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\n\t\t\tPhilosophy\t<\/h1>\n

\n\t\t\tOur expertise
for your success\t<\/h3>\n\t

The members of our network have in-depth know-how thanks to decades of professional experience: they know and understand their industry and the dynamics of the market from the perspective of a family business. The know how to build a CFO-organization state of the art.<\/p>\n

This expertise is complemented by a look ahead: we combine the experiences of the past with the developments of the future and therefore work closely with leading academic institutions.<\/p>\n

The continuous cooperation with universities since 2004 gives us access to the latest, practically relevant findings and thus a contemporary view of new developments. It also helps these institutions to remain relevant and helpful in their research and teaching, which benefits all.<\/p>\n

In this way, FBXperts can give the relevant possible recommendations and help <\/strong>to identify development opportunities and exploit potential in your company, so our experience is much more comprehensive than pure finance issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts-family-business-sw\"\n\t

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\n\t\t\tFocus on family businesses\t<\/h4>\n\t

As CFOs, our experts know the diverse structures, special features and associated challenges of family businesses. Since 2022 we expanded our chapters to CFO of Scaleups, Private Equity Portfolio Companies and Consumer Centric Businesses CFO.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tWe speak your language\n\t\t\t\t

The motivation of our experts to get involved in FBXperts is based on the desire to share their knowledge with other managers in family businesses. We have been working for our target group for years and know all facets of their concerns and characteristics.<\/p>\n

In their own companies, our experts have proven themselves as formative characters over many years – often they see themselves as the commercial conscience of the company. Thanks to their balanced and long-term problem-solving ability across all specialist areas, they are now valued advisors and top-managers.<\/p>\n

The basic idea of FBXperts is to exchange experiences, and this is how our journey began, albeit in a very different form than today: In 2004, I, Patricio Ohle, sought out a conversation with Klaus Ko\u0308ster, Managing Director at Intersnack (Pfeifer & Langen Group, family-owned company) and formerly my supervisor. The two of us met in a confidential atmosphere at Zurich airport. At the time, a personal and confidential conversation was the only way I knew of to exchange knowledge from CFO to CFO.<\/p>\n

“Anyone can produce – selling is divine,” Klaus Ko\u0308ster quoted his colleague Dr Peter-Nils Evers. “But you can’t produce without finance,” he continued jokingly, adding: “Someone has to carry the flag of financial leadership in the family business.”
From the attitude of breaking down the silos in the company in both thinking and action, an increasingly intensive dialogue arose within the framework of our network in St. Gallen, which was to bring practice and theory on financial management even closer together. Five system breakthroughs were defined (cf. chart 2.1 in our book) and systematically studied and elaborated in practice and theory. The understanding of financial leadership on which FBX is based therefore includes the important management aspect of the finance function in addition to the core topics of the CFO.<\/p>\n

I still have the discussion with Klaus Ko\u0308ster on the role of finance in the family business today – as well as with many other mentors and colleagues.
This book is inspired by these discussions.<\/p>\n

This is the story of how FBXperts came into being – and motivates us to this day to tread the path of transparency and to seek fellow campaigners at university and in practice to carry the flag of financial leadership.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts-knowledge-transfer-sw\"\n\t

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\n\t\t\tKnowledge transfer from the CFO network\t<\/h4>\n\n\t

Over 150 experts in DACH and 400 in Europe have been working as CFOs in internationally active family businesses for an average of 15 years each. We continuously complete the expertise internationally and across industries. For this we have developed our FBX knowledge platform that is exclusively accessible by our CFO experts (see expert login on our homepage).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tWe know the challenges\n\t\t\t\t

Many issues in your everyday professional life have already been dealt with in this way or in a similar form by other managers. Our guiding principle is based on the transfer of knowledge through professional exchange: our platform collects and increases the decades of experience of individual experts and makes their expertise available to third parties.<\/p>\n

One major advantage of our experts is their direct, long-term practical experience, which distinguishes them from many management consultancies, for example. Our CFOs have an average of more than 15 years of CFO experience in family-run companies; the average annual turnover of the companies they work for is well over one billion euros. The spectrum of companies ranges from start-ups and scale-ups in the development phase to global DAX-30 companies with a family behind them. Based on best-practice examples and their own experience, our CFOs can therefore support you objectively, competently and independently of self-interest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts-CustomizedMatching-sw\"\n\t

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\n\t\t\tCustomized Matching\t<\/h4>\n\t

With the help of our algorithm and experience of our expert council, we will put you in contact with the right expert with long standing experience suited to your needs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tWe find the best partner for you\n\t\t\t\t

The size and international orientation of your company, the family constellation of the ownership in all its variants, the industry affiliation, regional circumstances, current market development… we take these and many other factors into account when searching for the expert who can best help you with your individual issue.<\/p>\n

Since urgent issues or even crises do not adhere to time schedules, we put you in touch with this contact person as quickly as possible. Both the size of our network and the variety of sectors and topics covered allow us to act swiftly and in a targeted manner. This saves you time and money, minimises the risk of wrong decisions and helps you find a solution as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts-StGallen-sw\"\n\t

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\n\t\t\tPartnership with leading Universities\t<\/h4>\n\t

Our Dialog with Universities brings current, practice-relevant research aspects to them and learning into the network and thus contributes significantly to the future viability of knowledge transfer. Both sides benefit form that as do our family firms in Europe. We also support these universities and their research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are on the pulse of time\n\t\t\t\t

We have been approaching the \u201eCenter for Family Business” at the University of St. Gallen since 2005 and forwarded our topics of finance in family firms. The institute acts as a centre of excellence at HSG for family businesses and contributes not only valuable academic content but also contemporary practical aspects to our network. For example, topic-related workshops are regularly held for the further education of the CFO network.<\/p>\n

Whether digitalisation or planning processes, organisational or governance issues: the experts are well equipped for the most current challenges of our time. Current analyses and insights ensure that our experts – incorporating their long-term value-oriented basic approach – are always up to date with the latest knowledge.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tFocus on family­businesses\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts_knowledge-transfer\"\n

\n\t\t\tKnowledge transfer from the CFO network\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts_CustomizedMatching\"\n

\n\t\t\tCustomized Matching\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\"FBXperts_StGallen\"\n

\n\t\t\tPartnership with the leading Universities\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

OUR
experts<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Valued advisors
with many skills<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

OUR
RESEARCH-
and
Training­PARTNERS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

University of St. Gallen<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

OUR
offer<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

FBMentors \/ FBInsights \/ FBCheck<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Our
Expert Council<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

FBXperts AG from Zurich<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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