Alfredo De Massis

Alfredo De Massis is a Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Business who serves as adviser to family enterprises and policy maker, affiliated with IMD Business School (Switzerland) where he holds the Wild Chair in Family Business, the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) where he leads the Research Cluster in Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management and serves as the Founding Director of the Centre for Family Business Management, and Lancaster University Management School (UK). He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Zhejiang Universitys Institute of Family Business and Institute for Entrepreneurs, in China. As one of the leading family business academics globally, Alfredo has been included in Family Capitals list of Top 100 Family Business Influencers in February 2022, for the strong influence of his thought leadership on the global shaping of the family business field.  

Emanuela Rondi is Assistant Professor at the University of Bergamo (Italy), she has been working on family business research for more than 10 years. PhD from Lancaster University Management School (UK), with a thesis on the role of family relationships for family firm innovation. Since 2017 she is member of the Centre for Family Business Management of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy).