Family Matters is a strategic advisory firm and exclusive representative of the leading global firm Lansberg Gersick and Associates (LGA), which provides holistic advice to ensure multi-generational continuity for high-net-worth families and their enterprises.
Our clients are ultra-high-net-worth families in Israel and around the world, family businesses and business leaders, senior executives, and entrepreneurs. Thanks to our partnership in the global network, we benefit from experience with hundreds of leading family businesses in over 30 countries. We specialize in all aspects of complex continuity and multi-generational transfer.
Our clients are ultra-high-net-worth families in Israel and around the world, family businesses and business leaders, senior executives, and entrepreneurs. Thanks to our partnership in the global network, we benefit from experience with hundreds of leading family businesses in over 30 countries. We specialize in all aspects of complex continuity and multi-generational transfer.
Our work method and expertise in organizational and family dynamics enable us to provide solutions to a wide variety of needs, while simultaneously addressing issues of governance, continuity, strategy, leadership and policy within the family business and the family itself.
Our advisory process is tailor-made to the DNA of each family business - all in order to ensure its continuity for generations to come. We integrate between the vision and a clear and practical work plan, insights based on the family and the business’ values, an unequivocal connection between strategy and tactics, planning and execution, and accompaniment of the process of change.
Throughout the process we consolidate a professional group of the most experienced advisors in the fields relevant to the family’s needs, while integrating the information and insights from the various disciplines and perform change in a cohesive and multidisciplinary fashion.
Through our partnership with LGA, families in Israel can benefit from 25 years of global experience, as well as a practice that is tried and true, access to a wealth of practical knowledge in varied sectors and structures, and an international network of advisors in diverse disciplines and specialties.
Galit Philosof
Managing Partner
“When money and family meet, it exposes vulnerabilities that could threaten the family's wholeness. Generating economic power over generations is based on family unity and requires open communication, a safe space of respect and belonging, and consideration for each family member's needs, desires, and fulfilment."
Galit advises UHNV families, owners of family businesses and senior executives in the Israeli economy, in consolidating a financial strategy for the extended family, the family office, and the nuclear family. Galit has been a wealth strategy designer, behavioral coach and communication specialist for the last twenty years, after serving in a number of executive management positions which included entrepreneurial establishment of well-known businesses. She is among the founders of the Family Economics coaching industry in Israel, and is considered one of the nation’s leading financial coaches. In the international arena, Galit works as a Financial Planning Advisor at LGA (Lansberg Gersick & Associates), a global professional advisory firm supporting the world’s leading family enterprises to succeed from generation to generation.
For almost 20 years Galit has guided thousands of families on their way to success and Family financial Planning, with the ‘FFP Method’, which is implemented as an integral part of the services we provide in Israel and worldwide. She specializes in developing tailor-made strategies and has the unique ability to rally all family members to work together to achieve their long-term goals. She possesses extraordinary acumen in human behavior and capital, with a keen understanding of how the human psyche and behavior affect the individual’s and family’s financial conduct.
Galit is married to Shlomi and has two grown sons. In her spare time she enjoys meditation and the worlds of behavioral coaching, and voluntarily coaches a program (“Tochnit Achim”) for the IDF Handicapped Veterans’ Organization.
For almost 20 years Galit has guided thousands of families on their way to success and Family financial Planning, with the ‘FFP Method’, which is implemented as an integral part of the services we provide in Israel and worldwide. She specializes in developing tailor-made strategies and has the unique ability to rally all family members to work together to achieve their long-term goals. She possesses extraordinary acumen in human behavior and capital, with a keen understanding of how the human psyche and behavior affect the individual’s and family’s financial conduct.
Galit is married to Shlomi and has two grown sons. In her spare time she enjoys meditation and the worlds of behavioral coaching, and voluntarily coaches a program (“Tochnit Achim”) for the IDF Handicapped Veterans’ Organization.
“When money and family meet, it exposes vulnerabilities that could threaten the family's wholeness. Generating economic power over generations is based on family unity and requires open communication, a safe space of respect and belonging, and consideration for each family member's needs, desires, and fulfilment."
Mika Mazor
Managing Partner
"As someone who grew up in the worlds of family businesses, I believe in the enormous potential of family run businesses and partnerships. I appreciate the unique complexity and long-term thinking that characterize family businesses, and I think that if desire, passion and commitment are there, it is possible to overcome any challenge together and remain united as a family and as business owners.”
Mika advises and accompanies family businesses and partnerships, in the areas of intergenerational transfer, strategy formulation, corporate governance, human capital development and navigating complex changes. Mika is a manager who specializes in global organizations, and is a psychotherapist with clinical experience.
In the international arena, Mika advises in these areas at LGA.In her last position, Mika served as CEO of Strauss Holdings. Throughout her 25-year career, she served as a senior executive in publicly owned global companies. Apart from her senior roles in organizations, Mika has consulted and accompanied organizations in processes of transformation, change of ownership or change of strategy. She is also a voluntary member of the board of directors of the Friends of the IDF Handicapped Veterans’ Organization.
Mika holds an MBA specializing in Organizational Behavior from Ben-Gurion University. Along with her rich executive experience, Mika brings to the table curiosity and a true desire to work together to find the recipe that is most perfectly suited for each family.
Mika is married to Uri and has three children. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, indoor spin-cycling and yoga training, and traveling the world with her family.
In the international arena, Mika advises in these areas at LGA.In her last position, Mika served as CEO of Strauss Holdings. Throughout her 25-year career, she served as a senior executive in publicly owned global companies. Apart from her senior roles in organizations, Mika has consulted and accompanied organizations in processes of transformation, change of ownership or change of strategy. She is also a voluntary member of the board of directors of the Friends of the IDF Handicapped Veterans’ Organization.
Mika holds an MBA specializing in Organizational Behavior from Ben-Gurion University. Along with her rich executive experience, Mika brings to the table curiosity and a true desire to work together to find the recipe that is most perfectly suited for each family.
Mika is married to Uri and has three children. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, indoor spin-cycling and yoga training, and traveling the world with her family.
"As someone who grew up in the worlds of family businesses, I believe in the enormous potential of family run businesses and partnerships. I appreciate the unique complexity and long-term thinking that characterize family businesses, and I think that if desire, passion and commitment are there, it is possible to overcome any challenge together and remain united as a family and as business owners.”
Our Core Values
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Creating Values and Impact for Generations to Come
Our journey towards continuity requires a profound understanding of the process, as well as patience, determination, and deep thought. In order to create impact and maintain value for the coming generations, we are committed to building a process that will bring shareholders together and provide an inspiration to them to plan and build their shared future.
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Family First
We are committed to leading a process that is stable and secure, with patience and sensitivity, in order to bring all family members to the table to work as one. Family and interpersonal relationships, maintaining tradition and handing down the legacy, are of utmost importance throughout the entire process. “Know where you come from, and where you are headed”.
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Integrity & Authenticity
Trust is built on a foundation of integrity. This is the most important asset we offer. We are committed to finding solutions that are in keeping with the family’s values, while expressing our opinion and advice in a direct and honest manner, in order to ensure an open, effective and empowering process.
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Freedom of Choice and Responsibility
Choice and responsibility are crucial within a process of growth and development. There are many ways to realize your family’s vision. We strive to provide a portfolio of solutions to allow the family to choose the way that is right and unique to its requirements.
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