Family Firm Institute Awards Educational Scholarships to Recipients from Brazil, India, Singapore, and the United States
The Family Firm Institute Global Education Network (GEN) scholarships are highly competitive and provide recipients with online education and professional designations in family business and family wealth advising. This year, five scholarships were awarded to individuals from around the world.
BOSTON, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Family Firm Institute Global Education Network (FFIGEN 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 Luciana Lucena de Lima, a global senior advisor with more than 15 years of experience advising ultra-high-net-worth families. She comes from a family business in Brazil.
Crystal, The Private Group of Alliant is one of the world's leading strategic risk and insurance advisers, assisting clients in protecting their legacies and planning for the future. The scholarship is for next-gen family business members who would like to formalize their learning on the family enterprise.
The de Visscher & Co. Scholarship was awarded to Mita Dixit, a co-founder, director, and family business adviser at Equations Advisors Private Limited, India. She is a researcher, academician, and case writer, as well as an adviser with expertise in guiding business-owning family governance, next-gen transition, conflict management, and succession planning.
de Visscher & Co. is an independent financial adviser to business owning families and closely held businesses worldwide. The de Visscher & Co. scholarship is designed for next generation consultants and advisers in the field.
Waesche Family Scholarship was awarded to Shilpa Mirchandani, who serves as the Senior Wealth Planner for the Wealth Planning Group at City National Bank in Beverly Hills. Shilpa provides comprehensive wealth planning services to families, taking into consideration their values, goals, family history, and dynamics.
D. Randolph Waesche, FFI Fellow, is president and CEO of Resource Management, LLC, 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 Waesche Family Scholarship is the charitable arm of Resource Management, LLC, a family-owned Registered Investment Advisory Firm specializing in helping family enterprises transition ownership and wealth through the generations.
The AlTouq Group Scholarship was awarded to Esther Kong, CFBA, is the deputy director of the Business Families Institute @ Singapore Management University (BFI@SMU). She is also an executive committee member of the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group. This scholarship is for those who wish to pursue an FFI GEN Advanced Certificate.
The AlTouq Group is a Saudi Arabian Family Office established in the 1970s as an investment vehicle for the AlTouq family. It has grown into a sophisticated local and international investor with global revenue generating asset base. The annual scholarship aims to support family business practitioners or next-gen family members, committed to the field of family enterprise.
Fitzpatrick & Francis Family Business Continuity Foundation Scholarship was awarded to Elaine King, CFBA, a professional with expertise in international family financial planning and the founder of Family and Money Matters™. She is a Florida Supreme Court Family Mediator and a Certified Coach from the University of Miami (ICF).
Fitzpatrick & Francis Family Business Continuity Foundation is dedicated to providing financial support for the training and education of family business advisers either through grants directly to individuals or to institutions that provide education and training to individuals. The scholarship was established to further its mission of ensuring that family businesses receive the best possible advice as they plan to successfully transfer ownership and leadership of their enterprise from one generation to the next. Recipients must have already completed a GEN certificate.
FFI is grateful to the generous organizations who provide financial support through these scholarships. More information about creating a scholarship or applying for the 2019 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 http://www.ffigen.org/pages/scholarships.
To learn more about the FFI GEN program, go to http://www.ffigen.org.
SOURCE Family Firm Institute
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