Shelley Forsythe
Director, Family Enterprise Planning
BMO Family Office
Shelley is the Director of Family Enterprise planning at BMO Family Office, an integrated wealth management provider that serves ultra-affluent individuals, families and family offices across their tax, estate, investment, philanthropic, risk and family capital needs.
She provides clients, families and enterprises with strategic guidance on their master plan of personal, financial, family and enterprise goals. This process guides them to navigate to what’s important and enables them to make purposeful decisions regarding their wealth and legacy. Shelley takes an in-depth approach to gain insight into each client’s overall goals and intentions to customize intergenerational options and solutions for clients. She specializes in facilitating family governance and legacy conversations to promote education, harmony and effective communication across generations.
Of paramount importance to Shelley is maintaining client confidentiality and creating a realistic timeline and roadmap to implement immediate and long-term priorities. She frequently collaborates with a client’s advisory team of trusted advisors to facilitate the implementation and coordination of frameworks, processes and accountabilities.
Shelley has been in the financial services industry for 30 years. Her experience includes banking, investment management, financial planning, trust company and family office experience. She has earned eight professional designations in various disciplines, including the Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA), Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and Master Financial Advisor-Philanthropy (MFA-P).
Shelley’s goal is to empower clients with comprehensive and customized solutions, resolving complex situations through coordinated and proactive wealth and legacy plans.
SESSIONS
Breakout # 8: Connect Across Generations Creatively – Speaker
Creative Ways to Connect Across Generations. This interactive session will provide ways to bridge history, stories, values and mission. With family members becoming global citizens, it’s important to be able to connect through a variety of mediums. This connection can be used as a means to prepare the family for wealth and attach meaning behind your heritage. Learn how families are drawing upon the art of creating a “coat of arms” to pictorially represent the cherished values and principles that will guide them for generations to come.