INSEAD Family Business

Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer is CEO of Schweizer World Group and is sixth generation of the business family. The Schweizer family has entrepreneurial roots in Germany that go back to 1849. Schweizer World Group is a portfolio management company and a family office. It is also the Schweizer family’s international corporate venture capital and private equity arm comprising 34 companies. Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer has been the CEO of the family’s operating company Schweizer Electronic for 10 years as well as serving on the board. She used to work in the aviation industry, is a certified pilot and has been a type rating examiner on the Falcon 2000 aircraft. Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer holds board positions in various non-family related businesses worldwide and is mentoring startups, SMEs and individuals. She is based in Singapore. Dr. Maren Celine Schweizer shares her inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll, and discusses how to navigate generational transitions, manage family dynamics, create next generation journeys, structure family governance, and make strategic choices to safeguard the family legacy in a dynamic global environment.   INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learns from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership.   Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family EnterpriseAbout our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the WorldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Keyth Pisani is the second generation of the family enterprise Corinthia Group, which is a leading international hotel developer, investor, and operator. It was founded in Malta in 1962 when Keyth’s father Alfred Pisani opened a restaurant. The family developed the restaurant into a hotel in 1968, and the Corinthia hospitality and real estate portfolio has expanded internationally since then. Today, the holding company's overall activities span more than 24 hotels and employ over 5,000 people worldwide. The diverse portfolio has surpassed 3 billion Euros. Keyth is an INSEAD alum, an INSEAD Certified Director (referred to as IDP-C) and completed the INSEAD International Directors Program (IDP). He is a board member of IDN, the INSEAD Directors Network. Keyth shares his inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll, and discusses how to navigate generational transitions, manage family dynamics, create new leadership journeys, structure family governance, and make strategic choices to safeguard the legacy in a dynamic global environment. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learns from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership.   Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family EnterpriseAbout our programs: INSEAD Family Business ProgramsPodcast overview: INSEAD Family BusinessFollow us: LinkedInRead more: INSEAD - The Business School for the WorldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Séverine Mulliez and Séverine Tapié-Mulliez are cousins and members of the Mulliez family - one of the largest French business families known for their entrepreneurial spirit and culture. The family controls the sportswear retail brand Decathlon, hypermarket chain Auchan and Leroy Merlin, a home improvement and gardening retail brand – to name just a few of the companies that you may have heard about. Séverine and Séverine play active roles in the family holding company representing more than 1600 descendants. Founded in the north of France in 1903 as a small business in textile manufacturing, Mulliez successfully developed its business into many industries and sectors. Today, the activities span more than 150 companies and brands, employing around 615,000 people worldwide. All are organized in Association Familiale Mulliez (AFM), the holding company of the family. Mulliez has a rich, fascinating history and heritage, and it is one of Europe’s legacy business families. Séverine and Séverine share their inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll. They discuss how to navigate generational transitions, manage family dynamics and generational wealth, foster multiple entrepreneurial journeys, structure governance across many family members, and make strategic value-based choices across dynamic industries to bring change and impact as an influential family holding company. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations on how to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learn from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. He is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership. Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise About our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the World Podcast produced by Martin Franklin | East Coast Studio www.eastcoaststudio.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Priscilla de Moustier is part of the Wendel family, and CEO of the family holding Wendel-Participations with 1300 family shareholders, created in 1871. Founded in the Lorraine region in the east of France in 1704, the Wendel Group developed its business over more than 300 years including 270 years in iron and steel. Wendel later turned its focus to long-term investing, establishing itself as a pioneer in private equity. Today it is one of Europe’s important listed investment firms, working at the intersection of industry and finance. Since 1997, Priscilla de Moustier has also supervised Wendel’s involvement in the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise. Priscilla shares her inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll, and discusses how to navigate generational transitions, manage family dynamics, structure governance across numerous stakeholders, motivate and involve the next generation, and the role of women in leadership. Priscilla holds an MBA from INSEAD. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations on how to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learn from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership. Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise About our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the World Podcast produced by Martin Franklin | East Coast Studio www.eastcoaststudio.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Linda Wes is the third generation of the family enterprise, Bons & Evers Group which was founded by her grandfather and 3 co-founders from another family in the Netherlands in 1949. For 3 generations, the company has been a player in the non-ferrous metals industry. The company has a rich history and legacy with extensive experience and expertise in hot forging and the machining of aluminium, brass, and copper alloys. In 2019, the private equity firm, Bencis Capital Partners, acquired a stake in the company. The third generation is now represented by Linda Wes, her sister, and several cousins belonging to the Bons family. There are other family members on the Evers family side as well. Linda shares her inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll, and discusses how to navigate generational transitions, work with private equity shareholders, balance family dynamics and governance across family branches, and empower women in leadership. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations on how to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learn from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership. Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise About our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the World Podcast produced by Martin Franklin | East Coast Studio www.eastcoaststudio.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marie and Valentine Barbier-Mueller are the third generation of their family enterprise Société Privée de Gérance which was founded in Geneva by their grandfather in 1960. For 3 generations, the company has been a major player in the real estate market in French-speaking Switzerland. Backed by its rich history and the expertise of its 230 employees, the company offers a wide range of specialized real estate services from rental management, to brokerage, real estate development, environment and energy optimisation, construction management and renovation. Since 2023, Marie Barbier-Mueller and Valentine Barbier-Mueller have been co-leading the SPG Group based in Geneva embodying a family tradition while injecting a culture of innovation into the real estate realm. Marie and Valentine share their inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll and episode guest host Alexandra Jequier from AvS Advisors. They discuss how to develop CEO leadership roles, manage board and business family relationships, work together as sisters, the role of female leaders, and how generation leaders can successfully prepare for their future journeys. INSEAD Family Business is celebrating International Women’s Day 2024 and has dedicated a series of podcasts featuring female leaders who are making an impact in family business. The podcast series is brought in collaboration with AvS Advisors. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations on how to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learn from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership. Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise About our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the World Podcast produced by Martin Franklin | East Coast Studio www.eastcoaststudio.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sylvie Khau is the third generation of her family enterprise L’Excellence Diamond which was founded in Cambodia in 1950. The company has a rich history, legacy, and unique heritage, encompassing all aspects of a precious gemstone’s journey: from gem mining, wholesale, to jewellery crafting in the tradition of fine French artisanship. The third generation is now represented by Sylvie Khau and her sister Sophie Khau. They are based in Singapore where they also opened an exclusive showroom in 2014. Sylvie Khau shares her inspiring story with podcast editor & host Martin Roll, and discusses how to navigate generational transitions, adapt to changing business dynamics and embrace innovation to stay relevant. Leading the legacy forward is all about balancing the past, present and future, and Sylvie shares her insights and amazing personal journey as a third generation leader. INSEAD Family Business aims to inspire family business leaders, professionals, and the next generations on how to build and foster long-term success, legacy, and impact of family businesses. Join Martin Roll as he features prominent guests and learn from the diversity of topics that matter most for the long-term management and success of family businesses across generations. Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow at the INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise and a global family business & family office expert. INSEAD Family Business explores perspectives and insights, and features some of the best global practices in family business leadership. Overview: INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise About our programs: INSEAD Family Business Programs Podcast overview: INSEAD Family Business Follow us: LinkedIn Read more: INSEAD - The Business School for the World Podcast produced by Martin Franklin | East Coast Studio www.eastcoaststudio.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.