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Leadership Dilemmas for Family Businesses

An Entrepreneurs’ Forum event in association with the Institute for Family Business. Date: Tuesday 24th January 2006Venue: Reg Vardy HQ, Houghton House, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland Speakers: Peter Leach and Philip Mackeown One of the most difficult things for a family business to decide is who will take over.

Peter Leach, Chairman BDO Centre for Family Business and Philip Mackeown, Director of Musgrave Group Ireland will discuss leadership issues facing family businesses in the 21st century. Peter Leach has over 25 years of experience advising owner-managed businesses on a broad range of commercial, financial, organisational and strategic matters and is one of the UK’s leading experts on the family owned business. He has worked with some of the largest UK and international families, dealing with issues ranging from succession, strategy and pay & benefits to acting as a non-executive Board Member. Philip Mackeown has held several positions within the Musgrave empire since joining his family’s firm in 1991. He is a member of the education committee for the Musgrave Family Business Programme and is a member of Family Firms International (FFI). He is also a board member for the Family Business Centre at University College, Cork.

After a spell as an Audit Trainee with Price Waterhouse in London, Philip joined the Musgrave Cash and Carry in Robinhood, Dublin and held various positions in the group. He then moved to Spain to look after Musgrave’s own store operations, covering 25 supermarkets with a €38m turnover and then returned to Cork to project manage the integration of several new supermarkets into the company’s franchise system.

Peter and Philip will be joined by a panel of North East entrepreneurs representing family businesses in the region. This is a FREE event but places do need to be reserved in advance. To sign up for this event, please click here.

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