Family Office Conference at LBS

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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 addressed to a select group of single-family office principals and the families that they support.
The conference brings together principals and senior executives in a confidential setting without interference from service providers or entities with commercial interests. Participants will be exposed to leading academic and practitioner insights and will engage in joint learning and network building. The first Family Office Conference at LBS, organised by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital, took place in February 2023 and covered a wide array of timely topics relevant to business families from addressing their positioning in today´s society, family dynamics and governance to investment related themes.
The programme for the conference has been generously guided by a steering group comprising of single-family offices and multi-generational business owning families. With thanks for the generous support of the following families and single-family offices in developing our conference programme: Alex Scott, Pentland Group, Mary Oppenheimer Daughters, CP Holdings, Ordway Selections, Grosvenor Family Office, Wates Family Office, Hambleden Capital and Cayzer Trust Company.
What is in it for you?
Safe space environment - We are committed to deliver an environment where participants can meet other families and explore innovative ideas without the distractions of service providers*.
Interactive and collaborative space - We will create an interactive and collaborative space for participants. Short panel discussions will be followed by structured and spontaneous small group discussions, ensuring the active participation of all.
Thought leadership - We will include practitioner talks and insights shared by LBS faculty working at the forefront of global business research and providing leading academic expertise.
Knowledge sharing - We will enable facilitated conversations where participants can share their experiences and discuss solutions to common problems. Facilitators will provide summary write ups after the conference.
Networking - We will provide wide opportunities throughout the day to network with your peers from other Family Offices.
*Disclaimer: This year’s conference was sponsored by Schroders, a global family office and private asset investment specialist. Schroders participated in a supporting and non-commercial capacity.
Admission is reserved for family members, principals of single-family offices and senior family office leadership (CEO, CFO, COO).
Due to the nature of our event, applicants who provide advisory services, raise capital or work for an entity that provides a service/product to wealthy individuals will not be admitted.
This is an invitation only paid event with General Admission tickets costing £950. A ten percent discount is offered to LBS students and alumni.
Ticket sales for this year's conference have ended as we've reached capacity. Please register your interest below for next year's event.
Hear about the latest trends and developments in private debt, family office partnerships, democratization of private equity investments, venture capital, and technology investing.
Sponsored by Schroders. Your partner for Private Assets and Family Office Services.
During the first day, a series of leading academics and practitioners will present insights and hypotheses, followed by facilitated round table discussions where participants discuss their experiences and perspectives. This learning will be captured and disseminated ad hoc and in summary proceeds.
Please see a preliminary agenda below:
Opening remarks:
Welcome remarks:
Session 1: 5 leadership skills for the future
London Business School
Session 1 Roundtable discussion and debrief
Coffee break and networking
Session 2: New investment paradigms in family office management
Session 2 Roundtable discussion and debrief
Lunch
Session 3: Philanthropy and impact investing and the role of business families in society
Session 3 Roundtable discussion and debrief
Keynote: Influencing the Deal
Coffee break and networking
Session 4: Developing the next generation of family enterprise leaders
Session 4 Roundtable discussion and debrief
Keynote Macroeconomics trends
Helene Rey, Lord Raj Bagri Professor of Economics, London Business School
Day debrief
Conference dinner
The second day will offer a series of parallel, self-selected break out groups organised in three morning sessions. It will cover both academic thinking and case studies from a select group of FOs on additional issues that are of interest to participants.
When registering, participants will have the option to choose from topics including:
The most popular topics will be selected to form the sessions for day 2.
Please see a preliminary agenda below:
Registration and buffet breakfast
Opening remarks
Moderated sessions – Introduction
Moderated session 1
Why We Tolerate Dishonesty in a Post-Truth World - Daniel Effron, Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Break
Moderated session 2
Moderated sessions 3
Lunch at LBS
Chairman, Schroders Family Office Service and Joint Life President, The Institute for Family Business (UK)
Executive Director, Pentland Group
Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Guest Lecturer, London Business School
Charles Handy Chair in Organisational Behaviour and Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Chairman and Managing Partner, Ordway Selections and Ordway Capital
Criminologist and Prison Philanthropist
Non - Executive Director, Schroders
Head of Impact and Philanthropy, Cazenove Capital
Professor of Organisational Behaviour; Chair, PhD Programme
Professor of Accounting, Chair Accounting Faculty, Academic Director at Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital
Dean
Lord Bagri Professor of Economics
Principal, 100% Sustainability
Partner & Head of Philanthropy, C. Hoare & Co.
Leadership Advisor and Business Coach
President of GiveDirectly
Founder of the Franks Family Foundation
Chief Executive Officer of GMSP Foundation
Co-Founder & CEO, Supernova
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.
Successful family enterprises play an integral role within the entrepreneurial and funding ecosystems.
Learn moreFor any event enquiries please email us at the address below.