hurts Repeat Generationally About: Dr. Silverman has worked with numerous families in South America, Central America and North America as well as in Europe. ... He has presented over 100 Keynotes and Seminars in more than 15 countries on a variety of topics including Family Bus...

Malcolm Burrows shares on Philanthropy and Governance, the marriage that works well when done intentionally. About: Malcolm Burrows is a known philanthropic advisor and gift planner. He spent 13 years with three Toronto charities before assuming his current role For over 30 years, his personal mission has been to help individuals and families to become more engaged,fulfilled and effective philanth...

Leah Zveglich shares on Living together during and after COVID, Separating business and Family About: Leah Zveglich is a trusted advisor and executive coach on succession, successor development, and leadership transition. She founded the Aster Club, a community of business families to connect, collaborate and build a sustainable family heritage. It is the only private global club focusing on learn...

Kathleen O'Hara shares on Trauma, how it can create an identity and affect our futures.  About: Kathleen O’Hara, MA, LPC is an author and international psychotherapist with over 24 years of experience helping families and individuals face the complex challenges of life in the 21st century.  She is a trusted adviser to clients requiring exceptional care and tailored solutions to complex c...

Jim Coutre shares on Why relevancy is important for Families of wealth and their and Family Offices.  About: Jim Coutre is Vice President, Insights and Connections at Fidelity Family Office Services

Dunia Guzman shares on Communication in Family Business. We may be different but most families have the same needs. About: Dunia Guzman is a lead consultant at Akator Consultores. Akator Consultores is a family owned consulting firm, specializing in Family Enterprise and Family Office. With more that 35 years of experience, we help our clients sharing our knowledge and talking them through the opp...

Dr Paul Hokemeyer shares on Fragile Power About: Dr. Paul L. Hokemeyer (Dr. Paul) is an internationally renowned clinical and consulting psychotherapist, and a founding principal of Drayson Mews International, who works with individuals and families in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and the European Union.

Dr Nadine Kammelander shares on Innovation in Family Firms and the role of the Next Gens to drive this phase  About: Professor Dr. Nadine Kammerlander has been a professor at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management since 2015. Prior to that she was an assistant professor at the University of St. Gallen. Nadine Kammerlander holds a degree in physics (TU Munich) and a doctorate in business adm...