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Alexis du Roy and the challenges of running the world’s biggest association of family businesses

Members of FBN and IMD after renewing their relationship this October. Alexis du Roy is on the right sitting down. The others are, standing from the left, Jean-François Manzoni (former Dean of IMD), Farhad Forbes (former chair of FBN), Peter Vogel (IMD Professor of Family Business); Sitting, David Bach (new Dean of IMD), Alfonso Libano Daurella (new chair of FBN)

Twelve years ago, few outside of a select group of family businesses had heard of the Swiss-based Family Business Network. But back then, those who knew about the global association might have viewed it as closed, perhaps even unfriendly. 

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