The Instituto da Empresa Familiar was created in 1997, spawned by the work and devotion of a small group of interdisciplinary professionals thinking about the need to create a Brazilian institution entirely dedicated to the development and dissemination of knowledge, research and education, which would serve as reference and forum of debate to business owners, their families, shareholders, executives and professionals related to the field of family business.

The starting group was:

Dr. Dorothy Nebel de Mello, Ph.D.
Nebel&Mello Consultores Associados

+ Prof. João Bosco Lodi
JBLodi Consultoria

Eduardo Aguinaga de Moraes
TCW/Latin America Private Equity Part.

Dr. Pedro Carvalho de Mello, Ph.D.
Nebel&Mello Consultores Associados

Dr. Edna Escobar Pires Lodi
PHDE/Philosophia Desenvolv. Empres.

Dr. Thomas Benes Felsberg
Felsberg&Associados Advogados

In this same year, IEF became the Brazilian Chapter of the Family Firm Institute, one of the most respected global organizations dedicated to assist family businesses. Although the institute decided to follow an independent way since the end of 2000, it maintains strong collaborative and exchange ties with FFI.

 
 
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