Breakfast Experience + Q&A
Thursday 3rd April 2025
Family Office Governance 101 with John George and Susanne Bransgrove.
Join us for an exclusive breakfast event where we will explore Family Office Governance 101 with John George and Susanne Bransgrove.
This session will focus on emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in the evolving landscape of wealth management, including: The macroeconomic factors influencing family offices and the impact of global trends. Best practices for business continuity, liquidity events, and family governance. Succession planning and the role of a family office advisor in fostering long-term success.
We will dive deep into critical topics such as global investment complexities, technological disruption, and the generational shift in wealth. Additionally, we’ll cover the practical considerations for establishing and structuring a family office, engaging family members, and navigating legal and regulatory landscapes. This event is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable knowledge, enhance strategic planning insights.
John George, Non-Executive Director
Standard Edge Corporate Advisory was founded to provide strategic guidance and advisory services across family offices, professional services, and emerging technology. The firm supports Australian and international clients through board effectiveness reviews, corporate transformation, mergers and acquisitions, stakeholder engagement, and investor relations.
John brings extensive governance and commercial expertise, having held board and executive roles in Australia, the UK, North America, and Asia. These include Audit and Risk Committee appointments at the Border Rivers Commission, as well as senior executive positions at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), KPMG, and Powerlan Limited. He has also served as Chairman of Wolff Mining, Non-Executive Director of Gladstone Airport Corporation, Yellow Brick Road Holdings (led by Mark Bouris), and Non-Executive Director/Company Secretary of Shine Justice Limited (ASX: SHJ).
Additionally, he has led governance initiatives for the Governance Institute of Australia and served in CEO role at insurance loss recovery company in USA, NZ, Australia and assisting environmental and product efficacy for Erin Brockovich in APAC. This diverse track record underpins Standard Edge Corporate Advisory’s ability to offer informed, results-driven counsel to clients navigating family office, complex regulatory, financial, and operational environments.
Susanne Bransgrove, Director
Susanne best known for providing strategic guidance to support business governance improvements, family enterprise strategies as well as smoother communication flow across families and organisations.
Whilst the projects and clients she supports are varied, one thing they all have in common is that they require a positive approach to create measurable forward motion to allow them to better balance their economic needs with their desire for a lasting positive impact. Alongside a passion for impactful and workable strategies, Susanne assists with solving team/family issues through manageable discussion frameworks, functional governance structures and facilitated conversations.
