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By families,
for families,
together across
generations.

FBN Belgium is the Belgian chapter of the world’s leading organisation of business families: FBN International.

Founded in 2005 we are a vibrant community of 106 business families, encompassing 1260 individual members of which 40% are NxGs and 30% are Now Gens.

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Now Gen (Open to all) | Preparing the NxG : Empowering Responsible Future Shareholders
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Now Gen (Open to all)
Preparing the NxG : Empowering Responsible Future Shareholders
Members only* ING Marnix
How does your family business prepare and onboard the Next Generation? Do you implement a formal...
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Family Businesses in General

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of all companies that employ staff (and 55% of companies with at least 200 employees)

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of Belgium's GDP

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expect a transfer to the next generation within 5years

*Source: Study Prof Lambrecht Economic Importance family Businesses in Belgium (FR)

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"FBN serves a unique community of Belgian entrepreneurial families and Belgian family companies. It is our true ambition to live up to our purposeful mission to connect our member-families to learn from each other and to inspire each in order to create a legacy business across generations."

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Guido Vanherpe

President FBN Belgium

“When we created FBN Belgium in 2005, we knew very well that we were responding to an urgent need of family businesses.”

Baron Buysse
Baron Buysse

Honorary President FBN Belgium (2005-2013)

"Family businesses think in terms of generations and represent a factor of stability, in a society where most are worried about the next 'quarter results'. For them, growth only makes sense if it is sustainable."

Sophie Velge
Sophie Velge

Founding Member FBN Belgium

“ FBN Belgium helps everyone to become aware of the many challenges business families face to become a responsible and engaged shareholder.The wide variety of speakers and topics covered in our program bring to our members, in a safe space, valuable peer learning opportunities. They truly feel they are not alone in the family business challenges they meet. ”

Philippe Haspeslagh
Philippe Haspeslagh

Honorary President FBN Belgium (2017-2025)

"Managers think in quarters,
Family businesses in generations"

“ The wide variety of speakers and topics we cover helps our members to answer their questions and have peer learning moments. You are not alone in your path to success with your family business ”

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Anne Mörk Soenen

CEO FBN Belgium

“  Through family businesses we have a unique opportunity to create a tremendous impact on our Communities and Planet, and thus contribute to a better world for future generations. This is what motivates our dedicated FBN team and myself to further build FBN as an organization relevant for our members and our society.”

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Guido Vanherpe

President FBN Belgium

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