Testimonials
"I found the program both meaningful and insightful. Meeting people facing similar challenges gave me new perspectives and a deeper understanding of issues within my own family and work. This benefited not only me, but also my family, because I returned with new perspectives."
Lovisa Cavalli Wallenberg
HR Business Partner – People Planning and Analytics, at Wallenberg Investments AB, Sweden
"We decided to join IMD’s Leading Your Family Business program as a family to share our points of view and build the next steps of our succession plan. It had a real impact on how we should take action for the future."
Ludovic Poulain,
Industrial Director, Groupe CB, France
"The program offers quite a holistic approach to addressing family business issues. Some of the challenges are now, for me, an opportunity. I will be coming back to my family looking at those not as a challenge or a constraint, but as an opportunity for innovation."
Myriam Nassar
Director International Business Development, Portugal
"We can easily get caught up in our business at home and miss out on what is essential. Leading your Family Business has been a real turning point for my family – for the way we perceive life and the bigger purpose and picture of things. I think anyone who is starting up a family business or has been involved in one for several generations can gain so much from this program."
Patricia Escaler
Director, All Asian Countertrade, Philippines
"This program has made a huge impact – not just on a family business level but on our family as a whole. In just a week, there has already been a significant change in everyone who attended, and it’s exciting to see what more will be implemented because of this. It’s the best thing that could have happened to our business."
Geoffrey Larson
4th Generation, Wagstaff, Inc., United States
"A very rewarding experience! The program is a meeting point for family businesses from different sectors, complexity and geographies. A magnificent learning opportunity, where everyone learns from each other, under the expert direction of the IMD academic team."
Montserrat Carulla
2nd Generation, Agrolimen family, Spain
"Truly fantastic and highly relevant. Finally, an organized and well-structured approach dealing with all the challenges facing us as a family and business entity."
Henrik Topsoe
CEO, Haldor Topsoe Holding A/S, Denmark
"The benefits of the LFB program for me are twofold. First, the lectures provide the theory and frameworks that clarify the complex systems and dynamics present in family businesses. More importantly, the program provides a space for dialogue between family members as well as culturally diverse peers from around the globe facing similar challenges."
Khristine Consunji
3rd Generation, David Mendoza Consunji family, Philippines
