Business Families Centre Events

Leading Family Firms, “A Roadmap for Success”

The Business Families Centre at Ivey is pleased to invite you to our Fourth Annual Leading Family Firms (LFF) program on February 3rd and 4th, 2011 at the Spencer Leadership Centre in London Ontario. Please see the full event details HERE.

6th Annual National Family Business Day Celebration, 2009

In partnership with the Business Families Centre at the Richard Ivey School of Business on Thursday, October 22nd 2009 in London Ontario from 8:00am - 12:00pm at the historic London Hunt and Country Club.  Keynote Speaker: David Bork, one of the world’s leaders in the field of counseling family business.  Please see the official invitation HERE.

National Family Business Day, 2008

On Wednesday, October 22, Hartley Richardson, seventh family president, James Richardson & Sons, and his cousin, Carolyn Richardson Hursh, Chairman of the Board, shared the joys, challenges and secrets to success of family business at the 5th annual National Family Business Day celebration hosted by the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFE) Southwestern Ontario and the Business Families Centre at the Richard Ivey School of Business. See a full album of pictures on our Facebook Page HERE.

(l to r) David Simpson, BFC Director; Carolyn Richardson Hursh, Chairman of the Board, James Richardson & Sons;
 Hartley Richardson, seventh family president, James Richardson & Sons; Larry Wynant, Acting Dean, Richard Ivey School of Business.

Launch of the Business Families Centre, May 2005

(l. to r.) Entrepreneur Philippe de Gaspe Beaubien; Dean Carol Stephenson; David Simpson, BFC Director