EY is strengthening its support for Family Business clients around the world and has named a new global family business leader.

Tax and Private Client Services professional Marnix van Rij (pictured below) has been appointed EY global family business leader. Additionally, Helena Robertsson (pictured above) has been named EY family business leader for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa.

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They join a team of family business leaders in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Japan and lead a global network of EY family business partners. EY claims the new appointments strengthen and expand the professional services organization's family services, which support leading and emerging family businesses globally.

Asian Presence

EY is working with wealthy families through the EY Global Family Business Center of Excellence, the NextGen Academy, family business leaders' Roundtables and more.

In Asia Van Rij's leadership team includes Ian Burgess, EY Asia-Pacific, who is based in Brisbane and has over 20 years of experience in providing tax advice and compliance services to family clients. Burgess, a Tax partner in Australia, most recently served as the Private Client Tax Services Leader for Asia-Pacific.

Yoshiaki Uno is the EY family business leader at EY Japan. He has a keen focus in private client tax services and global compliance and reporting. He has nearly 30 years' experience in providing tax and compliance advice to a broad range of clients including privately owned businesses. Uno, who joined EY in 2016, is based in Tokyo.