Family Firm Institute Announces 2018 Achievement Awards in the Field of Family Enterprise

BOSTON, Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Family Firm Institute (FFI) announces the recipients of the 2018 Awards for Achievement. These awards, presented at the Awards Ceremony and Closing Festivities at the 2018 Annual Global Conference in London, England, are as follows:

Richard Beckhard Practice Award to Kirby Rosplock

The Beckhard Award honors a founding FFI member and distinguished practitioner in the family business field. It recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of family business practice.

An FFI Fellow and member of the Global Education Network (GEN) faculty, Rosplock is a recognized consultant, researcher, innovator, adviser, author, facilitator, and speaker in the family business and family office realms. As the founder of Tamarind Partners, a research, advisory, and consultancy practice that works with families, advisers, and institutions connected to the family office market, she provides leading edge insights and knowledge into the family office domain.

Barbara Hollander Award to Caro Rock

The Barbara Hollander Award was created to honor the founder and first president of FFI by perpetuating her profound interest in family business and her love for education and learning.

Caro Rock is the publisher of Family Business magazine, one of America's leading journals on the challenges facing family-run enterprises. She is the daughter-in-law of the magazine's founder, the late Milton Rock. An experienced publisher, she holds a degree from Tulane University. Family Business Publishing Company is a multigenerational media and investment firm and is the publisher of the highly regarded 11-volume Family Business Handbook Series, an in-depth and essential reference work on key family business topics.

Interdisciplinary Award to Andrew Keyt.

The Interdisciplinary Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the advancement of interdisciplinary
services to business families.

Andrew Keyt, FFI Fellow, is president and founder of Keyt Consulting, a private firm that assists family enterprises with succession and strategic planning, dealing with family conflict and communication, working with adult sibling / cousin teams, and executing emergency management transitions. The former executive director of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center, where he now serves as clinical professor, he is also the president of Family Business Network – North America (FBN-NA), a leading network for business-owning families worldwide.

International Award to the El Agamy Family

The International Award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding achievement in furthering the understanding of family business issues which occur between two or more countries.

Dr. Hischam El Agamy has been working with family businesses as a strategic education solutions provider for almost 30 years. Ten years ago, he was joined in his business by his two eldest daughters Farida and Ramia, and three years ago his youngest daughter Shereen joined the family business. In 2008, he felt compelled to make a more marked commitment to the family business knowledge field by founding Tharawat Magazine, a global publication for business families. In addition to the magazine, the El Agamy family business group established the Tharawat Family Business Forum, a premier network for family businesses in the Middle East, as well as the Women in Family Business Initiative that is active globally.

About the Family Firm Institute:
FFI's mission is to be the most influential global network of thought-leaders in the field of family enterprise. We provide research-based learning and relevant tools for advisors and consultants, academics and family enterprise members to drive success.

Professionals, educators and researchers as well as family enterprise members from nearly 80 countries across the globe belong to FFI. Together they create the oldest and most prestigious multidisciplinary professional association for family enterprise in the world.

SOURCE Family Firm Institute