April 30, 2021
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Featuring the FFI Organizational Members – Part IV

April 30, 2021
April 30, 2021
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oday, in our fourth issue of this year’s series on FFI organizational members, we are pleased to feature the following distinguished associations, educational centers, and professional organizations.

Bocconi University
Bocconi University logo
Bocconi University was founded in 1971 in Milan. Its mission is to “empower lives through knowledge and imagination,” developing responsible and thoughtful leaders by generating and disseminating innovative managerial knowledge.

Bocconi members in FFI include Mario D. Amore, Guido Corbetta, Alessandro Minichilli, Daniela Montemerlo, Paolo Morosetti, Fabio Quarato, and Carlo Salvato.

FFI Fellow Carlo Salvato is vice chair of the FFI board of directors and faculty chair for the FFI Global Education Network (GEN).

Guido Corbetta and FFI Fellow Carlo Salvato are FBR précis writers for FFI Practitioner. Read their most recent précis.

Daniela Montemerlo is chair of the Achievement Awards Committee and Alessandro Minichilli is on the FBR Review Board.

Mario Amore headshot
Mario D. Amore
Guido Corbetta headshot
Guido Corbetta
FBR Applied Research Board
Alessandro Minichilli headshot
Alessandro Minichilli
FBR Review Board
Daniela Montemerlo headshot
Daniela Montemerlo
Achievement Awards Committee Chair
Paolo Morosetti headshot
Paolo Morosetti
Fabio Quarato headshot
Fabio Quarato
Carlo Salvato headshot
Carlo Salvato
FFI Board of Directors, vice chair
FFI Fellow
GEN Faculty Chair
Family Business Australia
Family Business Australia logo
Family Business Australia (FBA) is an association that provides access to education and training for family-specific and general business development and generates opportunities for families in business to learn and grow by networking and sharing with their peers.

More than 20 FFI members are in FBA, including Robert Powell (CFBA/CFWA) and FFI Fellows John Broons, David Harland, Susan Rix, Kirsten Taylor-Martin, and former board member Jill Thomas.

John Broons headshot
John Broons
FFI Fellow
David Harland headshot
David Harland
FFI Fellow
Robert Powell headshot
Robert Powell
CFBA/CFWA
Susan Rix headshot
Susan Rix
FFI Fellow
Kirsten Taylor-Martin headshot
Kirsten Taylor-Martin
FFI Fellow
Jill Thomas headshot
Jill Thomas
FFI Fellow
Former FFI board member
Hemenway & Barnes
Hemenway & Barnes logo
Hemenway & Barnes LLP was founded in 1863 to serve New England’s thriving business community and its wealthy families and their institutions. The firm’s multidisciplinary approach promotes planning that enhances the success of the enterprise and, more importantly, the unity and strength of the family. In addition, Hemenway & Barnes professionals work with families to assess the many factors involved in making the very personal decision to establish a family office, including size of the asset base and family dynamics.

FFI members are Mark Elefante, Marianne Herlihy, Arthur Page and John Siciliano.

Mark Elefante headshot
Mark Elefante
Marianne Herlihy headshot
Marianne Herlihy
Arthur Page headshot
Arthur Page
John Siciliano headshot
John Siciliano
Mark Elefante headshot
Mark Elefante
Marianne Herlihy headshot
Marianne Herlihy
Arthur Page headshot
Arthur Page
John Siciliano headshot
John Siciliano
Singapore Management University
Singapore Management University logo
Singapore Management University 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. It collaborates with various partners, academic or practice, to be a leader in Asian business family-related knowledge. SMU members are Kenneth Goh, former FFI board member Annie Koh, Juliana Koh, Esther Kong (ACFBA), and Hwee Hoon Tan.

Esther Kong is co-chair of Asian Circle Virtual Study Group and was the 2019 recipient of the GEN AlTouq Group Scholarship.

Kenneth Goh headshot
Kenneth Goh
Annie Koh headshot
Annie Koh
Former FFI board member
Juliana Koh headshot
Juliana Koh
Esther Kong headshot
Esther Kong
ACFBA
2019 GEN AlTouq Group scholarship recipient
Hwee Hoon Tan headshot
Hwee Hoon Tan
Esther Kong headshot
Esther Kong
ACFBA
Hwee Hoon Tan headshot
Hwee Hoon Tan
STEP
STEP logo
STEP is a professional, international, and outward-facing organization whose primary purposes are to improve public understanding of the issues that families face in relation to inheritance and succession planning, and to promote education and high professional standards among its members. STEP’s Business Families Special Interest Group focuses on what makes business families distinct, their particular challenges, and how to best address them.

More than 70 STEP members are part of the FFI membership, and they hail from countries around the globe, including Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean.

Katherine Bullock headshot
Katherine Bullock
CFBA
Michèle Desjardins headshot
Ashvini Chopra
FFI Practitioner author
Ian Devereux headshot
Ian Devereux
CFBA/CFWA
Mita Dixit headshot
Mita Dixit
CFBA
2019 de Visscher scholarship recipient
Katherine Bullock headshot
Katherine Bullock
CFBA
Michèle Desjardins headshot
Ashvini Chopra
FFI Practitioner author
Ian Devereux headshot
Ian Devereux
CFBA/CFWA
Mita Dixit headshot
Mita Dixit
CFBA
2019 de Visscher scholarship recipient
Mary Duke headshot
Mary Duke
FFI Fellow
FFI board member
James Grubman headshot
James Grubman
FFI Fellow
Velitchka Hristova headshot
Velitchka Hristova
CFWA, ACFBA
Ken McCracken headshot
Ken McCracken
FFI Fellow
FFI Board member
Mary Duke headshot
Mary Duke
FFI Fellow
FFI board member
James Grubman headshot
James Grubman
FFI Fellow
Velitchka Hristova headshot
Velitchka Hristova
CFWA, ACFBA
Ken McCracken headshot
Ken McCracken
FFI Fellow
FFI Board member
Neus Feliu Costa headshot
Nicholas Smith
ACFBA
Ben Stark headshot
Ben Stark
CFBA/CFWA
Harvey Taraday headshot
Harvey Taraday
FFI Fellow
Babetta von Albertini headshot
Babetta von Albertini
CFBA
Neus Feliu Costa headshot
Nicholas Smith
ACFBA
Ben Stark headshot
Ben Stark
CFBA/CFWA
Harvey Taraday headshot
Harvey Taraday
FFI Fellow
Babetta von Albertini headshot
Babetta von Albertini
CFBA

FFI Organizational Members

FFI is the leading association worldwide and the organization of choice for advisors, consultants, educators, researchers, and family enterprise members who help perpetuate trans-generational family business wealth.
Please read on for previous editions featuring our organizational members.
Previous Edition
April 23, 2021
In its thirty-plus-year history, the Family Business Review (FBR) has had a series of distinguished editors. As an FFI member, you may be familiar with many of them: Ivan Lansberg, Kelin Gersick, Max Wortman, Joseph Astrachan, Pramodita Sharma, G. Tyge Payne, and currently Donald O. Neubaum.

An enormous amount of work goes into publishing a scholarly journal, and we are pleased to highlight this year’s team. With thanks for all the efforts that have helped secure FBR’s current impact factor of 5.212, its ranking as 22 out of 152 in the Business Category for Journal Citation Report (Clarivate Analytics 2020), and more than 155,000 downloads of FBR articles that occurred in 2020!

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