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Families and Principals
Independent counsel for families, founders and inheritors navigating wealth, succession, governance and decisions that do not fit neatly within any one profession.
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Wealth may be the setting.
But it is people who are the subject.
For more than thirty years, I have worked at the point where wealth, responsibility and human character meet.
“My work is about helping people become the kind of people who use wealth, influence and responsibility wisely.”
Three paths · one philosophy
What brings you here?
The work takes different forms, but begins with the same belief: every gift creates responsibility.
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Readers
Books, essays, letters and conversations about wealth, trust, inheritance, character and the responsibility that accompanies success.
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Professional Fiduciaries
Principles, case studies, education and a growing professional library for people entrusted with the lives, intentions and futures of others.
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The Family Continuity Research Library
Independent institutional and academic research on succession, NextGen preparation, governance and stewardship. A growing collection of significant reports and studies, each with concise interpretation, stated limitations and links to the original publication.
Explore the research libraryThe central proposition
“Before people become investors, they are fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, friends and citizens.”
Financial questions matter because they serve these deeper identities, not because they replace them.
Books & Ideas
A body of work on trust, wealth and stewardship.
Stories and reflections about the human questions that begin when financial success is no longer the goal.
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For fiduciaries
Fiduciary practice is technical. Its purpose is human.
Explore practical wisdom, professional education and a growing library of carefully authored documents for modern fiduciary practice.
Explore fiduciary practiceAbout Alexander
Experience matters most when it deepens judgement.
From the British Army to Barings, JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, and from private banking into fiduciary work, writing and independent family advice.
30+ years of international experience 100+ families advised 5 books on trust, wealth and stewardship
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