Lynne Born (Chief Practice Officer and Partner, previously CEO, President) has extensive expertise in HNW financial services, RIAs, Multi-Family Offices, Single Family Offices, multi-generational families and privately held businesses. Previously CEO of a Best-of-the-Best NYC-based HNW accounting firm and President of a Silicon Valley based RIA, Lynne focuses on strategic planning, firm culture, growth strategies, and business development initiatives. Co-founder of the Women Business Collaborative and Chair of Strategy, nationwide alliance of 40 women’s organizations and millions of executives collaborating to accelerate change; formerly Chair of the Board of Watermark, the premier women’s networking group in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley 2014 Women of Influence Award; frequent keynote on succession planning, innovation, HNW multi-generational family issues, women’s leadership.♦ Strategy, Vision, Execution – led over 30 Strategic Planning Retreats. Clarify the mission, vision and brand differentiation to surface new strategies, revenue streams or profit drivers. Resolve complex business questions and identify highest value priorities resulting in an actionable business plan to accomplish the objectives of the organization or family.♦ MFO Partner-in-Charge – one of the largest MFOs in the US serving HNW multi-generational families and business owners. Greatly expanded client services; revenue increased 360%; staff increased 5-fold; scaled business for growth. ♦ Clients / Multi-Generational Families – worked with complex multi-generational families and SFOs for over 20 years specializing in succession planning and intergenerational family dynamics; led family strategic planning sessions and coached next generation into family leadership; refreshed circle of professional advisors, attorneys and MFO. ♦ Succession Planning, Growth, Business Transformation – extensive expertise in succession planning as tied to growth; meet the needs of G1, G2 and G3 from valuation/exit strategy to coaching dozens of next generation leaders into revenue generating roles (50% women). Drove profitable growth more than doubling revenue and staff; refocused brand on the ultra HNW market; added new market segments; scaled all aspects of firm management (finance, BD, tech, productivity, HR, operations). ♦ Business Development – subject matter expert in BD initiatives to grow revenue and coach next generation into expanding relationships and clients. Design and analyze BD pipeline data to target specific markets.
Listed skills include Strategic Planning, Management, Organizational Development, Business Strategy, and 8 others.