Featuring the FFI Fellows

Prepared Exclusively for FFI Members

October 23, 2020

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t hardly seems possible that almost two decades have passed since the FFI Fellows were inaugurated in London in 2001 – 72 “first Fellows” in all! Next month, when we announce the 2020 Fellows, we will enter the third decade of this group, which represents the highest level of professional designation within the organization.

FFI Fellows demonstrate ongoing expertise and commitment to the field of family enterprise and here’s how they helped us meet the challenges of 2020.

Fellows by the numbers

Fellows as of today

First Fellows in 2001

Countries represented

Fellows, on average, added annually

Fellows by the vision statement in 2020
Educate|Connect|Inspire

Committee and board members

Virtual conference presenters

Gen faculty members

Practitioner/FBR authors

Conference and scholarship sponsors

Presenters for FFI on Monday webinar series

Mentors in the GEN program

Chapter or Study Group Leaders

Of course, we can’t picture all 272 in this newsletter but here’s snapshot of the Fellows who were active in 2020 and the year in which he or she became a Fellow.

Thanks to the following Fellows taking leadership roles in 2020.

view a complete list of Fellows through 2019

2018-2019

Patricia Angus

Isabel Botero

Linda Bourn

Jeremy Cheng

Ronna Gyllenhaal

David Karofsky

Rania Labaki

Javier Macias

Michael Madera

Nava Michael-Tsabari

John Neff

Wendy Ulaszek

2015-2017

Louisa Diana Brunner

Jennifer East

Denise Federer

Annika Hall

Elle Hansen

Gregoire Imfeld

Lanie Jordan

Ken McCracken

Mattias Nordqvist

Jose Mora Ocaranza

Maria Jose Parada

Guillermo Salazar

Vaughan Scott

2013-2014

Debbie Bing

Artur Chaberski

Neus Feliu

James Grubman

Andrew Hier

Ian Macnaughton

Daphne McGuffin

Michael Meeks

Carlo Salvato

Michael Whitty

2010-2012

Alberto Gimeno

Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez

Paul Lermitte

Greg McCann

Panikkos Poutziouris

Kirby Rosplock

Carrie Seligman

Randy Waesche

Dianne Welsh

First decade

Carmen Bianchi

Fredda Herz Brown

Randel Carlock

John Davis

Sam Davis

François de Visscher

Nany Drozdow

Kelin Gersick

James Hutcheson

Dennis Jaffe

Dirk Junge

Paul Karofsky

Andrew Keyt

Ivan Lansberg

Peter Leach

David Paradise

Mark Rubin

Kathy Wiseman

John Wofford

If you have been an FFI member for 10 years or more, 2021 may be your year to complete the other requirements, which are holding an FFI Advanced Certificate, presenting at an annual conference or being published in Family Business Review or FFI Practitioner. For more information on becoming a Fellow in 2021 or 2022, please contact Susan Gabert.

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Today we feature the Q3 GEN graduates who are receiving the Dual Certificate in Family Business Advising and Family Wealth Advising (CFBA/CFWA). These individuals, who come from around the world and across disciplines, have accessed and completed programs of curated material and research-based resources with their peers and a highly skilled faculty—developing a global network of fellow students who advise and study multi-generational families.

Please join us in congratulating their outstanding achievement.