SPEAKERS

Peter Leach, Peter Leach Associates
Christopher Oughtred, G5 of William Jackson Food Group Ltd.

How to Successfully Adapt Governance Over Six Generations – A Case Study

You can hire somebody to run the business, but you can’t hire someone to run the family – that’s your job.

Christopher Oughtred should know. As the former G5 Chair of the UK’s William Jackson Food Group, he has helped to steer the family and the business through not one, but two generational transitions. Whether dealing with family tensions, poor communication between the generations, lack of engagement among new shareholders, Christopher, and his family have created solutions that have reconciled continuity with necessary change.

Join Christopher and family business advisor Peter Leach for this interactive workshop to explore the challenges and opportunities that families in business must navigate in every generation to adapt their governance, decision-making, and communication if they are to grow in strength and success into the future

Speaker Bio

Christopher Oughtred is a director of the William Jackson Food Group Ltd., one of the United Kingdom’s largest food groups, originally founded in 1851. One of five fifth-generation family members who worked in the family’s business, the William Jackson Food Group was recognized in 2017 with the Ernst and Young Family Business Award for Excellence in the UK. Christopher, a life patron, and former chair of governors at Pocklington School was also a founding trustee and director of the Institute for Family Business.

Peter Leach has more than 30 years of experience advising multigenerational family enterprises. Previously Peter was the founder and leader of the private client practice group for a big four accounting firm in London. Now in private practice, he is also a Special Advisor to BDT & Company.

Event Details

Monday, June 6, 2022
1:15 pm Sign-in
1:30–4:30 pm Workshop

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