September 11, 2026

Celebrating the 2026 FFI Organizational Members: Part VI

Family Business Association (FBA) helps family businesses in Australia and New Zealand to grow and thrive through connection, education, advocacy, peer-to-peer Forum Groups, events, guidance, resources and sector promotion. They advocate for a sector that plays an integral role in the economy and social fabric, accounting for 70% of all Australian businesses and 50% of the workforce. FBA supports family business owners, staff, family members connected to the business and the emerging generation, as well as the advisors who guide them, the partners who back the sector and the academics who research it.

The FFI members who are in FBA include FFI Fellows Richard Boyce, John Broons, David Harland, and Kristen Taylor-Martin, as well as GEN certificate recipients Lea Boyce and Duane O’Donnell.

Formue was established in 2000 and has substantial operations in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Formue is an independent advisory office, offering holistic services in financial planning, investment analysis, allocation/market view, succession planning, legal and tax evaluations, accounting, banking evaluations, and in topics related to retirement and insurance.

FFI members include Øystein Bø, Alexander Heiberg, Tonje Johnsrud, Tor Kildal, Mari Larsen, Janicke Lovaas, Karianne Lund, Philip Mitchel, Bjørn Pedersen, Lasse Sabel, Jan Tore Andresen, Joel Uddenäs, and Helena von der Esch.

For more than 160 years, Hemenway & Barnes has helped individuals, families, owner-managed businesses, and nonprofit organizations with a range of legal, tax, investment, and personal issues, with their professionals often serving as trustees. From estate planning to charitable giving, business succession, and intergenerational wealth management, the firm provides integrated advice and service delivery.

Their FFI members are Mark Elefante, Kirsten Lovett, Alan McKenna, Ryan McManus, Laura Naylor, John Siciliano, and Sarah Waelchli.

Since 2010, Singapore Management University (SMU) has recognized the emergence of Asian business families and discerned that they require specifically contextualized thought leadership and applied knowledge. In response to the growing needs of business families in Asia, SMU established the Business Families Institute (BFI) in 2012. The BFI aims to strengthen the ecosystem of entrepreneurial business families and stakeholders by addressing business family-specific issues such as succession, family governance, entrepreneurship and wealth management.

SMU’s FFI members are Xuesong Geng, Kenneth Goh, Annie Koh, Neha Matlani, Jared Nai, Hang Wu Tang, and Mandy Tham.

The University of Alberta School of Business is home to the Alberta Business Family Institute (ABFI) and the Centre for Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise (CEFE). ABFI and CEFE link scholars, students, and business families together, providing targeted academic research, the study of family-owned businesses, and outreach focusing on strategic decision-making, governance, and succession planning for business families across Alberta and beyond.

Their FFI members are Mehri Baloochi, Vern Glaser, Matt Knight, Jennifer Kotadia, Jennifer Sloan, FFI Fellow Lloyd Steier, and Wenqiang Yin.

University of Alberta School of Business is a sponsor of the 2026 FFI Global Conference.