Introduction

The Governance & Wealth Management Programme — Strategies for Large & Corporate Family Businesses uniquely bridges this gap by offering a unified, single-source framework.

Delivered by Strathmore University Business School in partnership with Standard Chartered, Adili Group, ALN Kenya, Anjarwalla & Khanna, and the Association of Family Business Enterprises, this initiative provides the exact blueprints, coaching, and elite networks required to safeguard multi-generational legacies.

Programme Objectives

The goal of this intensive course is to equip established multi-generational family enterprises with actionable frameworks to:

• Institutionalize Governance: Transition from informal arrangements to formal, legally binding family and business governance structures.
• Resolve Generational Friction: Master advanced negotiation and conflict-resolution techniques to align competing family interests seamlessly.
• Secure Family Wealth: Safeguard and scale multi-generational wealth through robust risk-mitigation and financial continuity strategies.

Target Participants

Admission requires a review and interview with the Academic Director, strictly targeting large-scale enterprises that fit the following criteria:

• Multi-Generational Founders & Successors: Leaders operating past the second generation who need to structure leadership transitions without risking operational stability.
• Governed Board Members: Active family and non-family directors seeking to align overall corporate strategy with core family values.
• High-Turnover Enterprises: Senior leadership teams from mature family firms maintaining a minimum annual turnover of USD 1 million.
• C-Suite Executives: Non-family professional leaders managing large operations who require deep insight into complex family ownership dynamics.

Key Focus Areas

The curriculum is organized across three foundational modules:

• Family Governance & Strategy: Establishing formal family councils, drafting binding constitutions, and setting up structured communication channels.
• Business Governance & Strategy: Constructing active board structures, defining corporate direction, and embedding institutional conflict resolution frameworks.
• Wealth Management & Continuity: Protecting, scaling, and transferring multi-generational financial assets using robust risk-mitigation and legal structures.

Key Benefits

Participants will exit the programme with immediate, exclusive access to high-value corporate assets:

• Bespoke Family Constitution Blueprint: A comprehensive, customizable legal framework to guide family decision-making, asset distribution, and dispute resolution.
• Exclusive Executive Network: Lifetime entry into a elite peer community of large-scale family business owners across the region.
• Proprietary Wealth Assessment Tools: Analytical financial toolkits engineered to benchmark asset protection and assess succession readiness.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the conclusion of the programme, participants will master the following capabilities:

• Design Active Boards: Construct independent, fully functioning boards of directors that balance core family values with commercial performance.
• Resolve Interpersonal Friction: Apply advanced negotiation techniques to settle internal disputes and align competing generational interests seamlessly.
• Structure Financial Legacies: Implement legal asset protection mechanisms that safeguard enterprise continuity and wealth across generations.

Programme Impact

The strategic return on investment spans three distinct organizational levels:

• Individual: Leaders gain personal clarity, enhanced negotiation capabilities, and confidence as stewards of a lasting legacy.
• Team: Executive leadership benefits from reduced friction, transparent communication, and unified alignment behind long-term goals.
• Organization: The enterprise secures robust business continuity, heightened financial resilience, and an institutionalized structure appealing to global partners.

Programme Delivery

• Format & Timeline: A highly intensive 5-day in-person course, followed by a dedicated two-month period of structured family mentoring and coaching.
• Methodology: Interactive dialogue, modern multimedia, real-world African case studies, and an exclusive roundtable with top industry practitioners.

Faculty

Sessions are facilitated by a seasoned, cross-cultural team of world-renowned family business practitioners, legal experts, and financial strategists.

The faculty combines deep local expertise in the African corporate landscape with global insights derived from top-tier international family business societies.

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