8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “How Can We Transform Our Way of Being to Live a Meaningful Life”
This is the final session of the 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Fionn will discuss potential obstacles we encounter when we start to challenge the status quo, practical steps you can take to move forward on a journey of self–discovery, and the secret ingredient to living a meaningful life.
Fionn Wright: Fionn is the Wellbeing head at Qineticare. He had been trained in Neurolinguistic Programming, Neuroscience for Coaching, Leadership Assessments, Business Coaching, Transformation, Meditation, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy and Leadership Development, he now coaches entrepreneurs & executives around the world.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “Finding Your Natural Alignment”
This is week 9 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Jonathan will talk about what natural alignment looks and feels like, so that we can find out our current state of alignment, how to improve our dynamic alignment and practical strategies and tips to try.
Jonathan Cave: Jonathan is a Coach and Facilitator who helps entrepreneurs, senior executives and their families become more influential, inspiring people who generate growth, well-being and results.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “The Secret to Elevating Your Performance”
This is week 8 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Mickra will discuss what epigenetics is, and how you can use it to your advantage to get more out of life, learn how using your genetic propensities can help you to find the types of exercise, supplements and diet best suited for you, and discover how the use of epigenetics is a more precise way to optimize lifestyle changes compared to virtually all other methods.
Dr. Mickra Hamilton: As the Genomics and Epigenetics Head at Qineticare, Dr. Mickra uses a systems-based precision approach to enhance the performance and potential of the human system by leveraging genomic and epigenetic lifestyle strategies along with leading edge research and technologies.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “How Can We Create Deeper Connection in our Relationships?”
This is week 7 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Barbara will discuss about how we develop awareness of what triggers, drives and empowers us in our relationships, learn about simple strategies to diffuse your triggers and shift from being reactive to responsive in your life, and discover the benefit of knowing what motivates and rewards you and others to create more impactful relationships.
Barbara Dalle Pezze: Barbara is an internationally established leadership and well-being coach, speaker and author, with over 18 years of global experience. She inspires individuals, entrepreneurs, and leaders to discover their highest purpose, resolve conflicts and bring about positive change and transformation in their lives and in the world. Barbara is the author of “The Unexpected Gift,” a true-life story of a woman’s journey of self-discovery and renewal after the implosion of her marriage.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “Facing the Hard Truths to Find Your Authentic Self”
This is week 6 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Anisa will discuss preconditioned patterns and beliefs that limit or stop us from being our authentic selves, develop a deeper understanding of how past memories, generational patterns and past traumas interfere with living a more fulfilling life, and simple steps to take, to start living a more authentic life.
Anisa Carim: As the Life Fulfilment Head at Qineticare, Anisa is an intuitive healer who supports individuals and families to live a life of possibility.
With openness and compassion, Anisa helps identify and shift underlying beliefs and patterns from the past that drive behavior, bringing about lasting changes in both the conscious and subconscious mind to embody joy and love.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “What it means to master your thoughts and emotions”
This is week 5 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Kathleen will discuss simple techniques designed to help you improve your mental-emotional health, hear from Kathleen about real life struggles that she has come across in her work, and understand how to adopt effective strategies to help overcome challenges within yourself.
Kathleen O’Hara: As the Mental & Emotional Wellbeing Head at Qineticare, Kathleen has over 30 years of experience as a psychotherapist helping families and individuals to transcend the most complex of life’s challenges.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “How does your gut and brain health impact your energy levels?”
This is week 4 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Dr. Golay will discuss the relationship between gut and brain in your autonomic nervous system, learn to leverage the power of biometric data to give insights into your current energy levels, and what you can do to boost your energy levels by improving your sleep, movement and nutrition.
Dr. Michel Golay: Dr. Golay is a gut and brain health expert. A chiropractor by training, followed by thirty years of research and clinical experience, Dr. Golay aims to respond to the dead ends of a medical system that remains obsessed with the mere prospect of disease.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “What are the drivers that influence your behavior?”
This is week 3 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal and Dr. D will discuss how the 5 drivers (Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Space) dominate your mind and body, learn how functional medicine helps you tap into the root of your drivers to shift current imbalances in your behaviors, and how a series of practical steps, including lifestyle choices to avoid, can help you align your drivers.
Dr. D: Dr. Dwarakanath Raman, otherwise affectionately known as ‘Dr.D’ is the Functional Medicine Head at Qineticare. Dr. D is a physician in Indian Medicine with a foundation in functional medicine principles, and has been practicing Nature Cure, Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy for over 20 years.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “How can a personalized medical infrastructure help safeguard your health?”
This is week 2 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Feisal, Trish and Fionn discused how to get an in depth understanding into your current physical health and medical infrastructure, learn about the latest technologies to digitize and create encrypted access to your medical records, and discover methods to be informed about the latest research to make informed decisions, and take proactive measures to safeguard your health and wellbeing.
Trish Robson: Trish has over 18 years nursing experience (registered in the United Kingdom, 1995; registered in Hong Kong, 2008). She has a solid background in cardiology nursing in acute and primary care settings. Additionally, she project-managed a new community-based cardiac rehabilitation service in South East London. She holds a BSc (Hons.) in Nursing Practice from the University of East Anglia School of Nursing & Midwifery, UK.
Fionn Wright: Fionn is the Wellbeing head at Qineticare. He had been trained in Neurolinguistic Programming, Neuroscience for Coaching, Leadership Assessments, Business Coaching, Transformation, Meditation, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy and Leadership Development, he now coaches entrepreneurs & executives around the world.
8 Steps to Self-Discovery – “Taking the First Step: Foundations of Health & Wellbeing”
This is week 1 of a 10 week “8 steps to self-discovery” webinar series special, challenging the status quo of health and wellbeing, to show you what you can do to proactively transform your life.
In this session, Fionn and Feisal will discuss Feisal’s battle with cancer and how he transformed his way of being, 3 core elements of the integrative approach, and when to know if you’re ready to take the first step.
Fionn Wright: Fionn is the Wellbeing head at Qineticare. He had been trained in Neurolinguistic Programming, Neuroscience for Coaching, Leadership Assessments, Business Coaching, Transformation, Meditation, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy and Leadership Development, he now coaches entrepreneurs & executives around the world.
How can you benefit from becoming MovementWise?
In this session, Feisal and Tania will explore the cause of pain injury and disease, the body as a whole connected movement system, and the benefits of becoming MovementWise.
Tania Cotton: Tania is a Movement Analyst with over 25 years of experience as a Physiotherapist and Health & Performance Educator. She founded MovementWise to teach practical ways of overcoming injury to live an active, healthy life, after 12 years as a consultant for the Swiss Olympic Medical Centre in Geneva, where she worked with numerous world class and Olympic athletes, and organisations such as The WTO, UN, WHO and P&G.
Tania has a deep understanding of how even small changes in our posture, movement and lifestyle habits can significantly impact health and performance outcomes and our sense of wellbeing. She believes that, for sustained success, it is essential to understand each individual not as ‘an injury’ or ‘a disease’ but as a whole person in the context of real life.
Giving individuals the courage to do things differently, she changes the way they think about movement so that they can transform the way they live their life. In this way, they embark on a rewarding journey that enables them to discover a ‘new normal’ at each milestone of their life.
Self as a Source of Medicine
Spring and Feisal explored how we can generate our own cure by becoming aware of the energy flows within our ecosystem.
Spring Cheng: Spring pioneers a paradigm of coaching and leadership development that honors the intelligence of the Earth inherent within each living organism. With a feminine fluidity, she takes great pleasure dancing and weaving among disciplines including coaching, science, holistic healing, philosophy and art. She helps people and organizations develop agency to participate in their own evolution.
Reformatting Your Health Blueprint
Stephanie and Feisal addressed the practical methods to consciously redesign our health blueprint to live a healthier, more wholesome life.
Stephanie Mines: Stephanie investigated shock and trauma as a survivor, a professional, a clinical researcher, and healthcare provider. Her nonprofit The TARA Approach is instrumental in the systemic change she promotes as a Sustainable Health paradigm. She also developed Climate Change & Consciousness to facilitate inner transformation for grounded climate action.
The Future of Multi-Dimensional Health and Wellbeing
Ahmed and Feisal discussed how we can transcend life’s challenges, and adopt a multi dimensional approach to health and wellbeing.
Ahmed Husain: Ahmed has spent more than two decades across three continents in capital markets across financial institutions and multiple roles. His expertise is in working across Markets, Technology & Family Offices. His current roles over the last decade have had him working with the largest European Family Offices.
How access to my personal medical records saved my life…
Mohammad and Feisal discussed why does 24/7 access to medical records matter and how your lifestyle data can transform the quality of your health.
About Mohammad Al-Ubaydli: Mohammad is founder and CEO of Patients Know Best. He trained as a physician at the University of Cambridge; worked as a staff scientist at the National Institutes of Health. Mohammad is the author of seven books, including Personal health records: A guide for clinicians and Streamlining Hospital-Patient Communication: Developing High Impact Patient Portals. He is also an honorary senior research associate at UCL medical school for his research on patient-controlled medical records.
How Sleep is Foundational to Longevity and Health
Michel and Feisal discussed the impact of sleep on the autonomic nervous system, why rest and recovery are paramount and how to achieve better sleep.
About Dr. Michel Golay: Michel is a former top sportsman and founder of the Lon [h] ea center in Geneva. A chiropractor by training, followed by thirty years of research and clinical experience, Michel aims to respond to the dead ends of a medical system that remains obsessed with the mere prospect of the disease. He’s developed a comprehensive and positive approach that aims to maintain our internal system and, in particular, the relationship between our two main brains: the reptilian brain and the intestinal brain.
How Antifragility Equates to Thriving
Dr. Mickra shared what antifragility is and how it helps create a life fully expressed.
About Dr. Mickra Hamilton: Dr. Mickra Hamilton is the Co-Founder and CEO of Apeiron Center, as well as a Colonel and Human Performance Subject Matter Expert in the United States Air Force Reserves. She is a “human systems designer” and creative disruptor in the field of Epigenetic Human Potential Coaching.
How your Gut Health and Brain Impact your Wellbeing
Michel shared how our ability to adapt determines the quality of our health and how the gut protects and feeds the body.
About Dr. Michel Golay: Michel is a former top sportsman and founder of the Lon [h] ea center in Geneva. A chiropractor by training, followed by thirty years of research and clinical experience, Michel aims to respond to the dead ends of a medical system that remains obsessed with the mere prospect of the disease. He’s developed a comprehensive and positive approach that aims to maintain our internal system and, in particular, the relationship between our two main brains: the reptilian brain and the intestinal brain.
Mind-Body Axis
Dr. Dwarakanath (Dr. D) shared how the mind controls the body and the types of meditation that are suitable for you.
About Dr. Dwarakanath (Dr. D): Dr. D is the Ayurvedic Master at Qineticare. His approach to healing is holistic. He practices functional medicine through Nature Cure, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy.
Practices to Improve your Immune System
Dr. Dwarakanath (aka Dr. D) presented simple ways to boost your immunity to improve your physical, mental and emotional state.
About Dr. Dwarakanath: Dr. D is the Ayurvedic Master at Qineticare. His approach to healing is holistic. He practices functional medicine through Nature Cure, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy.
Coronavirus, Crisis and Opportunities for Growth and Development
Dr. Habib Sadeghi reminded us that every physical manifestation of disease serves a larger purpose and allows us to discover how we can use crisis and change to grow into a greater version of ourselves.
About Dr. Habib Sadeghi: Dr. Sadeghi specialises in a multi-disciplinary approach to chronic illnesses, such as cancer and auto-immune disease, with comprehensive treatment protocols that incorporate a wide range of interventions. He is the Founder of the Be Hive of Healing Integrative Medical Center.
How to Flatten the Curve in Chronic Illness
Dr. Norman Chan shared ways to enhance our quality of life while dealing with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, fatty liver and more.
About Dr. Nor Norman Chan: Dr. Chan is an Endocrinologist. He is also a Director at Norton Medical Laboratory and an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Is Alzheimer’s now optional?
In this session, Feisal and Dr. Dale Bredesen will explore Alzheimer’s as a common and untreatable illness, how Dr. Bredesen’s research suggests a new model that has led to the first successful clinical trial. When combining the results and early detection and symptom recognition, it is now possible to make Alzheimer’s optional.
Dr. Dale Bredesen: Dr. Bredesen graduated from Caltech and received his MD from Duke. He served as Resident and Chief Resident in Neurology at UCSF, then was postdoctoral fellow with Nobel laureate Prof. Stanley Prusiner. He was the Founding President of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.The Bredesen Laboratory studied basic mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative process, and the translation into effective therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, leading to the publication of over 220 research papers. He established the Alzheimer’s Drug Development Network with Dr. Varghese John, leading to the identification of new classes of therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease.
His work led to the discovery of subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, followed by the first description of reversal of symptoms in patients with MCI and Alzheimer’s disease, with a precision medicine protocol, and a recent successful proof-of-concept trial. Dr. Bredesen is the author of two New York Times best sellers. He is currently a professor at UCLA.
How to get in sync with your energy, heart, breath and mind?
In this session, Feisal and Chris will explore how sensors of the heart can help us become more resilient, how to maintain diaphragmatic breathing as way of being, and how to build a cognitive mental capacity.
Chris Christiansson: Chris is an expert in human health training, behavioural physiology and breathing therapy (Capnotrainer). Harvard educated, he has conducted workshops training for 5,000+ corporate executives and managers to develop sustainable heathy performance, improve stress resilience, avoid fatigue, burnout, and workplace mental health issues. Subsequently he developed the E-zone methodology with tools and a biofeedback technology for user to learn to stay in the healthy performance zone.
Chris has a profound understanding of how mental health (or some form as maladaptive behavioral health patterns) has become over the last 30 years an epidemic problem in the industrial world where performance, pressure and speed are part of most people’s lives, driving them from doing more with less and in a race to a never-ending finish line.
The New ‘CEO’: Becoming a Chief Empowerment Officer
Jonathan and Feisal explored the new approach to leadership and the complex role of “CEO”
Jonathan Cave: Jonathan is the life coaching head at Qineticare. He was a lawyer and served some of the wealthiest families in the world in their business, professional and personal affairs. In 2016, he created the “MyPhy” Methodology which is based on years observing successful leaders and entrepreneurs up close, as well as on his own personal experiences. Jonathan helps leaders, teams, NextGen families and individuals align their performance with their purpose in work and non-work environments.
Being You
Anisa and Feisal explored some barriers that prevent us from being our authentic selves, and embrace change in today’s unpredictable world.
Anisa Abdoolcarim: Anisa is the Life Fulfillment Head at Qineticare. She is driven by the conviction that each of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abilities. She uses a style of openness, compassion and easy to practice techniques and has helped people rewire their brains by identifying the underlying cause of issues related to health, relationships, finances, life direction, past traumas and more.
Possibilities of your subconscious
Dr. D and Feisal explored how to compartmentalize emotions without being in denial, how to outlining your desired outcome and the essence of journaling.
Dr. D: Dr. D is the Functional Medicine Head at Qineticare. His approach to Healing is Holistic. He practices functional medicine through- Nature Cure, Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy. His holistic health programs approach to teach and train for lifestyle changes, diet and Yoga (Meditation).
Creating Certainty in Uncertain Times
Fionn and Feisal addressed how to make sense of our VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) World and how to thrive in uncertainty.
Fionn Wright: Fionn is the Wellbeing head at Qineticare. He had been trained in Neurolinguistic Programming, Neuroscience for Coaching, Leadership Assessments, Business Coaching, Transformation, Meditation, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy and Leadership Development, he now coaches entrepreneurs & executives around the world.
How to rewrite your reality
Fionn and Feisal shared how to redesign your future with intention and how to operate from presence in the moment.
About Fionn Wright: Fionn is the Wellbing head at Qineticare. Fionn is named by City Weekend Magazine as one of the “11 Most Influential Movers & Shakers in Shanghai” for his TV appearances with over 100 million views. Having been trained in Neurolinguistic Programming, Neuroscience for Coaching, Leadership Assessments, Business Coaching, Transformation, Meditation, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy and Leadership Development, he now coaches entrepreneurs & executives around the world.
How is Digitization Improving our Wellbeing?
Henry and Feisal addressed how is digitization changed our quality of life and how people are more connected than before.
About Henry Chong: Henry Chong is the Chief Executive Officer of the Fusang Corp. Fusang’s mission is to enable Stakeholder Capitalism by operating Asia’s 1st Digital Stock Exchange, so that we can all live in a world where Companies are Aligned with their Customers and their Communities. Henry is also a Board Director of Portcullis: Asia’s biggest independent group of trust companies, providing a one-stop shop for corporate, trustee and fund administration services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, philanthropies, private banks, and investment managers.
Living in All Possibility
Anisa and Feisal addressed why we are not connected to the field of all possibilities and how it can be achieved.
About Anisa Abdoolcarim: Anisa is the Intuitive Healer at Qineticare. She is driven by the conviction that each of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abilities. Her style is based on openness, compassion and easy-to-practice techniques. Anisa has helped people rewire their brains by identifying the underlying causes of issues related to health, relationships, finances, life direction, past traumas and more.
In Pursuit of Inner Wealth
Jonathan and Feisal shared their definitions of “inner wealth” and why it can be so challenging to achieve it.
About Jonathan Cave: Jonathan is the Life Coach at Qineticare. He created the MyPhy methodology to helps leaders, teams, NextGen families and individuals align their performance with their purpose in work and non-work environments.
Personal Development, Mental Health and Human Potential
Gino and Feisal discussed the mind-body relationship from the perspective of the body.
About Dr. Gino Yu: Dr. Gino Yu is an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His main area of research involves the application of media technologies to cultivate creativity and promote enlightened consciousness.
Mastering Your Emotions
Kathleen shared the scale of emotions and how to master and calibrate different and changing emotions.
About Kathleen O’Hara: Kathleen is the Psychotherapist at Qineticare. She provides innovative, strategic solutions for individuals, families and family offices facing complex mental health and wellbeing challenges.
How to Upgrade your Biology through Awareness
Anisa shared how our thoughts and emotions physiologically impact our body.
About Anisa Abdoolcarim: Anisa is the Intuitive Healer at Qineticare. She is driven by the conviction that each of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abilities. Her style is based on openness, compassion and easy-to-practice techniques. Anisa has helped people rewire their brains by identifying the underlying cause of issues related to health, relationships, finances, life direction, past traumas and more.
Exploring our Contextual Reality and the Voice with Which we Speak to Ourselves
Sukaiyna shared how to connect with the human touch approach in different ways.
About Sukaiyna Gokal: Sukaiyna Gokal is the Imagineer at Qineticare and Founder of Garden of Ayden. Sukaiyna has developed a school of thought that allows us to detach from our story and reframe it in a higher frequency of values and belief. She works with adults, children and families to ensure collective harmony.
How to Leverage your Talents to Improve Decision-Making
Jonathan shared how to put your best foot forward by choosing differently.
About Jonathan Cave: Jonathan is the Life Coach at Qineticare. He created the MyPhy methodology to helps leaders, teams, NextGen families and individuals align their performance with their purpose in work and non-work environments.
How to Thrive in Uncertainty: Engaging the 8 Human Qualities
Kathleen shared the 8 human qualities and how to use them.
About Kathleen O’Hara: Kathleen is the Psychotherapist at Qineticare. She provides innovative strategic solutions for individuals, families and family offices facing complex mental health and wellbeing challenges.
How to create understanding and respect between generations
In this session, Feisal and Sarah discuss the intergenerational issues right now around values. Younger people care about things that the older generation don’t connect with. This raises the challenge of making those new ideas commercially viable and that’s where family relationships easily break down. To be able to bring together the skills and values of different generations harmoniously is hugely valuable.
About Sarah McCrum: Sarah is an author, educator and business innovator. She has experienced 33 years of personal development, 22 years of training with Chinese Energy Masters and over two decades of coaching business owners and leaders.
When the Global Financial Crisis hit in 2008, Sarah found herself writing a series of messages from money (yes, literally). They were beautiful, surprising and intriguing. These messages turned into a book “Love Money, Money Loves You” that takes individuals into the heart of the world of money, but not into financial systems as they exist on this planet. Rather, it gives an insight into how the money energy operates behind our physical world.
Sarah is also co-Originator of the LOVE TO Group of Companies, a business ecosystem built on the principles in my book. LOVE TO has created a new type of financial product, backed by the value of regenerating and protecting nature and human wellbeing.
Beneath any Wealth or Succession Plan are Relationships
In this session, Feisal and Stefan will discuss how wealth and succession planning are tools to creating meaningful relationships, and why relational dynamics, and the psychology of wealth, are essential ingredients to any sustainable wealth plan.
Stefan Liniger: Stefan Liniger is the Chief Executive of Kaiser Partner Wealth Advisors, and a Senior Advisor at Ispahani Advisory. He obtained his doctor juris at the University of Zurich, and his Master of Laws at Cornell Law School. He is a non-practising member of the Swiss Bar and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling awarded by the University of Middlessex.
As a long-term sparring partner, Stefan helps families and entrepreneurs solve their strategic wealth challenges — including family, business and investment governance. He also serves as board member of family businesses and acts as trustee, protector, executor and mediator. Prior to joining Kaiser Partner Wealth Advisors, Stefan was Chief Executive of Rothschild & Co.’s Global Wealth Planning and Trust business, after having created and lead the Wealth Planning function at Goldman Sachs’ Swiss bank. Before that, he was a partner with the law firm Bär & Karrer in Zurich.
Circular Economy Principles and Family Business and Wealth Ownership
In this session, Feisal, Philip, Iraj, and Kenneth will share what the circular economy is and what are the principles involved, how can families use circular economy principles to support the sustainability of the family and the family business itself, and how do these principles help inform how families prepare the younger generation for their future roles, manage the aging process and risks associated with the older generation, develop meaningful roles for family elders and much more. They will also talk about how holistic continuity audits uncover opportunities for paradoxes to be taken advantage of, and circularity and the family constitution and related governance.
Phillip Marcovici: Philip Marcovici is retired from the practice of law and consults with governments, financial institutions and global families. Philip was a partner of Baker & McKenzie, a firm he joined in 1982, and practiced in the area of international taxation in Hong Kong and Zurich while with the firm. Philip has also practiced law in each of New York and Vancouver, British Columbia. Philip retired from Baker & McKenzie at the end of 2009. The author of numerous publications, Philip is also the author of The Destructive Power of Family Wealth published by John Wiley & Sons. Among others, Philip is a member of the Public Policy Committee of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and chairs its Responsible Stewardship of Wealth thought leadership group. Philip Marcovici holds law degrees from each of Harvard Law School and the University of Ottawa (magna cum laude).
Iraj Ispahani: Iraj Ispahani is CEO of Ispahani Advisory and based in London. Ispahani Advisory advises family and private businesses on business strategy, governance, people, and education. Iraj serves as a Board Member of the Ispahani Group, a family business headquartered in Bangladesh which marked 200 years in 2020. Iraj is editor and co-author of recently published Family Business and Responsible Wealth Ownership: Preparing the Next Generation. Iraj is Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe Council, an independent trustee of the Standard Chartered Foundation, Advisor to UNICEF and a Member of the ICRC’s UK Development Board.
Dr. Kenneth Goh: Dr. Kenneth Goh is Asst Professor of Strategic Management at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, where he curates the entrepreneurship curricula to support the University’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. As the Academic Director of the Business Families Institute at the Singapore Management University (BFI@SMU), Prof. Goh leads BFI@SMU in its engagement with business families and ecosystem advisors to enhance their growth and impact.
Relationships: Love, appreciation and understanding. How to effectively communicate with Nonverbal language
Christine and Feisal explored the interpretation of non-verbal indicators and how we can communicate effectively with nonverbal language.
Christine Gagnon: Christine is a synergologist, analyst-profiler, international expert, trainer, consultant and speaker, in the field of applied nonverbal communication. She has intervened in major forums in North America, Central America and Europe. Christine is an author and co-author of several books, a trainer and an e-learning trainer on behavioural analysis techniques for 15 years.
How can you have a Secure Lifestyle?
Kate and Feisal explored the differences between a proactive vs reactive approach to security, and why a strong emotional support network is key for living a Secure Lifestyle.
Kate Bright: Kate has worked in and with private security for 20 years. She is trained in close protection and worked as a Chief of Staff to international wealthy families in London. Kate is a member of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals and a Trustee of their Charitable Trust, as well as a member of the Security Institute and RUSI. She was shortlisted as Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year in the Citywealth awards in 2019.
Preparing to Leave the Cave – What will life be like in a post Covid world?
Kathleen and Feisal explored what will life be like for our post Covid, what do we see as mental and emotional challenges, and the lessons we learned from this collective experience.
Kathleen O’Hara: Kathleen is the Mental and Emotional Wellbeing Head at Qineticare. She provides innovative strategic solutions for individuals, families and Family Offices facing the complex mental health and well-being challenges. She supports relational issues, couples counselling, co-parenting, anxiety, depression & substance dependency.
Living with an Outward Mindset
Senthiyl and Feisal will address why mindset matters and how it drives behaviour, and tools to develop self awareness and how to change our mindset.
Senthiyl SSG: Senthiyl is Director (Consulting) for Arbinger Singapore/Malaysia, he leads his team in delivering programs with the concerted objective of leading and supporting organisations, families and voluntary organisations in their transformation efforts.
The Importance of family offices in your family’s philanthropic journey
Peter and Feisal explored the family offices’ philanthropic journey, the emerging trends in philanthropy, and how family offices can be leveraged strategically for the family’s philanthropic activities.
Professor Peter Vogel: Peter Vogel is Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship and holder of the Debiopharm Chair of Family Philanthropy, Director of IMD Global Family Business Center. Peter works with family- & non-family enterprises on organizational regeneration through intrapreneurship, talent development & succession, strategy, governance, change management, and investment opportunities.
Relationships and Role Models: The power and impact of social interactions on our wellbeing
Barbara and Feisal addressed why relationships and “radical friends” are vital to our health and wellbeing, and why we need role models in our life.
Barbara Dalle Pezze: Barbara is an internationally established leadership and well-being coach, speaker and author, with over 18 years of global experience. She inspires individuals, entrepreneurs, and leaders to discover their highest purpose, resolve conflicts and bring about positive change and transformation in their lives and in the world. Barbara is the author of “The Unexpected Gift,” a true-life story of a woman’s journey of self-discovery and renewal after the implosion of her marriage.
The Family Field – Entanglements and Flow
Steve and Feisal discussed ways to understand family and organisational systems, how they operate, what goes wrong, and what are some of the ways that they can be worked with and transformed.
Steve Vinay Gunther: Vinay has been involved with psychotherapy for over 45 years. He is the CEO of Gestalt Therapy International, and teaches professional therapy training in many countries around the world, especially China. His interests and study spans spirituality, systems and cybernetics, career development and organisational transformation. He wrote a bestselling book of advice for men entitled ‘Understanding the Woman in your Life’.
Managing Great Expectations
Ramia and Feisal discussed when and how we struggle to meet expectations and how it can hinder our growth and the capacity to meet our potential.
Ramia Marielle El Agamy Khan: Ramia is part of the second generation of her family business and fulfils the roles of CEO of Orbis Terra Media, editor-in-chief of Tharawat Magazine, and host of the podcasts The Family Business Voice and Women in Family Business. She is dedicated in bringing the power of content and technology to individuals and businesses to unlock their growth.
Impression vs Expression – Ensuring authentic intentionality in our communication
Sukaiyna and Feisal discussed how are our impressions determine our interpretations, and how are our interpretations determine our expression.
About Sukaiyna Gokal: Sukaiyna is the imagineer at Qineticare and founder of Garden of Ayden. Garden of Ayden provides us all with a mirror and tools for self-reflection. Sukaiyna has developed this school of thought that allows us to detach from our story and reframe it in a higher frequency of values and belief. She works with adults, children and families to ensure collective harmony.
The Process of Individuation – Understanding Late Adolescence
Jessica and Feisal discussed how adolescent individuation plays out and how to facilitate healthy individuation.
About Jessica McGawley: Jessica is a Consulting Psychologist and the CEO and Founder of Dallington Associates. Her expertise is in mentoring next-gen young adults, helping them to become the happy, competent and fulfilled people they want to be. Her personal and professional experience uniquely position her to be able to understand the challenges of transition from the perspectives of both the parent and child.
Entitlement in the Family Business
Ramia and Feisal discussed what types of entitlement do we encounter in the family business, and how it can affect our relationship, health and wellbeing.
About Ramia Marielle El Agamy Khan: Ramia is part of the second generation of her family business and fulfils the roles of CEO of Orbis Terra Media, editor-in-chief of Tharawat Magazine, and host of the podcasts The Family Business Voice and Women in Family Business. She is dedicated in bringing the power of content and technology to individuals and businesses to unlock their growth.
Why Antifragility Is Essential to Families
Henry and Feisal discussed the importance of the ability to adapt in these challenging times.
About Henry Chong: Henry Chong is the Chief Executive Officer of the Fusang Corp. Fusang’s mission is to enable stakeholder capitalism by operating Asia’s first Digital Stock Exchange. The goal is to allow us to live in a world where companies are aligned with their customers and their communities. Henry is also a Board Director for Portcullis, Asia’s biggest independent group of trust companies. Portcullis provides a one-stop shop for corporate, trustee and fund administration services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, philanthropists, private banks and investment managers.
Conscious Living and Parenting in Unprecedented Times
Dr. Shefali shared how to awaken ourselves to a world of change.
About Dr. Shefali Tsabary: Dr. Shefali is a world-renowned Clinical Psychologist with a doctorate from Columbia University, New York. She is a Wisdom Teacher who delivers workshops around the world. Her first book, “The Conscious Parent”, has been endorsed by Oprah as one of the most profound books on parenting she has ever read.
Prolonged Proximity and Family Life: How to Strengthen Bonds and Relationships and Neutralise Conflict
Senthiyl shared how to neutralise conflict and re-engage with each other in meaningful and respectful ways.
About Senthiyl SSG: Senthiyl is a Director (Consulting) for Arbinger Singapore/Malaysia. He leads his team in delivering programmes with the concerted objective of leading and supporting organisations, families and voluntary organisations in their transformation efforts.
Using your Time Together to Communicate about Family Wealth
Philip Marcovici and his son, Luca, shared issues facing families when dealing with family wealth and succession.
About Philip Marcovici: Philip is retired from the practice of law and consults with governments, financial institutions and global families in relation to tax, wealth management and other matters. Philip is the author of “The Destructive Power of Family Wealth: A Guide to Succession Planning, Asset Protection, Taxation and Wealth Management”.
How to Improve the Home-Schooling Learning Experience
Danette shared how, as parents or a family, you can help make children’s home-school learning experience a positive one.
About Danette Fenton-Menzies: Danette is the Co-Head of Family Dynamics at Qineticare. She provides coaching and facilitation to families facing challenges in their lives and businesses.
Achieve Family Longevity and Generational Continuity by Incorporating the 3 Ps
Professor Roger King shared how business families with a foundation of wealth preservation, family harmony and a family value system are more likely to endure.
About Professor Roger King: Professor Roger King is the Founder and Senior Advisor at HKUST – Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business & Entrepreneurship Studies.
How to Improve Family Dynamics During Disruptive Times
Kathleen shared how to reduce tension among family members by understanding how to recognise triggers, defuse potential conflicts and stay from a distance.
About Kathleen O’Hara: Kathleen is the Psychotherapist at Qineticare. She provides innovative strategic solutions for individuals, families and family offices facing complex mental health and wellbeing challenges.
How to Communicate Effectively while Experiencing the Unexpected
Danette shared how to communicate effectively during disruption, including how to adopt a positive language and communicate with clarity.
About Danette Fenton-Menzies: Danette is the Co-Head of Family Dynamics at Qineticare. She provides coaching and facilitation to families facing challenges in their lives and businesses.
How our State of Being Impacts the Family
Through a case study, Philip and Feisal explored what impacts our state of being.
About Philip Marcovici: Philip is retired from the practice of law and consults with governments, financial institutions and global families in relation to tax, wealth management and other matters. Philip is the author of “The Destructive Power of Family Wealth: A Guide to Succession Planning, Asset Protection, Taxation and Wealth Management”.
Family Longevity
In this session, Feisal and Dato Loy Teik Ngan will discuss how to enable rising generations to make their mark, how the family office can support succession, and mistakes made and lessons learned from Dato Loy Teik Ngan’s personal journey.
Dato Loy Teik Ngan: In 1987, as a 26 years old entrepreneur, Dato Loy Teik Ngan founded Leisure Holidays Berhad after spotting an opportunity in the budding vacation timeshare industry.
Teik Ngan took over the reins of his family business, the MBf Group upon his father’s demise. It was during the Asian financial crisis of 1998 and within a year, the sprawling business empire that took 35 years to build, collapsed under the weight of huge debts. It took 14 years before these family debts were eventually settled.
In this time, he built a new family business, focused on education. The Taylor’s Education Group is today the largest private education group in Malaysia. Focused on premium education, Taylor’s K-12 schools, college & universities are well known, trusted and award-winning brands operating in Malaysia, Singapore & Vietnam. In 2020, Taylor’s University was ranked as the Top Private University in Southeast Asia and made it into the Top 100 Universities in Asia, at #89. It was also ranked in the Top #50 Universities in the World under 50 Years Old.
My Personal Journey with Succession in the Family Business
In this session, Carlos will share how succession played out for him in his family’s business, family business governance, and managing relationships with family shareholders.
Carlos Gallardo: Carlos is the Vice-Chairman of the Board at Almirall S.A., a Spanish-based publicly traded pharmaceutical company. Almirall is a family business controlled by the Gallardo family group.
Carlos is also the founder and CEO of CG Health Ventures. CG Health Ventures builds digital health companies and invests in early stage digital health companies in the US and Europe. Prior to that, Carlos spent 12 years working in the pharmaceutical industry at Almirall (UK & Spain) and at Pfizer (USA).
Carlos holds an MS in Industrial Engineering from the UPC in Barcelona and a MBA from Stanford University.
Being Entrepreneurial in the Family Business as a Next Generation
In this session, Feisal, Henry and Johnson will discuss family involvement and expectation of success as a next generation entrepreneur, balancing the competing priorities between new ventures and existing family business, whether it’s possible to be entrepreneurial as a next generation family member, and the challenges of being supported by the family business in new ventures that are not understood.
Henry Chong: Henry Chong is the Chief Executive Officer of the Fusang Corp. Fusang’s mission is to enable stakeholder capitalism by operating Asia’s first Digital Stock Exchange. The goal is to allow us to live in a world where companies are aligned with their customers and their communities. Henry is also a Board Director for Portcullis, Asia’s biggest independent group of trust companies. Portcullis provides a one-stop shop for corporate, trustee and fund administration services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, philanthropists, private banks and investment managers.
Johnson Cheng: Johnson Cheng is the founder and partner at Voyager Capital, a private equity firm that focuses on growth stage and pre-IPO startups in AI and enterprise software. He is a member of the Advisory Board of FiscalNote, the Family Business Network (FBN) Asia, and Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO). He received his B.S. and MBA from Cornell University.
Leading From the Inside Out (Leadership as an Inner Game)
Ronald and Feisal will discuss Leadership as an art, how to be a mindful leader, the management of the Self and the Other, and mindfulness and Leadership.
Ronald Alexander: Ronald is a leading Creativity and Communication Coach, International Clinical Trainer, Executive and Leadership Coach, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California. He is the originator of the OpenMind Training® Institute, a leading edge organization that offers personal and professional training programs in mindfulness based mind-body therapies, transformational leadership, and meditation.
His unique method combines ancient wisdom teachings with Leadership Coaching and Core Creativity into a comprehensive integrated, behaviorally effective mind-body program. This system combines techniques that support strategies of personal, clinical, and corporate excellence and growth.
The Role of Narratives and Culture in Family Governance
Dominik and Feisal will discuss the family as a social system, structure vs. self-organisation, and supporting self-organisation with narratives and culture.
Dominik v. Eynern: Dominik comes from a business family which is now in its 5th generation and he is a founding member of Family Hippocampus. He holds a BSc in Economics and a MSc in finance, worked in the international investment banking industry and co-founded a family office. His research on family dynamics is inspired by insights from cognitive neuroscience, behavioural economics, dynamic complex system theory and chaos theory.
What Wealth and Business Owning Families are Learning from the Pandemic
Philip, Simon and Feisal will discuss political risk minimization, tax planning, medical care and other lessons that family businesses are learning from the pandemic.
Philip Marcovici: Philip is retired from the practice of law and consults with governments, financial institutions and global families in relation to tax, wealth management and other matters. Philip is the author of “The Destructive Power of Family Wealth: A Guide to Succession Planning, Asset Protection, Taxation and Wealth Management”.
Simon Michaels: Ranked as the only “Eminent Practitioner” by Chambers & Partners in 2018, 2019 and 2020 in Private Wealth Law in Singapore, Simon is a Partner at Mishcon de Reya Singapore and the CEO of MDR Mayfair Singapore. His focus is on advising prominent global high net- worth families, family offices and the institutions that service them, in particular private banks and trust companies.
How does ego relate to leadership?
Kim and Feisal will explore the stages of human development, understand what happens when we don’t get the support we need to develop and discover what leading research tells us about effective leadership.
Kim Barta: Kim Barta, MA is an internationally-recognized licensed psychotherapist, coach, spiritual guide, and speaker. His work is founded in an experiential practice that works with many different kinds of cultures and challenges, from severe mental illness and trauma to supporting the fullest expression of one’s humanity. Kim’s expertise now includes integrating developmental theory with the day-to-day work of being an active therapist and healer.
The Role of the Family Office in the Evolution of Families
Mark and Feisal explored the privilege of being in the inner sanctum and passing practical wisdom to families, and the challenging traditional leadership in families.
Mark McMullen: Mark is a Partner and the Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer in Stonehage Fleming Group. He serves as a Key Adviser to a number of high net worth international families. Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Accountancy from the University of Cape Town, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant having completed his professional training with Deloitte and Touche (now Deloitte) in South Africa and the USA. He is a member of SAICA and STEP.
How Money Affects Us and Our Relationships
Diana and Feisal discussed the importance to have financial EQ, understand the roots of our relationship with money and how to deal with them, and how to use effective communication as the first and best line of defence in addressing money challenges in relationships.
Diana Chambers: Diana serves a global clientele as a philanthropic advisor and family wealth mentor focused on the human dimensions of wealth and its impact on our relationships. She works at the heart of money with individuals and families to facilitate gracefully the inevitable challenges resulting from significant wealth. Born in the UK, Diana founded The Chambers Group, LLC in 2002 in the US, and The Chambers Group Sàrl in 2014 in Switzerland, where she now resides.
People, Patience, Perspective – Ingredients for Success in Mergers & Acquisitions
Louis and Feisal will discuss how we define success and failure in mergers & acquisitions and how to encourage well-being throughout your organization.
About Louis de Schorlemer: Louis is Managing Partner at Corporate Diplomat, a Brussels based consultancy for business-critical communications/Mergers & Acquisitions. He serves on the Supervisory Board of Villeroy & Boch and on the Advisory Board of Lift Me Off. He holds an MA in communications and an MBA, and lectures in corporate communications at the Luxembourg School of Business.
Family Office Beyond Wealth
Roger and Feisal will discuss how to achieve family longevity and harmony beyond the business, and how to create a lasting family legacy.
About Professor Roger King: Professor King is Founder and Senior Advisor at HKUST – Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, Thompson Center for Business Case Studies, and Adjunct Professor of Finance. He is currently an Honorary Court Member of HKUST – teaching and research interests include family business, family office, entrepreneurship, and corporate and family governance.
Shape your Future before it Shapes You
Ravi and Feisal discussed how to re-invent ourselves and experience the magic of awareness and discover a new “you”
About Ravi Chaudhry: Ravi is a mentor to CEOs, corporate boards, governments and civil society, founder Chairman, CeNext Consulting, a Fellow of World Business Academy, and he is the author of Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality. He serves the Advisory Board of Ethical Markets USA, Co-Chair, Ethic Mark Judges Panel, USA, and Member, New Civilization Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative, Japan. He has also been a part of the Club of Rome Initiative for Ethics. His clients include Fortune 1000 companies.
Lessons Learned……
Ahmed shared some of the lessons from Europe’s billionaires, what he has learnt on Wall Street, and how he learnt to live in flow.
About Ahmed Husain: Ahmed has spent more than two decades across three continents in capital markets across financial institutions and multiple roles. His expertise are in working across Markets, Technology & Family Offices. His current roles over the last decade have had him working with the largest European Family Offices.
Loneliness at the top – and what to do about it
Farida and Feisal discussed how does leadership loneliness feel and how does it impact work and relationship.
About Farida El Agamy: Farida is a 2nd generation family business member. She is a lawyer, entrepreneur, governance expert and currently the General Manager of the Tharawat Family Business Forum, the private network for family-owned companies in the Middle East and North Africa. Farida is Editor-at-Large of the Tharawat magazine, and a Director at Target Developments LLC and Orbis Terra Media LLC.
Is Wellbeing Fundamental in the C Suite?
Jai and Feisal discussed how has Covid-19 enable us to reconsider our priorities and how do our personal relationships impact our performance at work.
About Jai Rupani: Jai is the CIO of the Dinesh Hinduja Family Office, he oversees investments across all asset classes for the group, including real estate, stocks, bonds, structured products, private equity and venture capital. He is also the Managing Director of Gokaldas Lifestyle, oversees all aspects of the business: land acquisition, design, development, operations, finance and marketing.
How to Lead with Impact while Working Remotely
Grahame shared how to lead with impact while keeping teams engaged, productive and connected.
About Grahame Gerstenberg: Grahame is the Co-Head of family dynamics at Qineticare. He helps families and business leaders to better understand themselves and their environment. Grahame empowers families to accelerate towards a richer, more fulfilling career and life.
The Five Touchstones of a Healthy Family Enterprise
Professor Peter Vogel and Feisal Alibhai discussed the core pillars of multi-generational success.
About Professor Peter Vogel: Peter Vogel is Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship and holder of the Debiopharm Chair of Family Philanthropy, Director of IMD Global Family Business Center. Peter works with family- & non-family enterprises on organizational regeneration through intrapreneurship, talent development & succession, strategy, governance, change management, and investment opportunities.
Secret Thoughts of CEOs Podcast – A Death Sentence: Mortality as a Wake Up Call
Feisal joins Chris Yonker on his Podcast – Secret Thoughts of CEO’s.
“We are all mortal… whether this is something we think about often or not, life is short for each and every one of us. The ultimate question is in how we relate to that truth and use it to shape our lives. In this episode, Feisal Alibhai, tells his story of receiving a death sentence at a time when he was on the top of his game. Being diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer at age 35 created a major shift in how he proceeded with the rest of his life. This episode shares perspectives on very difficult life experiences that are not for the faint of heart, but also shows us how we can reframe our trauma to make changes that allow more peace, joy and fulfilment in the time that we do have.”
About Chris Yonker: Chris works with companies as well as high achievers like executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and celebrities to get clarity on what they really want—and then make the strategy mindset and behavior shifts that get them there.
Chris is sought after to be the one the elite go to when they want to ensure the rest of their lives are happy, joyous, balanced and fulfilled.
https://chrisyonker.com/
