The Agile Family Office

By Jon Kenfield, Founder, Family Business Institute Accreditation Program 2018 Family Business Institute’s October and November network meetings focused on the suite of services “ordinary” firms can provide to their “relatively ordinary” business famil …

Hamilton Island In September, FBI Founder Jon Kenfield attended the Family Business Institute Member Network Meeting, on Hamilton Island. He presented his key takeaways from this event to the FBI Member Networking event later on that month. Below is a …

The cast (from left to right): Front row: Ross Anderson (Founder/Faculty – leadership development); David Gibbs (Patron – Bennett Group, Chartered Accountants); Dr Lynn Scoles (GP and Life Coach): Andrew Logie-Smith (Logie-Smith Lanyon, Lawyers); Jon K …

By Jon Kenfield Founder and Chair, Family Business Institute FBI trains, accredits, markets and supports experienced professional advisers who work with business families and private clients. Our programs offer what is currently, by far, the most thoro …

“As ye sow, so shall ye reap” Recent conversations with other family business advisers confirm increasing exposure to business families with serious “fossilisation” issues. Naming no names, the problem seems most prevalent in families with seriously ag …