Conference Speakers
This is a list of business owners, researchers and policy makers from different countries who will participate as speakers. The list is continuously updated.
Project Manager, HQ Bank, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track D Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Financial perspectives, ”Reflections from an investor”
President, European Family Businesses – GEEF, Finland
Sessions: Day 2, Plenary 4, Ownership transfer: Future needs and actions
Head Tax Policy Department Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Chairman Tax Policy Group Business Europe, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track A Tax and law issues in ownership transfers: Critical tax issues, ”Transfer of businesses – progress, status quo or backlash in the European member states”
Day 1, Plenary 2, Influence of taxes on Ownership Transfers
Chairman and owner, Mellby GĂĄrd AB, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Plenary 2, Influence of taxes on ownership transfers
Professor, Cox Family Enterprise Centre, Kennesaw State University, US
Sessions: Day 2, Plenary 3, Success factors in ownership transfer
Vice Chairman Indiska Magasinet, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track B Critical issues in transfer processes: Succession as role transitions
Ph.D Candidate, London School of Economics, UK
Sessions: Day 1, Track C Next generation and ownership transfer: Social and psychological space for the next generation, ”Emotional ownership: The next generation’s relationship with the family firm”
Chairman, Bonnier Family Foundation
Executive Vice President Dagens Industri
Sessions: Day 2, Plenary 3, Success factors in ownership transfer, ”Bonnier, a long history of transfers of ownership”
Professor, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track C Next generation and ownership transfer: Social and psychological space for the next generation
Day 2, Track C Next generation and ownership transfer: Competence development for new owners/managers
Director General, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Plenary 4, Closing remarks
Professor, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Sessions: Day 1, Track D Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Financial perspectives, ”Ownership fragmentation and family firms performance. The role of private banking”
Lawyer, Taylor Wessing, London, UK
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
Director General, Institute for Family Business
Sessions: Day 1, Plenary 2 Influence of taxes on ownership transfers, ”Transfer of ownership: the situation for UK family firms”
Lawyer, BGS Law, Paris, France
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
Ph.D Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, US
Sessions: Day 1, Track D Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Financial perspectives, ”Family firms in the eye of private equity companies”
CEO Indiska Magasinet, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track B Critical issues in transfer processes: Succession as role transitions
Ph.D, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track B Critical issues in transfer processes: Succession as role transitions
Dr, Corporate Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Germany
Sessions: Day 1, Track A Tax and law issues in ownership transfers: Critical tax issues, Transfer of business to next generation – Recent developments in Germany
Research Fellow, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track D, Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Growth implications
Lawyer, Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
Chairman of the Board, Kinnarps Holding AB.
Sessions: Day 2, Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Ownership and governance changes
Dr, Executive Director FBN Sweden, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Track D, Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Financial perspectives”
Day 2, Track C, Next generation and ownership transfer: Competence development for new owners/managers, ”Family Business Management Academy – a Swedish education centre for family businesses”
Prof. Dr. Chair for Family Business, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
Sessions: Day 2, Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Ownership and governance changes
Chairman, SME-committee, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Planery 1, Welcome and opening of the conference
Professor, University of Antwerpen, Belgium
Sessions: Day 2, Track D, Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Growth implications, ”Transfer of family businesses and its impact on firm’s debt and growth rate”
Attorney, Eubelius, Belgium
Sessions: Day 2, Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Ownership and governance changes
Lawyer, Ros Petit, Barcelona, Spain
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
professor, managing director of the Dutch Centre for Family Businesses, Netherlands
Sessions: Day 1, Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Succession as role transitions
Professor, Centre for Family Enterprise and Ownership, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Planery 1, Introduction to conference theme
Chairman, MELLERIO dits MELLER, France
Sessions: Day 1, Track A Tax and law issues in ownership transfers: Critical tax issues, The situation in France for transfer of ownership in family companies
Dr, Lawyer, Moldován & Co, Hungary
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
Associate Professor, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track D, Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Growth implications
Managing Director, Confidentum Ltd, Finland
Sessions: Day 2, Track C Next generation and ownership transfer: Competence development for new owners/managers
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Sweden
Photo: Pawel Flato
Sessions: Day 1, Plenary 2 Influence of taxes on ownership transfers, ”The Swedish view”
President, American Family Institute, US
Sessions: Day 1, Track A Tax and law issues in ownership transfers: Critical tax issues, ”The importance of family businesses in the US and the death tax.”
Ph.D, Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterray, Mexico
Sessions: Day 2, Plenary 3, Success factors in ownership transfer, ”Transfer of ownership in family businesses and the abolition of taxes”
Paul-Chr. Rieber, President of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), Norway
Sessions: Day 1, Plenary 2 Influence of taxes on ownership transfers, ”The discussion on transfer of ownership in Norway”
Lawyer, Castrén & Snellman, Finland
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
Head of European Commission Representation in Sweden
Sessions: Day 1, Planery 1, Ownership transfer – a European perspective
Ph.D, University of Urbino, Italy
Sessions: Day 1, Track C Next generation and ownership transfer: Social and psychological space for the next generation, ”Gender in the Next Generation: Does It Matter? Some Italien Empirical Evidence on Daughters’ Pathways in family firms.”
Dr, Lawyer, SKW Schwartz, Germany
Sessions: Day 2, Track A, Tax and law issues in ownership transfer: European experiences from a business law perspective
Information Officer, Spendrups Bryggeri AB, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track C, Next generation and ownership transfer: Competence development for new owners/managers
Spendrups, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track C, Next generation and ownership transfer: Competence development for new owners/managers
Partner Berte Group, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track C, Next generation and ownership transfer: Competence development for new owners/managers.
Pernilla Ström, Conference Moderator
Economist, Board member and Columnist
Sessions: Day 1, Plenary 1
Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Succession as role transitions
Plenary 2, Influence of taxes on ownership transfers
Day 2, Plenary 3, Success factors in ownership transfer
Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Ownership and governance changes
Plenary 4
Associate Professor, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track B, Critical issues in transfer processes: Ownership and governance changes, ”Transfer of ownership and leadership within the family – The agony of an incumbent”
Mag., KMU Forschung/Austrian Institute for SME Research, Austria
Sessions: Day 2, Track D, Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Growth implications
Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics and Imperial College, Sweden
Sessions: Day 2, Track D, Consequences of ownership transfer for the business firm: Growth implications, ”The effects of firm ownership transitions on economic growth and job creation: preliminary findings form a longitudinal population study”
Consultant, Policy Advisor, Scantech Strategy Advisors
Sessions: Day 1, Track A Tax and law issues in ownership transfers: Critical tax issues