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The Family Office Conference takes place 25-26 February 2025. Ticket sales are now live! Register your interest below to verify eligibility and secure the Early Bird discount before 16 December 2024.
Family Offices (FOs) have grown exponentially over the last decades and today represent an important priority for many business families.
London Business School (LBS) has leveraged its London location, thought leadership, world-class faculty, and extensive network to organise a unique, non-commercial event exclusively for family members, principals of single-family offices, and senior leaders within family offices.
Now in its third year, the Family Office Conference at LBS brings together principals and senior executives in a confidential setting, without interference from service providers or entities with commercial interests. Over two days, participants will engage in research-backed insights, peer learning, and discussions with like-minded individuals.
This exclusive conference promises actionable strategies for your family office through interactive sessions led by world-renowned LBS faculty, influential business leaders, and distinguished family office leaders.
“The combination of keynote speakers/panels followed by table discussions works very well and is a great way to run the conference. I took as much away from the discussions as I did from the talks.”
Family Office Conference 2024 delegate
Safe space environment - We create an environment where participants meet other families or family office representatives and explore innovative ideas without the distractions of service providers*.
Interactive and collaborative setting - Panel discussions are followed by structured and spontaneous small group roundtable sessions, fostering active participation and meaningful discussions among all attendees.
Thought leadership - Gain access to innovative research and frameworks from the world-renowned faculty at LBS. The conference includes practitioner talks and insights shared by LBS faculty working at the forefront of global business research, providing leading academic expertise.
Knowledge exchange – Engage in facilitated conversations where participants can openly share their experiences and discuss solutions to common problems. Facilitators will provide summary write ups after the conference.
Networking - The event offers abundant opportunities throughout the day to network with peers from other families and family offices.
“I liked that the attendees were all family members and/or worked in family offices. Our round table discussions were so open and probably my favourite part of the event.”
Family Office Conference 2024 delegate
*Disclaimer: The upcoming conference is sponsored by Schroders, a global family office and private asset investment specialist. Schroders will participate in a supporting and non-commercial capacity.
The conference sells out every year, so an early expression of interest is recommended.
To maintain the quality of discussion and networking, attendance is by application or invitation only. The Family Office Conference maintains strict qualification criteria to ensure a protected environment for peer learning and open dialogue. The conference is only open to:
Our team reviews all expressions of interest to ensure participants meet our qualification criteria. Commercial service providers or advisors are not eligible to attend.
After confirming eligibility, individuals who qualify will receive their exclusive personal invitation to purchase a ticket for £975. A ten percent discount is offered to LBS students and alumni.
Early Bird Offer
Register your interest by 16 December to benefit from an exclusive early bird discount of 10% off your ticket price.
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On the initial day, leading academics and practitioners will share insights and hypotheses, leading to facilitated roundtable discussions where participants exchange their experiences and perspectives. This knowledge will be systematically captured and disseminated both spontaneously and through summarized proceedings.
Please see a preliminary agenda below:
Registration and breakfast
Opening remarks
Florin Vasvari, Professor of Accounting; Academic Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital, London Business School
Welcome remarks from Event Supporter
Leonie Schroder, Non-executive Director, Schroders
Keynote | CEO Succession in Family Businesses: The Performance Impact of Hiring a Family vs Non-Family CEO
Sendil Ethiraj, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Deputy Dean, London Business School
Session 1 | Transforming Family Office Portfolios
Jeannine Daniel, Managing Director, Cara Advisory (UK) Limited
Glenn Fuhrman, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Tru Arrow
Richard Nourse, Founder and Managing Partner, Greencoat Capital
Moderated by: Florin Vasvari, Professor of Accounting; Academic Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital, London Business School
Session 1 | Roundtable discussion and debrief
Coffee break and networking
Session 2 | Emotional Capital and the Resilient Family Enterprise: How Families Use Emotional Ties to Ensure Longevity
Sophie Cuendet du Roy, Family and Board member and Family Office Managing Director
Séverine Mulliez, Family and Board member, Association Familiale Mulliez
Giorgiana Notarbartolo, Family member and Head of Impact and Philanthropy, PFC Family Office
Moderated by: Åsa Björnberg, Executive Fellow, London Business School
Session 2 Roundtable discussion and debrief
Lunch
Fireside chat | Our story: Leadership, Succession and Family Business as a Force for Good
Steve Rigby, Co-CEO, The Rigby Group
Moderated by: Rhian-Anwen Hamill, Managing Partner, RAH Partners Ltd
Session 3 | Cybersecurity and Managing Digital Risk
Peter Connolly, Founder and CEO, Trustee, Toro
Edouard Thijssen, Co-Founder, Trusted Family
Darren Weston, CTO, Nyland
Moderated by: Ralph Welpe, Chairman and CEO, Mirai Capital Partners
Session 3 Roundtable discussion and debrief
Coffee break and networking
Fireside chat: The Geopolitical Effect on Family Enterprise
Sir Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Sergei Guriev, Dean, London Business School
Day Debrief
Networking reception and canapés
The roundtables will be moderated by a selection of expert facilitators.
Chief Technology Officer, Nyland Family Office
Experience
Darren Weston is an accomplished IT professional with over 25 years of experience in IT management, systems architecture, and cybersecurity. As Chief Technology Officer at Nyland, a London-based family office, Darren established the IT function and has led it for over a decade, ensuring robust digital resilience and operational excellence across the family’s diverse initiatives.
Prior to joining Nyland, Darren held key roles at prominent private equity firms, including SVG Capital, SVG Advisers, Schroder Ventures London Limited, and Schroder Ventures Life Sciences. During this time, he delivered transformative infrastructure projects, implemented business continuity processes, and managed complex IT integrations.
What can you expect from the Family Office Conference at LBS? Explore the topics discussed and the line-up of speakers from previous years.
The IEPC supports the development of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial ideas that drive impact, create wealth and advance well-being. The IEPC also conducts research underpinning today’s private capital markets including venture capital, private equity, growth, buyouts, and the broader private capital ecosystem.
A central ambition of the IEPC is to grow our family enterprise linked research, teaching, and events programmes. For us family enterprise covers the full family ownership spectrum, bringing together business owning families with those managing their own single-family offices. We believe the IEPC’s twin strengths of business entrepreneurship and private capital management are central to understanding family enterprise now and into the future.
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