Coutts & Co. has a 330-year history of working with families in business starting from its origins as a family run business itself, focusing on the contribution these companies and families make to global economies and societies. The Coutts Institute provides business families with advice and expertise on themes such as family governance, business and wealth succession, philanthropy, and next generation education.

FFI members are Alexandra Delcea, Rachel Harrington, Stuart May, Victoria Papworth, and Irene Wolstenholme.

Since 2010, Exaudi Family Business Consulting has guided family businesses in the preservation of their legacy. Exaudi specializes in advising business families through their processes of professionalization, generational succession, and legacy transmission. They also accompany clients through strengthening governance structures and preparing the next generation to achieve successful continuity of the family business.

The Exaudi team of advisors is based in offices throughout the Americas and Europe to give direct support to enterprising families during their consulting processes.

Exaudi’s FFI members include FFI Fellow Pablo Aure Fariñez, Mauricio Chaparro, Emilio Ferrero, Ferran Fisas, Sissi Graessel, Maria Molina, Daniela Naressi, and FFI Fellow and former board member Guillermo Salazar.

The Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO) at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is one of the leading research environments worldwide in family business studies, with more than 60 scholars, 30 affiliated researchers, and many visiting scholars. While having a specific focus on ownership and family business issues, researchers associated with CeFEO also conduct extensive and impactful research on topics like strategy, organization, accounting, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, and internationalization.

FFI members include Hanna Almlöf, Massimo Baù, Joaquín Cestino Castilla, Kajsa Haag, Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh, Carla Gonçalves Machado, Leif Melin, Mattias Nordqvist, Daniel Pittino, and Markus Plate.

Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA) is a global consulting and research firm. Founded in 1997 by Ivan Lansberg and Kelin Gersick, it was built on their longstanding collaboration as advisors and founding academics in the family enterprise field. For over 25 years, LGA has provided tailored advisory services and education to support family enterprise continuity across generations. Their global team serves leading family businesses, family offices, and family foundations wherever in the world they live, work and play. Lansberg Gersick Advisors is the generous sponsor of the 2025 Best FBR Article Award.

FFI members include Ashley Blanchard, Jeremy Cheng, Devin DeCiantis, Neus Feliu, Kelin Gersick, Katherine Grady, Nicolas Hollanders, Fernanda Jaramillo, Bob Kohli, Ivan Lansberg, Mika Mazor, and Wendy R. Ulaszek.

Read Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg’s recent FFI Practitioner article, based on their recent book The Enduring Enterprise: How Family Businesses Thrive in Turbulent Conditions.

Relative Solutions LLC is a pioneer in the field of family enterprise. The firm serves as an integral strategic component to the family enterprise, guiding their processes and facilitating decision-making. Relative Solutions works with families on issues of governance, the meaning and impact of wealth, family office development, family education and leadership development, succession and transition planning, and family philanthropy, tailoring its offerings to each family’s unique capabilities, culture, and goals.

FFI members are Vanessa Garibaldi, Carolyn D. Greenspon, Cathy Holuk, Rebecca Meyer, Bryn Mars Monahan, Jillian Wagenheim, and FFI founding member Fredda Herz Brown.

Relative Solutions is the generous sponsor of the 2025 Best Unpublished Research Paper Award.

The Family Business Consulting Group has earned a reputation as a valuable resource in the family business community helping both the family and the business. Its team of consultants has served over 3,000 client families in 70 countries to achieve one common goal: protect the integrity of the family and the enterprise for future generations. FBCG’s work touches all aspects of the business and family system, identifying the areas where better processes, shareholder and family education, communication, and alignment will lead to better business performance and a stronger family.

The many FBCG members who are members of FFI include the following FFI Fellows, Achievement Award recipients, and GEN graduates. John Ward, consultant emeritus at FBCG, is a founding member of FFI.