OUR MANAGEMENT
Ethan Chue
Chief Executive Officer
Ethan has helped numerous business owners, entrepreneurs and senior executives set up and manage their family succession plans over the past 30 years. He founded Family Succession Advisors to provide families with objective and unbiased advice and to guide them through the complexities of putting their family business and estate succession plans in order, including the conceptualisation of family governance frameworks, drafting of family constitutions and the establishment of trusts, foundations and other implementation strategies.
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Having witnessed how families have delayed their planning (due to either procrastination or being confused by technical jargon) and as a result been split apart due to disagreements over family wealth, Ethan strongly believes that every family will benefit from having an independent trusted advisor to guide them and explain the family's options in a simpler manner.
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Ethan is also passionate about helping our next generation develop and fulfill their potential, and serves as a mentor and coach to NextGen business owners and family members.
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Ethan started his career in 1995 as a tax advisor in a public accounting firm advising corporations and families. Prior to founding Family Succession Advisors, Ethan led Wealth Planning teams in international banking groups including Credit Suisse, Sarasin, and Rothschild. He also set up and was the Chief Executive Officer of licensed Singapore trust companies for JP Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank.
Ethan is a Chartered Accountant, CA (Singapore), a qualified Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), and a Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) Accredited Mediator. He also lectures at programmes conducted by the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) and speaks at industry conferences.
Adeline Chow
Senior Advisor
Adeline has extensive experience and expertise in private client matters which includes trust structuring & estate planning, business succession planning, family office and family business advisory/family governance. She brings a meticulous and seamless approach to assisting families in navigating the intricacies and challenges of multi-generational legacy planning.
For over 20 years in the wealth management industry, Adeline has worked closely with families to identify and understand their unique dynamics, needs and objectives, with a view to developing realistic long-term solutions for succession planning. She possesses a deep understanding of practical concerns and potential pitfalls faced by clients and engages in meaningful discussions with them to recommend, construct and implement flexible, workable time-enduring solutions which best fit each client. She has innate strengths in assisting families who have beneficiaries with specific needs, challenging intra-familial relations and complicated succession requirements. She works closely with her clients’ professional advisors including their bankers, asset managers, lawyers and tax consultants, to create and achieve the best available outcomes to suit each family’s evolving needs and changing circumstances.
Possessing a law degree from the University of Cambridge, Adeline started her banking career in Citibank as a Relationship Manager. She then progressed to trust specialist roles in Citigroup Private Bank, HSBS Trustees and Credit Suisse Trust Limited, working with many high net-worth families, private clients and family offices spanning across multiple jurisdictions.
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