Christian Stewart - Succession as a Design Process

Christian Stewart is a consultant in Hong Kong who started Family Wealth Legacy to help successful Asian families establish communication platforms and decision making structures for their family enterprise.  Christian works with enterprising families as a process consultant, coach and family meeting facilitator. He helps families to form their own family council, family constitution and family policies, often in the context of planning for succession.  He is a prolific author of excellent articles, which are available on his website, and the winner of many awards recognizing his thought leadership. We had a rich conversation.  Christian thinks succession should be thought of as a design process that breaks down the succession plan down into manageable components.  For patriarchs consumed with management succession, Stewart gently reframes the narrative:  “You have to invest in developing the human, intellectual, and social capital within the family.” He talks about the deep influence of Jay Hughes on his work, and elaborates on the interesting idea of co-regulating emotionally with his clients and the importance of meditation to his own work.   Succession for Christian is not a transaction, but a multigenerational architectural feat. Christian Stewart is the founder of Family Legacy Asia.  He was previously a managing director at JP Morgan Private Bank, and head of wealth advisory in Asia.  He was at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong, as partner and head of the trust and private client group, and practiced law in Australia before that.  Christian holds a bachelor of laws from the University of Adelaide. Please enjoy my conversation with Christian Stewart. WEBSITE: https://www.familylegacyasia.com/christian_stewart.htm NOTE:  This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.  Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice.  Thanks for listening. Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.  FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr WEBSITE: circulus.substack.com PRIVATE CAPITAL PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-capital/id1644526501 Thanks for listening.  If you like the podcast, please share it with your friends and take a minute to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.  We appreciate it. ©2024 Joe Reilly