Alliance & Partners

An alliance or partnership with the Family Business Network is more than just an event sponsorship. It is a way of demonstrating long term support for Families in Business and interest in their sustainable business model. The following alliances and partners have shown continuous commitment to the Family Business Network and its members.

Global Alliance



PricewaterhouseCoopers ('PwC') is the world's largest professional services network. For more than a century, we have developed dedicated resources that focus on tax compliance and planning, business advisory, accounting and audit for small and medium-sized businesses and their owners. Our philosophy is simple: we work with clients to add value, channelling our specialised knowledge through our lines of service and industry-specialised practices to provide professional services based on quality and integrity. Whether we are helping a family grow its business, advising the management team on how to enter new markets or helping deal with issues that arise when passing a business from one generation to the next, we can draw on the skills and knowledge of more than 155,000 people in 150 countries.

Preferred Partners



IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, offers the longest-running family-business program in the world: Leading the Family Business (LFB). IMD knows how families learn best, individually and as a group. We help families and their key managers construct effective platforms for a sustainable future. LFB is an opportunity for a family in business to:
Understand family business challenges and how to manage critical issues
Probe critical issues facing family businesses: growth, governance, succession and culture
Benchmark best practices and network to improve understanding of what makes family businesses successful

IMD is recognized as one of the world leaders in executive education. For over 60 years IMD has worked with leading global companies to develop and retain management talent. IMD is the “global meeting place”: the most international of business schools worldwide. IMD offers learning based on innovative and highly relevant research: learning that can be applied to business challenges - immediately. This is IMD's "Real World. Real Learning" approach.




ABN AMRO Private Banking is the international wealth-management division of ABN AMRO Bank, and offers investment products and solutions from its locations in 12 countries worldwide, from Asia to the Middle East and Western Europe.

We provide our high-net-worth clients with services tailored to their particular circumstances and priorities, including investment advisory services, discretionary portfolio management, financial planning and international estate planning. Where personal and professional financial needs overlap, we will offer the unique Enterprise & Entrepreneur concept to entrepreneurs, their families and their businesses.