
Team
Meet our global team of experts
Our global team of advisors offers a wealth of multi-disciplinary knowledge and international experience to guide you on the path to continuity.
Click on LGA team members to read their bios, watch an introductory video, and enjoy their featured insights.
Ashley Blanchard
Ashley works with philanthropic families to help them define a shared vision for their family’s philanthropy, and the structures and operations to realize that vision.
Basmah Al Zamil
Basma Al Zamil hails from a well-renowned family enterprise, the Zamil Group based in Saudi Arabia. She has the distinct privilege of being one of the first female family members to work in the family enterprise, and through her various accomplishments, has risen to become one of the new generation of leaders within the group.
Bob Kohli
Bob specializes on family enterprise governance and change management. He helps families work through their differences and align on their future legacy.
Catalina Arango
Catalina works with partners and senior associates of the firm supporting client families to ensure the continuity of the family businesses.
Christopher Robichaud
Christopher has over a decade of professional experience working at the intersection of education and practice.
Devin DeCiantis
Devin has been advising and teaching for over a decade and specializes in the financial, organizational, and strategic aspects of complex family enterprises.
Dimitris Valatsas
Dimitris Valatsas specializes in helping family enterprises and family offices navigate complex geopolitical, financial, and macroeconomic challenges. As a seasoned economist, he has over a decade of experience advising large corporates, family offices, asset managers, and public sector agencies across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Fernanda Jaramillo
Fernanda is a partner working primarily in Central and South America. Fernanda has extensive experience supporting families in transition.
Francisco Valera
Francisco specializes in research and consulting for complex family enterprises. His duties included doing economic analysis and family business education.
Galit Philosof
Galit is a strategic financial coach and a trusted advisor to ultra-high-net-worth families and family businesses.
Gustavo Carvajal
Gustavo is a partner who advises family enterprises throughout Latin America on complex corporate governance matters.
Ivan Lansberg
Ivan is a Founding Partner and consults with complex family businesses in the USA, Canada, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Jeff Melanson
Jeff is a seasoned consultant known for his inventive approach to meeting business challenges and opportunities with a bold strategy.
Katherine Grady
Katherine has advised families for over 25 years, focusing on continuity planning, governance design, leadership development, executive coaching, and team building.
Kelin Gersick
Kelin is a Co-founder and Senior Advisor at LGA with over 30 years of experience consulting and teaching around the world.
Lisa Lazarus
Lisa is a trusted advisor, strategist, facilitator, and executive coach who applies an equity lens to help families take action.
Maria Cecilia Escallon
Maria has over 20 years of finance and governance experience within family businesses and actively serves on several Boards.
Maria Dolores Moreno
Maria is a former Chief Financial Officer and has worked in the field of finance in family-owned businesses over the last twenty years.
Matt Allen
Matt’s expertise is in the area of family learning, family entrepreneurship and the development of the next generation
Mika Mazor
Mika advises family businesses on intergenerational transfer, strategy formulation, corporate governance, human capital development, and navigating complex changes
Nate Hamilton
Nathan is an accomplished executive with wide-ranging experience across a variety of private and not-for-profit organizations.
Neus Feliu
Neus has 20 years of expertise in corporate and family business governance specializing in large Latin American and European.
Nicolas Hollanders
Nicolas specializes in governance design and succession planning for family enterprises around the world.
Rania Labaki
Rania specializes in the interplay between family dynamics and family business decision-making.
Sarah Cox
Sarah provides consultation to multi-generation family businesses regarding governance, shareholder development, and leadership development.
Sharon Duguid
Sharon has been consulting and coaching internationally to privately held and family-owned enterprises for over 25 years.
Simran Kang
Simran supports family members in building financial acumen, systems, process and structure to complex family enterprises so they can focus on sharing, collaboration, and harmony.
Wendy Ulaszek
Wendy is a partner that has over 15 years of consulting and counseling experience in individual, group, and organizational assessment and leadership development.