BOSTON, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Family
Firm Institute Global Education Network (FFI GEN)
https://www.ffigen.org/ is the most trusted and globally recognized
provider of family enterprise professional education in the world.
GEN offers cutting-edge multidisciplinary courses and world-class
certificate programs for family enterprise advisers, practitioners,
academics, and professionals. It is through access to best
practices, research and education that FFI serves family
enterprise, the largest contributor of wealth, employment
opportunities and stability essential to the global economy.
The Crystal, The Private Group of Alliant Scholarship was
awarded to Brandon Addison, who is
the founder of Signpost Collective and serves as a leadership and
strategy consultant for Core Ventures in Denver, CO. He has more than 10 years
experience working with a variety of government, private,
nonprofit, and family enterprises.
Crystal, The Private Group of Alliant
https://www.crystalprivateclient.com/ is one of the world's leading
strategic risk and insurance advisors.
The de Visscher & Co. Scholarship was awarded to
Catalina Arango, who works at
Lansberg Gersick & Associates as a junior associate, supporting
families in the design and implementation of plans to ensure the
continuity of their businesses throughout generational
transitions.
de Visscher & Co. http://www.devisscher.com/ is an
independent financial adviser to business owning families and
closely held businesses worldwide.
The Waesche Family Scholarship was awarded to Tsitsi Mutendi, an
award-winning businesswoman who is currently committed to working
with African family businesses' transition from generational wealth
to generational legacies.
D. Randolph Waesche, FFI Fellow,
is president and CEO of Resource Management, LLC,
https://www.rmiadvisors.com/copy-of-meet-the-advisors-1 a Louisiana
Registered Investment Advisory firm. Randy and his firm are
long-time sponsors of the Family Business Review and the FBR Best
Reviewer Award in addition to his family's generous support of this
scholarship.
The AlTouq Group Scholarship was awarded to Kevin Au, PhD, CFBA/CFWA, who co-founded the
CUHK Centre for Entrepreneurship and serves as the current
Director. He is also Director of the Centre for Family Business and
he co-leads the FFI chapter of The Chinese
University of Hong Kong.
The AlTouq Group http://www.altouq.com/en/ is a Saudi Arabian
Family Office established in the 1970's as an investment vehicle
for the AlTouq family. It has grown into a sophisticated local and
international investor with a global revenue generating asset
base.
Fitzpatrick & Francis Family Business Continuity Foundation
Scholarship was awarded to Navneet
Bhatnagar, PhD, CFBA, a Senior Researcher at the Thomas
Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business, in Hyderabad, India. He was the 2018 recipient of
the de Visscher & Co. Scholarship, and he is the author of
several précis of Family Business Review articles for FFI
Practitioner.
Fitzpatrick & Francis Family Business Continuity Foundation
http://familybusinessresourcecenter.org/fbc-foundation is dedicated
to providing financial support for the training and education of
family business advisors either through grants directly to
individuals or to institutions that provide education and training
to individuals.
Congratulations to the following people who received partial
scholarships, thanks to a 2020 FFI Board Initiative
Gertie M. Agraz-Boeneker
ASYMETRIA, Mexico
Magdalena Diaz Le-Fort
Asociación Empresas Familiares (AEF), Chile
Bonnie Gibbon
Family Enterprise Therapy, Canada
Camille Korschun
Columbia University Business School,
United States
Valentina Lorenzon
Valentina Lorenzon Project Management, United Kingdom
Sharon Spano
Spano & Company, Inc., United
States
FFI is grateful to the generous organizations who provide
financial support through these scholarships. More information
about creating a scholarship or applying for the 2021 granting
period can be found on our website.
About the Family Firm Institute http://www.ffi.org:
FFI"s mission is to be the most influential global network of
thought-leaders in the field of family enterprise. We provide
research-based learning and relevant tools for advisors and
consultants, academics and family enterprise members to drive
success.
Professionals, educators and researchers as well as family
enterprise members from across the globe belong to FFI.
For a complete list of past recipients go to
https://www.ffigen.org/pages/scholarships.
To learn more about the FFI GEN program, go to
https://www.ffigen.org
SOURCE Family Firm Institute