Elaine King

Recognized as 2017 People Magazine’s 25 Most Powerful Women, Elaine King is a Family Business AdvisorTM and a Certified Financial PlannerTM professional who is considered an expert in international family financial planning and ambassador for the CFP Board of Standards. Founder of Family and Money MattersTM whose mission is to empower the family’s human & financial capital to make money a positive force.

She has lived in Austria, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Peru and throughout the United States working with over 1,200 families creating actionable strategies focused on wealth planning, financial education, multigenerational succession, philanthropy and family governance. She has experience leading as partner, director and manager at Bessemer Trust $100 billion AUM, Royal Bank of Scotland’s Coutts Division, WE Family Offices and Citigroup.

Family & Money Expert, Bestselling author, Keynote Speaker and Social Catalyst, creator of P.E.F.F., an institutional financial education program helping thousands of families in Latin America. Elaine King is a Florida Supreme Court Family Mediator, a Certified Coach from the University of Miami (ICF) and serves on the advisory board for the Family Firm Institute (FFI), Asociación de Empresas Familiares (AEF), The Estate Planning Council (EPC), Women in International Trade (OWIT) and VP Business Network International (BNI Elite Professionals).

Her studies include an MBA from Thunderbird, a BBA in International Business from St. Mary’s University and a postgraduate at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Georgetown. She is the author of 2 award winning books; “Family and Money Matters – Rising Generation” and “La Familia y El Dinero – Hecho Facil”, she is often cited in global media outlets like CNN, WSJ and Forbes.

Speaking Topics
- 7 Steps to achieve financial health
- 4 habits every child should have to learn the value of money
- Couples and money: how to reach financial harmony
- Addictions in financial planning
- Financial Stress and strategies to reduce it
- 4 Reasons why women need to plan today
- The financial benefit of planning with the family
- 3 Common financial mistakes from lotto winners, sports professionals and rock stars
- 3 Strategies to raise a financially savy teenager
- Good and bad debt and how to get out of it