Voice of African Family Business with AFF

Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 conntributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dov Baron is “The Dragonist”. He teaches how to recognize, find, retain and nurture dragons (the top talent) who are hidden in organisations in great volume.

A master storyteller, Dov is considered by many to be one of the leading authorities on actualized leadership. According to Dov, actualized leadership means getting the result you set out to achieve in the most meaningful manner. Outside of speaking and training, he works with a diverse group of leaders and executive teams to build the bonds that create organizational cultures that become Fiercely Loyal. You can’t have loyalty without meaning and in a modern economy you can’t thrive without the retention of top talent. Talent only stay when they feel they are a part of something larger than themselves. All at a time where it is so easy for talent to move on like the wind.

Dov has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers to Hire, and has traveled the world speaking to every kind of group imaginable. He was named as one of the Top 30 Global Leadership Guru's. He is also the bestselling author of several books, including One Red Thread and Fiercely Loyal: How High Performing Companies Develop and Retain Top Talent. Inc. Magazine named his podcast, Fiercely Loyal, as one the top podcast listened to by C-suite exec of Fortune 500 companies. Dov Baron is “The Dragonist”. He teaches us how to recognize, find, retain and nurture dragons (the top talent) who are hidden in our organization in great volume. Learn what Dov has to offer and you too can be a Dragonist in your realm.

Dov creates experiences that give you, your audience and your organization ways of gaining strategic and cultural advantage over the competition. Dragonist, Storyteller, Generator of Meaning.

A master storyteller, Dov is considered by many to be one of the leading authorities on actualized leadership. According to Dov, actualized leadership means getting the result you set out to achieve in the most meaningful manner. Outside of speaking and training, he works with a diverse group of leaders and executive teams to build the bonds that create organizational cultures that become Fiercely Loyal. You can’t have loyalty without meaning and in a modern economy you can’t thrive without the retention of top talent. Talent only stay when they feel they are a part of something larger than themselves. All at a time where it is so easy for talent to move on like the wind.

Dov has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers to Hire, and has traveled the world speaking to every kind of group imaginable. He was named as one of the Top 30 Global Leadership Guru's. He is also the bestselling author of several books, including One Red Thread and Fiercely Loyal: How High Performing Companies Develop and Retain Top Talent. Inc. Magazine named his podcast, Fiercely Loyal, as one the top podcast listened to by C-suite exec of Fortune 500 companies.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Dr Mohar Yusof is the Siti Maya Professorial Chair in Family Business at the Graduate School of Business, UNIRAZAK. He is a skilled researcher and academically qualified educator in the interdisciplinary areas of entrepreneurship, family business, and strategy. 

He is also a trained and professionally qualified financial planner, family business consultant, and family wealth advisor. In the past two decades, he has spent significant time training, coaching, and mentoring almost two thousand novice and nascent entrepreneurs. He believes in walking the talk and has founded and grown several technology and service-oriented ventures. 

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rochelle Clarke, is founder and CEO of Succession Strength, a company that keeps good businesses in business for generations. She contributes to Forbes on the topic of business longevity and continuity.

Part ‘referee’; part strategic guide for entrepreneurs and families in business, Rochelle combines her expertise with that of her team in helping business owners stay in operation from generation to generation by identifying and overcoming communication hurdles and preparing them and the families that support them to thrive through generational change.

Rochelle holds a Master’s degree from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. She is the author of The 5 Critical Succession Conversations: A Comprehensive Guide for The Family Business and has appeared in a number of global publications like The New York Times, Family Office Magazine, Business Leader, The CEO Magazine to name a few.

She can be reached at https://successionstrength.com

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Kicking off our new season of The Family Business Indaba podcast is our co-founder TsiTsi Mutendi explaining the world of family governance.

To learn more about TsiTsi, please visit www.tsitsimutendi.com and www.nhakalegacy.com.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Silvana Mariel Muñoz has been in direct relation with family businesses since was a child by uncles in law businesses, in dairy farm and hotels and supermarkets sectors. She has over 20 years experience in coaching and facilitating business families.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nathaniel Oke is a trained psychotherapist and has been a registered member of the British Association of Counselling Psychotherapy (BACP) for over 12 years. Nathaniel also works as a private psychotherapist, dealing with pertinent mental and emotional issues.

In 2017, Nathaniel founded Talking Therapy Clinic Ltd, a company that deals with providing one to one counselling and psychotherapy to all ages and groups. Talking Therapy Clinic also provides general and bespoke workshops and training for professionals in a myriad of fields using counselling skills and principles to improve professionals’ ability in building relationships with their service users.

Talking Therapy Clinic has also created a unique perpetrator awareness programme, to tackle the ever-increasing domestic abuse epidemic. This programme offers one-to-one and group counselling to perpetrators with the aim of changing their behaviours.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anne Wambui Gaitha is a Global Trade & Investment Expert, focusing on Global Trade, Investment Banking & Investment Management in Africa and is also a Wealth & Business Coach. Anne brings expertise in understanding how global wealth is created and creating value for organizations by assisting them in growing successful global brands.

Anne is also the Founder of The Regal Africa Group. Regal Africa is a diversified financial services firm that offers Advisory and Real Estate Services to Businesses, Individuals, Institutions and Governments in East Africa. Regal Africa works with family business clients to help them Plan, Grow, Manage their personal and business wealth as they create generational wealth and ensure that they leave a legacy for future generations.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joshua Nacht is a senior consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group and works with business families to leverage their strengths by focusing on effective governance, communication, and transitions. He is adept at working with multigenerational families to integrate diverse perspectives and create strong ownership groups by developing structured plans for continuityJoshua is an active collaborator and thought leader in the field and is a co-author of numerous articles. He has presented on a range of issues including next-generation leadership development, having multiple roles, incorporating married-ins, and creating generational cohorts. His new book Family Champions and Champion Families explores the value of family leaders in creating enduring business family success.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Between 6 April 2020 and 27 April 2020, AFF held FB 21 - a virtual global family business conference with 86 contributors from all over the world. The theme was "Reinventing and Rebooting Family Businesses", aimed to bring positive tools to help you through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Onyekachi ("Kachi") is the Director for International Business Development, West Africa at IE University, Spain. Through her role, she directs the business strategy for the institution in West Africa, opening new markets and managing the commercial and operational business of the institution in the region. Prior to this, she was a corporate banker for several years at a leading bank in Nigeria. Subsequently, she ran her client services business focused on real estate development and small business consulting.

Kachi has a B.Sc in Economics from the University of Lagos and an MBA from IE Business School, Spain. She is passionate about supporting people to reach their full potential.

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