e are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the FFI GEN scholarships! We thank the generous sponsors of these awards for ensuring that professionals in the field receive the outstanding interdisciplinary education for which FFI has become known globally.

Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden). His research and teaching interests are focused on the social issues related to entrepreneurship and family businesses, such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy and individual stakeholders’ well-being. His publications can be found in several international peer-reviewed journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, Family Business Review, Long Range Planning, and Journal of Small Business Management. He has received several Outstanding Reviewer Awards, including Academy of Management Discoveries and Family Business Review.

Yasaman Gorji is an associate professor at ESSCA Grand Ecole de Management in France. She previously served as an assistant professor at JMSB School of Management in Canada. Born in Iran, her personal journey has deeply influenced her understanding of the importance of fairness and justice in society. In her life and work, Dr. Gorji fully embraces the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her commitment to these principles is reflected in her active participation in family business research groups and her provision of consulting services. Her research on gender inequality among show business families has shed light on the thickening glass ceiling for women in managerial roles, potentially impacting other industries.

Agustin Peña Torres has 15 years of experience in management, business consulting, project implementation, and entrepreneurial ventures. He worked for Deloitte as a Senior Business Consultant in Strategy and Operations in Mexico City, where he served several AAA companies. Agustin lived in Taiwan for 3 years, where he earned his MBA and learned Mandarin Chinese. He holds a degree in International Business and a law degree from Mexican Universities, and he participated in the program “Strategy and Innovation” from Harvard University, Division of Continuing Education.

Martyna Kwiatkowska is a lawyer and mediator with a law degree from Jagiellonian University in Cracow. At KPMG in Poland, Martyna specializes in providing services to entrepreneurs with particular emphasis on family businesses in the field of tax, administrative, and commercial law. She particularly enjoys working with family businesses and supports them in succession planning, including inheritance and family law. Her main professional goal is to become a family business advisor who will be able to comprehensively support the members of family firms in the challenges posed by running a family business.

Andrea Benkenstein Kruger, CFBA/CFWA, is a Director at PwC and has been with the firm for over 12 years. She started her career as an auditor. Today, she heads up PwC’s Family Business Centre of Excellence for Africa. She has lived and worked in Amsterdam and across Africa. Her purpose is to keep families together and remove family conflict as much as possible. She is a chartered accountant and registered life and executive coach.