Christian Stewart

Christian Stewart founded Family Legacy Asia in July 2008 to help Asian families preserve their family wealth for generations by providing them with independent and objective advice on effective family governance practices. Christian works with enterprising families as a process consultant, coach and family meeting facilitator. He helps families to form their own family council, family constitution and family policies, often in the context of planning for succession. Christian also advises families on family learning & development, and acts as a chief learning officer or CLO. He is a fellow of the Family Firm Institute (“FFI”) and the recipient of the FFI’s Interdisciplinary Achievement Award for 2021. This award recognizes outstanding achievement in the advancement of interdisciplinary services to business families. In June 2017, he received the award for Leading Individual (Advisor) at the WealthBriefingAsia 2017 Awards, Singapore. He wrote the chapters on (i) Mission, Vision and Values and the Family Office and (ii) the Family Constitution, in Essential Reads on Family Offices, Globe Law & Business, 2023. He wrote the chapter “Enhancing Sibling Relationships” to Wealth of Wisdom, Top Practices for Wealthy Families and their Advisors, edited by Tom McCullough and Keith Whitaker, Wiley, 2022. Christian is the author of the chapter on Leadership Succession in family firms in the special report, “Life Cycle of a Family Business”, edited by Barbara R. Hauser and Alon Kaplan, published by Globe Law and Business, 2020. He was the author of the chapter on Family Offices in Hong Kong in “Family Offices: The STEP Handbook for Advisors” 2nd edition, published by Globe Business Publishing Limited, 2019. Christian is the author of the chapter “What are practical tools for building Healthy Families” in the book “Wealth of Wisdom, The Top Fifty Questions Wealthy Families Ask”, edited by Tom McCullough and Keith Whitaker, Wiley, 2018. He is also the author of the chapter “Trusts, trustees and the family business” in the 4th edition of the book “Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions” published by Globe Business Publishing Limited, 2016. He contributed “The Who What Where When and Why of Family Meetings” to J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s Asia Family Enterprise Study, May 2015. Christian is a member of the board of directors of the James E. Hughes Jr. Foundation. For more information see www.familylegacyasia.com