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Susan Lingeswaran
Senior Writer

Susan Lingeswaran joined CampdenFB as Senior Writer in 2018. She has a degree in journalism from Australia and previously worked at Haymarket Media Group as a sports writer for the consumer magazine Forever Sports and as a news reporter for the trade magazine Supply Management.

Articles by this author:

  • The aspirations of Johnny Hon, entrepreneur in philanthropy

    Johnny Hon, founder and executive chairman of venture capital firm Global Group International Holdings, has pursued success in business as a route to giving back. He explains why philanthropy is important to him and what he has learnt along the way.

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  • Social impact and collaboration: Selin Yigitbasi-Ducker starts up outside the family

    Goodsted is a platform for socially purposeful individuals and organisations who would like to volunteer their skill or donate other resources to non-profit social projects. Award-winning founder Selin Yigitbasi-Ducker, a fourth generation member of Turkish conglomerate Yasar Holdings, talks about her passion for social change, product design challenges, and inadvertently benefitting from being a next-gen.

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  • Cognac’s custodian: Marie-Amelie Jacquet on preserving her family business Remy Martin

    A childhood spending summers among her family’s Remy Martin vineyards in the Cognac region of France gave Marie-Amelie Jacquet a deep appreciation for her family’s history. She speaks to Susan Lingeswaran about seeking her own path and coming back into the family fold

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  • Changing the game: How next gen Verena Bahlsen balances innovation with family legacy

    Verena Bahlsen, next generation entrepreneur and co-founder of food innovation incubator HERMANN’S, is looking to drive her family’s business into the future. She spoke to Susan Lingeswaran about history, being disruptive, and preserving legacy.

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  • Hong Kong families gravitate to Singapore

    It was a drizzle that turned into a storm. When the Hong Kong government announced changes to extradition rules allowing people to be sent to mainland China for trial, it not only triggered a political crisis, but an economic one too.

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  • The Pew Charitable Trusts: Serving the public trust

    From private foundation to public charity, The Pew Charitable Trusts has worked to improve the world. But how can the organisation deal with complex global issues in an era of hostile populism and nationalism?

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  • FB Roundup: Barclay, Tse and Galeries Lafayette

    Barclay brothers put Telegraph newspaper up for sale, Sino Biopharmaceutical founder transfers wealth to 24-year-old son and Galeries Lafayette to open 10 new stores in China by 2025.

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  • How next gens are surfing the wave of impact investment in ocean conservation

    Families looking to invest in impact vehicles should ensure the impact element of the fund is genuine and it has the right tools to measure impact, says Max Gottschalk, the founder and chief executive of multifamily investment office Vedra Partners.

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  • Top 75 Family Business Leaders 2019: Europe

    CampdenFB celebrates in October the Top 75 leading lights in the family business and family office space over its 75 issues.

    Last week we profiled the key ones-to-watch in the Emerging Markets of the world. We turned our attention to the inspirational figures in Asia-Pacific in the week before and the major players in the Americas at the start of this series. This week, for the fourth and final section, we focus on arguably the heart of the global community of multigenerational family businesses of wealth—Europe.

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  • FB Roundup: De Benedetti, Singh and Walentas

    Family feud at Italy’s la Repubblica as founder seeks to take control from sons, India pharma brothers arrested over ‘330 million’ fraud and real estate family donate $100 million to help first-generation students.

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