Today’s FFI Practitioner features a podcast on “Technology, Family Offices, and Investing for the Future” with Aaron Vaccaro, president of Singularity. In his conversation with interviewer Jordan Rich, Aaron discusses exponential technologies and their importance to the success of multi-generational family enterprises. His colleague, Rob Nail, entrepreneur, coach, and former CEO of Singularity, will open the FFI conference on October 29 with a keynote presentation on “Exponential Thinking and the Multi-Generational Family Enterprise: Innovation, Technology, and the Future.”

Since taking the role of president for Singularity in 2023, Aaron Vaccaro has led the management team in executing Singularity’s mission of educating, inspiring, and empowering leaders to create breakthroughs powered by exponential technology. Prior to joining Singularity, Aaron was Vice President at WestRiver Group, a global innovation investment platform and the lead investor in Singularity since 2016, where he remains an operating partner.

FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with guests Jamie Yuenger from StoryKeep and Lisabeth “Betsy” Sugahara from Fairfield-Maxwell Ltd. They discuss the power of story and how it can have positive impacts on family businesses, including improved family dynamics and wider support of business decisions.

Jamie Yuenger is founder of Storykeep, which creates private films and podcasts with individuals and families to connect their current and future generations through the power of story. After training as a folklorist, worked in broadcast journalism, including as assistant producer at WNYC.

Lisabeth Sugahara is an owner of Fairfield-Maxwell Ltd, a private investment firm focused primarily on family businesses with like values and priorities.

FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Mary Duke, Aik-Ping Ng, and Peter Vogel, about the future of family offices worldwide. They discuss the necessity of integrating financial, human, and social capital, and the importance of long-term relationships and generational bridging in family office advising.

Mary Duke, FFI Fellow, is an internationally recognized advisor to families navigating the complexities of substantial wealth. She focuses on empowering rising generations and on helping families adopt the practices and behaviors that foster individual growth and make family collaboration more effective and rewarding. She can be reached at mkduke@thehighrd.com.

Aik-Ping Ng, ACFBA/CFWA, is managing director and head of Family Office Advisory Asia Pacific at HSBC Private Bank. With twenty-two years of experience in private equity, corporate finance, and wealth management, he advises UHNW families on legacy planning. He can be reached at aikping.ng@gmail.com.

Peter Vogel, PhD, is professor of family business and entrepreneurship at IMD Business School. An expert on family enterprises, he leads IMD’s work in this field as director of the IMD Global Family Business Center and Debiopharm Chair in Family Philanthropy. He can be reached at Peter.Vogel@imd.org.