Alfredo De Massis is a Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Business at the D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara and IMD Business School, who serves as adviser to entrepreneurial families and policy makers. Ranked as the leading family business academic globally in a 2024 study published in Small Business Economics, Alfredo was included in Family Capital’s 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, and, in September 2022, Family Business United inducted him into The Family Business Hall of Fame, recognising exceptional individuals within the family business sector.

Emanuela Rondi is Associate Professor at the Department of Management at the Università degli Studi di Bergamo (Italy). After graduating in Management Engineering, she got her PhD on Family Business Management from Lancaster University Management School (UK). She has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Calgary (Canada), University of Vienna (Austria), and University of Edinburgh (UK). She is Academic Coordinator for the Family Business Network International (FBN-I) of the Next Generation Summit.