Partnering with Giants: Governing Family Business Joint Ventures with Multinational Corporations

About this event

1. Why Family Businesses Partner with Multinationals — the strategic rationale on both sides, and what each party is really looking for in the relationship 2. Governance and Shareholding Strategy — structuring a joint venture that protects family interests while enabling multinational scale 3. Managing Relationships at Board Level — navigating culture, decision rights and trust between family principals and corporate representatives 4. Operational Implications — what changes on the ground once a multinational partner enters the business 5. Integrity and Trusted Third Party Services — building an integrity culture and mitigating risk in joint operations 6. Lessons from Two Decades in the Field — real cases from working across natural resources, industrial and regulated sectors in MENA and Europe This webinar will be presented by Tahar KTARI, an independent board member and advisor to private equity and family office portfolio companies across MENA and Europe. Born in Tunisia and educated in Switzerland (EPFL Engineer), he spent over 20 years in senior executive roles at SGS, the world's leading inspection, testing and certification company, covering North Africa across natural resources, industrial manufacturing, food, environment and PPP sectors. Today, he brings notable expertise in family business joint ventures with multinational corporations, governance and shareholder relations, and integrity and trusted third party services.