ADVISORY FOR FAMILY BUSINESS OWNERS
You make the key decisions — we provide the clarity.
Ownership strategy, advisory board, succession: We support you in developing your business with confidence and setting the right course for the future.
Holistic support for responsibility across generations
Family businesses are more than organizations — they are an interplay of ownership, responsibility, family, and entrepreneurial future. This is exactly where the advisory work of the INTES Academy begins. We support family entrepreneurs, shareholders, successors, and advisory board members with complex questions that cannot be answered with quick fixes or off-the-shelf concepts.
INTES Owner Strategy Advisory combines decades of experience with a proven systemic consulting approach tailored to entrepreneurial families. It connects entrepreneurial goals with family values and creates orientation at both the family and business levels. We understand advisory as a structured process of reflection and development — close to the people involved, open to different perspectives, and committed to making personal, family, and business entanglements visible and workable.
Let’s talk about your topic
In a no-obligation conversation, we’ll clarify the next steps for your situation together.
OUR AREAS OF ADVISORY
Ownership Strategy Advisory
For shareholders and family entrepreneurs
Shareholders turn to us when there is disagreement, when a strategic realignment is due, or when transformation and succession raise new questions. We also support shareholders with foresight and structure in the search for suitable advisory board candidates or with complex tax matters.
The goal of our strategy advisory is to strengthen owners in their role and to develop robust guardrails for the future of the family business.
Board Advisory
For (prospective) advisory board members and business families
Advisory board topics often arise during generational transitions, growing business complexity, or new demands on expertise — for example in areas such as sustainability or artificial intelligence. A lack of diversity on the advisory board is another recurring trigger.
The INTES Academy supports advisory board members in their role and helps business families build, develop, or deliberately realign their advisory boards — not through quick placement, but with a focus on long-term effectiveness.
Succession Advisory
For successors and shareholders of family businesses
Successors come to INTES at every stage: before entering the business, during active involvement, or when challenges arise in the handover process. We understand succession not as a one-time act, but as a long-term process that encompasses personal development, role clarification, and family dynamics.
Our succession advisory creates clarity for everyone involved and helps shape responsibility across generations.
Your next step
We’re happy to clarify together which advisory format makes sense for your situation in the family business.
Collaboration as equals
In our advisory work, we work primarily in direct dialogue with the family, shareholder groups, or governing bodies. In doing so, we draw on the INTES expert network and connect you with experienced external advisors. Decisions are not made hastily, but on the basis of reflection, clarity, and shared responsibility.
Dr. Frank Döring
Christian Drewes
Silke Fußbahn
Nina Heinemann
Michael Pachmajer
Bruder Paulus
Dominik Pontiggia
Catharina Prym
Beatrice Rodenstock
S. Thonemann-Micker
Dr. Thorsten Voigt
Katrin von Quistorp
Katrein Wilms-Wöltje
Thomas Hentschel
Advisory and Academy — meaningfully connected
Our advisory offering complements the seminar and continuing education program of the INTES Academy. As soon as topics can no longer (or should no longer) be addressed within a seminar setting, we recommend individual advisory or in-house coaching. Especially for highly specialized questions, advisory offers added value over open formats.
Bring your INTES seminar into your company
We see in-house seminars as the connecting element between advisory and continuing education: internal to the company, with multiple participants, and often spanning different levels.
