BDO Advisory BV , based in the Netherlands, is an accounting and financial consultancy, working with families and family enterprise to secure stability and plan for the future. FFI members are Ruud Loos, Michel Prent, CFBA/CFWA, Bram Tijssen, and Edvard van de Vijver, FFI Fellow.

Burns & Levinson is a Boston-based law firm that provides a team approach with clients by utilizing all the talent available within the firm and partnering with others to meet clients’ needs. The firm has extensive experience representing founder and family-owned businesses since its founding in 1960 and the team is sensitive to the dynamic of family and business issues and understands the clients’ needs for a multi-disciplinary team approach. The firm is also a sponsor of the FFI New England Chapter. FFI members are Brian Bixby, Christine Fletcher, David Raymon, and Lorraine Stark.

Family Enterprise Xchange is a Canadian organization for family enterprises. Its goal is to empower enterprising families and their advisers so they can succeed and flourish. To achieve this, FEX provides business families and their advisers with a unique blend of shared wisdom and experience and leading-edge thinking and knowledge. FFI members are Russel Baskin, who served on this year’s FFI Nominating Committee, Bill Brushett, Sheila Scott, and Ruth Steverlynck, CFBA.

Grant Thornton Sweden is a growth company that focuses on privately held entrepreneurial businesses, providing customers with professionalism, expertise, and personal touch. It is committed to helping dynamic companies to grow and become successful. FFI members are Per Gardelin, Julia Höglund, Henrik Johansson, Larissa Keijzer, and Helena von der Esch, who is a member of the FFI Global Education Network (GEN) faculty.

KPMG Private Enterprise Family Business advisors understand the dynamics of a successful family business and work with clients to provide tailored advice and experienced guidance to help them succeed. To support the unique needs of family businesses, KPMG Private Enterprise coordinates with a global network dedicated to offering relevant information and advice to family-owned businesses. Nearly 100 KPMG professionals belong to FFI, and Global Family Business Centre of Excellence Director Daniel Trimarchi is a member of the 2020 FFI Global Conference Program Committee. Congratulations to Bernadeene Cangelosi, CFBA/CFWA, and Katerina Polyzoi, CFBA, who completed the GEN certificate program in March.

Sandaire is a London-based, international investment office delivering tailored solutions for wealthy families and foundations. Family-owned and professionally managed, the firm has a 22-year history that provides unique insights into the evolving opportunities and challenges that wealth creates, understanding that there is more to wealth than just investment performance. Sandaire is also a founding member of the Wigmore Association, an innovative group of leading single and multi-family offices from across the globe that provides a forum in which members can share knowledge and best practice with fellow experts, seeking to enhance understanding of issues that are important to clients, while retaining objectivity and independence. FFI members are Charlotte Filsell, James Fleming, Alexander Scott, and Janet Tarbet.

Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) Center for Family Business , founded in 1999, provides consultancy and advice to business families. The Center’s services support the preservation of the family entrepreneurial legacy and enable the transformation of the governing bodies and communication schemes of the business family. FFI members are Pepe Bucio, Salvador Guajardo, María Eloísa Treviño, and José Ángel Vázquez.